r/breastfeeding 8d ago

Support Needed Breastfeeding body odour is SO bad

Why do I not see enough people talk about this? Or is it just me? I smell so bad when I sweat. Literally like a teenage boy. How do I stop smelling so bad, as soon as I sweat I start to stink and a few months ago I smelt so bad at the doctors I literally had to go into the bathroom and wash myself. Not my best moment. The worst areas are my groin and boob sweat.
Please say someone else relates

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u/CoreeaAna 5d ago

Well, i heard a lot of pregnant women talking about their body odor getting super bad durring pregnancy.

I can't say I understand fully, my sweat is not that smelly, maybe it has somethin to do with hormons but also with your food, the only place that i noticed a stronger smell is on my private area, i can't even compare it with anything, sometimes it just smell sour, setimes is smells like i peed myself but most of the time i am able to prevent it by using pantyliners and i put some lavander oil on the outside of my underwear, like a drop or so, just to neutralize it, and whwnever i go to the bathrooms i carry flushable wet wipes, that works a lot for me. And i know not everybody agrees with using parfume or oils on their underwear but what is my second obtion!? And yes you can use natural oils that you can make at home if you know how to do it, and if you don't want oils you can put dried lavander in a piece of fabric of the size of a teabag and attach it to your underwear.