Tmi! Funny smell in the delivery room???

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I've witnessed my sister giving birth & she asked me if there was a "smell" in the room. Might I say, I did smell something more like old blood I should say. I didn't want to bring it up because I would be mortified if that would've happened to me. I'm sorry if this post may gross you out but let's have a truth moment here ladies, during child labor was there a certain smell in your room? My sister & i researched to see it this was normal & we noticed multiple women experienced this & it was quite common. I am completely freaked out that this happens to everyone & I honestly would be so embarrassed to have it happen to me because my hubby is so sensitive to smells... Bad ones make him & I nauseous! Lol please share your experience gals.

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When you're pushing a human out of your vagina smells will be the last thing on your mind. The drs and nurses have seen and smelled it all. And yes there's a chance you could poop but the nurses will probably clean it up without you even knowing.

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Honestly I have no clue. All me or my husband was focused on was the birth of our baby. If it makes you feel better my hubby is easier queasy about those things an he did fine.

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I'm a doula and most births I've attended do have a smell. Not a bad one perse, just a smell unique to birth. Trust me though, nobody cares about the smell! I mean nobody! And the parents didn't even notice it. All you will care about by that point is getting the baby out and into your arms!

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Your worried about a smell? There's way other more embarrassing things that happen during child birth

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My mom says there's a smell but you don't really notice or care when it's you giving birth.

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I honestly think its ur water BC I could smell it once my water was coming out slowly but I asked an no one else could smell it at that time but when there was more later they could. It makes sense its been in there a while u would think it has to have some kind of smell its gross whatever it is but I would say normal

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My mom went with her good friend when she was having her baby and said she had to leave because the smell was so awful.

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Amniotic fluid has a slight smell. It isn't the most pleasant but not too terrible. As above mentioned, pooping during the pushing stage of labor is actually quite common. Could be that too. But I remember with my nieces and nephews (between both sisters, 6 deliveries present for them all), and one friends delivery and my own, the amniotic fluid was what to me smelled funny.

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I've had 4 kids 3 in a hospital all natural and 1 in a birth center. I never had a funny smell. I just asked my husband and he said nope!

But I was with an old friend when she had her little boy and I smelt funny with her.

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I didn't smell anything when I had my daughter in 2012.

I have heard of some women pushing so hard that they poop during delivery. I'm glad it didn't happen to me....and hope it doesn't if I ever conceive baby #2 (no pun intended). I think the poop smell would be the worst.

Tmi! Funny smell in the delivery room???

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