

No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml. I found it mostly related to my diet and seems to happen most when Im eating low carbohydrate and when Im sweating a lot. Thus, garlic ingestion by pregnant women significantly alters the odor of their amniotic fluid. What does amniotic fluid smell like The quick answer here: not much. However, I have had vaginal discharge that smelled STRONGLY like ammonia (when not pregnant). The odor of the amniotic fluid obtained from four of the five women who had ingested the garlic capsules was judged to be stronger or more like garlic than the paired samples collected from the women consuming placebo capsules.

Randomly selected pairs of samples, one from a woman who ingested garlic and the other from a woman who ingested placebo capsules, were then evaluated by a sensory panel of adults. Sometimes, the baby can severely increase the pressure on the bladder, causing some urine leakage. But there are some instances that some women say that it has a sweet smell and by sweet, they mean a smell relatively similar to that of male’s semen. Approximately 45 min prior to the procedure, five of the women ingested placebo capsules, whereas the remaining five ingested capsules containing the essential oil of garlic. What Does Amniotic Fluid Smell Like Unlike urine and other vaginal fluids, amniotic fluid has no distinct smell. Generally, amniotic fluid is colorless and odorless. "Amniotic fluid samples were obtained from 10 pregnant women undergoing routine amniocentesis procedure. Better to put your mind at ease, they really dont mind you going in when your not sure if its waters or wee, I was leaking for 1hr 30mins and went in just incase, was nothing to worry about xxx. Garlic ingestion by pregnant women alters the odor of amniotic fluid. Once again, I am happy that my mom never liked limburger or lutefisk. Also, it typically smells sweeter than other types of discharge. It may have a distinctive odour, but not an unpleasant smell. Amniotic fluid is clearer than urine and not cloudy or thick like vaginal discharge. Normal vaginal discharge is clear, white or creamy, and fairly runny. Give your doctor a call if you notice that it smells bad, as this could be a sign of an infection in your uterus. AND IT SMELLED LIKE GARLIC! The second paper describes cases of babies who smelled like spices and curry when they were delivered. Amniotic fluid should be odorless or have a slightly sweet odor. The first is a study in which they had pregnant women eat garlic capsules, then 45 minutes later took samples of their amniotic fluid. That was interesting, but the papers cited in the introduction were even more amazing.

I came across this pair of papers while reading through a new study indicating that babies may learn to like foods their mom ate before they were born.
