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Woman hated smell of water during pregnancy so much she couldn't even shower
Many mums will no doubt know what it's like to experience strong aversions during pregnancy, but few could imagine feeling ready to throw up at the scent of water.
Women from all over the world will report unexpected and sometimes bizarre changes to their senses during pregnancy, from craving charcoal to feeling queasy at the sight of takeaway dishes they once salivated over.
However, few aversions could be as intense as the one experienced by 40-year-old PR professional and mum-of-three, Luana Ribeira, whose sense of smell went completely 'haywire' during her third pregnancy.
Like many expectant mothers, Luana, 40, felt her stomach churn at the usual offending smells - a mere whiff of food cooking or a squirt of fragrant perfume.
More unusually, however, she also experienced an extremely inconvenient aversion to the most essential liquid you can possibly think of - water.
This tricky aversion began when Luana was around five weeks pregnant and lasted right up until she gave birth to her son Celyn in June. During this time, Luana would feel physically sick when a tap was turned on, even if she was standing right at the other side of the room.
Luana said: "I felt like I had a superhuman sense of smell, the smell of the water was putting me off. It made me sick like I was going to throw up as soon as I put the tap on!"
Naturally, finding beverages that didn't make her want to throw up proved to be a constant challenge and Luana discovered that she could only keep down one specific brand of bottled water – Fiji Water.
With this in mind, Luana had no choice but to stock up on Fiji Water all throughout her pregnancy, splashing out £90 per month on the stuff in a bid to keep hydrated. At one point, she even found herself fantasising about bathing in it.
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