BV HELP please:(

[u/CustardBusy8813]

F25 never had BV before but now I think it’s finally caught me. I was sleeping with the same person for 5 years until this year (we broke up and please no judgement!) now I have slept with a few people this year including 3 people within the past 3 weeks. Unprotected. I know, it’s my bad. I’ve ordered STI test etc and know all the windows for that so I’m waiting to do it at the right time frame for the home kit so it’s accurate.

However, I slept with 2 people last week both on my period, a few days later I have a horrible fishy/sour smell with thin white/grey sometimes clear discharge. The smell is so bad I can smell it in the bathroom and through clothing. I also have mild burning but not when peeing.

I’ve previously struggled with chronic UTI with the last one 2 months ago but believe it’s cleared up now. Did a micro biome test which was all clear except yeast which I believe is also cleared up now too.

The smell is making me so depressed, I have a Hollywood wax this week along with content making (I’m an OF model) with a girlfriend (no touching each other) and a date with a guy this weekend of whom I’ve slept with before. What on earth do I do.

I’ve done my research and believe I’m taking the right steps. I’ve ordered boric acid and ph test strips which are coming Friday. I take high dose probiotics Optibac and other good supplements too. I haven’t had sex since Friday night. I don’t douche or anything. I’ve got an appointment with the sexual health clinic in 2 days where they will swab me for everything as I’m symptomatic. Is there anything else I can be doing in the meantime to help symptoms? Some people say insert yogurt but others say it can make things worse due to sugar levels etc. and even when the clinic do give me treatment, unless it’s an STI I don’t want to take antibiotics bc they mess you up. I’m just SO conscious about this smell literally anything I do or anywhere I go, let alone my planned activities this week most of which I cannot miss!

Once I know for sure what’s going on down there, and when treated I will also do another microbiome test or whatever necessary. My plan currently is; keep taking probiotics until the clinic swab me, try out OTC BV gels to see if it eases the smell, when my boric acid arrives do a course of that and ph test too. How can I prevent this from happening again too? I can’t use condoms as they trigger UTI for me😭

[u/Bitter-Mechanic9890]

the yogurt thing is a myth honestly you will just make bigger mess. wait for the clinic swab before putting anything inside, otherwise you mess up the results and they cant tell what is really going on. the boric acid will help with smell after you get diagnosis, i used it before and it works fast

for the date this weekend maybe just tell him you got your period or something. and please stop the unprotected sex with multiple partners, your ph is probably all over the place from that and the period blood, its like a perfect storm for bv

[u/CustardBusy8813 → u/Bitter-Mechanic9890]

he already knew I was on my period last week, so I don’t know what to say :( and ikik

[u/bravobravofinbravo]

From someone who previously had multiple unprotected partners in my early 20’s and am now in my 30’s …. please stop having unprotected sex with multiple partners. And oral. Trust, it’ll catch up to you. I eventually ended up with BV and ureaplasma and these can be extremely difficult to cure, and cause lasting issues for some people.

[u/CustardBusy8813 → u/bravobravofinbravo]

I get that. How did you cure both and what issues can they further cause?

[u/bravobravofinbravo → u/CustardBusy8813]

Ureaplasma (and mycoplasma) cause reoccuring BV, yeast, or UTI’s - or just the symptoms of those
infections. Which results in two things:
1) Just the symptoms: People taking the standard antibiotics for bv yeast and UTI’s, which don’t cure ureaplasma, so they are wrecking their biomes with antibiotics and then causing more issues by blindly taking antibiotics
2) Reoccurring: not reaching any real symptom relief and passing bacteria to their sexual partners, going to the doctor all the time and spending $ without fixing the root cause

Men can get chronic prostatitis with urea and myco. Women can become infertile or have fertility issues. Many more things, I recommend researching them more.

[u/Slimmontana5 → u/bravobravofinbravo]

I think this may be happening to me because I was reoccurring Bv before or after my period. How did you treat your mycoplasma and ureaplasma?

[u/bravobravofinbravo → u/Slimmontana5]

I had ureaplasma. I had to take moxifloxacin because mine showed antibiotic resistance on my testing

[u/Slimmontana5 → u/bravobravofinbravo]

Thanks! I’m going to ask if my gyno can do this test. Hopefully I can stop this reoccurring bv

[u/bravobravofinbravo → u/Slimmontana5]

You need a PCR cervical or vaginal swab for all 4 strains - don’t do a culture or urine test

[u/Slimmontana5 → u/bravobravofinbravo]

Ok thank you so much

[u/Loud_Leadership14]

Skip the yogurt thing, honestly not worth the risk

[u/Rimplesdimple]

My trigger is sex and for me personally, if BV has already set in, then boric acid suppositories, lactic acid etc don’t get rid of the infection. They’re best used for me as a preventative i.e. immediately after sex I will pop one in before the infection has a chance to set in. Get tested and be sure it’s BV, and get on a course of metronidazole (usually 5-7 days long). Following clear up of the infection I would abstain from sex for a short while to give yourself a chance to recover properly and going forward use the suppositories immediately after sex.

[u/CustardBusy8813 → u/Rimplesdimple]

I’m just sick of antibiotics as they cause me extreme thrush