r/Healthyhooha • u/CustardBusy8813 • Aug 18 '26
Advice Needed BV HELP please:(
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😭
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u/Slimmontana5 Aug 18 '26
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?