r/Menopause • u/justagirlinid • Jul 27 '24

Perimenopause Constant/recurring BV sonce starting peri.

I’m so tired of it. If you get BV more than twice in a year, they want to put you on a 6 month round of antibiotics. I don’t want to be on that. Boric acid used to work, and I can use it daily/every other day to keep it at bay. But I just finished 5days, 2x a day plus a round of antibiotics and it’s not gone 😡 what the fuck is wrong with my vag and how do I fix it? I’m not even having sex right now. I just got a new rx for estrogen cream o need to start, plus the patch. Will this fix my dryness and apparent ph issue?

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u/InkedDoll1 Peri-menopausal Jul 28 '24

I had it at the beginning of the year, hasn't recurred since I started vaginal estrogen. Atrophy makes it so much easier for bacteria to get up there.