Thread: Seven UTIs in one year.

Sex can be a big cause of UTI's. And they suck big time. Poor Girl!

All of the above posters are right. Drink lots of Cranberry Juice, make sure you do your best to urinate before and after sex and yes, empty your bladder fully. I do a little leaning thing. I squeeze my muscles like I'm urinating and then lean forward, backward and side to side.

You also might want to make sure your boyfriend keeps up with his hygiene. I dated a guy who I didn't use condoms with and he gave me all kinds of weird infections - no fun. In addition to that, you can pass your infections to your guy and then he can give them back to you - so you might want to abstain from having genital contact while you have an infection and make sure you get anything cleared up before you have sex again.

Oo theres a though, try using latex free condoms!

I had three the first year I was with my bf. Everyone here has given good advice! What I did was take cranberry pills after sex for a couple days. If you feel tingly down there, you can drink cranberry juice too to help it stop before it worsens. Now I heard that cranberry juice alone won't cure the UTI, but people have told me that they'd drink rightaway when they feel it, and it goes away.
Hope this helps

ok I have only had 2 in my entire life. its good to make sure that before and after sex to go pee. make sure u drink plenty of water cuz soda will give u UTIs quicker then u think. but especially after sex go pee and even when u think ur done stay on the toilet for a little longer because u still have a lil bit of pee left that can hold bacteria. also go to the doc you may have something going on or could lead to something else. good luck

Hey love
i really feel your pain, i am 20 and have been having sex for years and i never got UTI's until i started sleeping with my current bf of a year! In the last year i to have had about 6-7, i went to my doctors and got put on ALPRIM it seemed to clear them up quite quickly but then a month later i would get another one, and i to dont use condoms with my partner, so i went to the doctors again and had a kidney aultrasound and everything was all good, but these are some tips she gave me
1. even if you dont feel like you need to pee ALWAYS go to the toilet straight after
2. Take vitiam C
3. The wiping front to back as well

She has also given me heaps of repeats for alprim and now when i feel im getting a UTI i just take ONE not the whole 7 day script and that usually clears it up in 3-4 hours, she also recommemded i take it as a preventative so after i have sex i have one, however i dont do that because alprim does affect the pill so BE careful if your doctor puts you on antibiotics they very well may make the pill not work for the 7 days your on it and 7 days after, thats a lot of time to get pregnant so use other forms of contraception.

Hope this helps and you get better soon
as for the mum stuff i totally know whta you mean everytime i tell mum ive got a new on she gives me that "look" lol

cya