[Angelhalo052010]

react to it? how if you dont mind me asking. when i use the rephresh my discharge always get chunky (sorry for being so graphic) and the chunks seem to stay in a long time.

i just wanted to mention i also tried the h2o2 douche...i think douche is douche...didnt help me at all.
also tried the fem d pills. no use.
and right now i'm broke. i ordered balanced activ put i kno my period will soon be here so i wont start using it until after.

had anyone ever tried femanol? does it work?

I have tried the femanol...It didn't work...Don't waste your money because it is very expensive...Also tried the Enzara and it didn't work either.

[red_berry]

Hi everyone,

It's been a while since I contributed and i'm still dealing with BV but things have gotten better. My BV has always varied between annoying and really bad but overall now the symptoms have gotten better.

I've pretty much given up on trying to put anything inside my vagina, nothing seems to work, if it seems to be a miracle at first i've come to realize that eventually it will stop working.

What seems to be working the best for me now is:

a: Using only organic cotton pads, NO TAMPONS when I get my period (I'm on month 3 of this and every month seems to get better) The timeline of when my BV started seems to coincide with when I started using tampons all the time. I've tried using the organic cotton tampons and they seem to help lessen the BV but i've found the best result has been being tampon free (though I hate the idea of doing this in the summer).

b: Cutting out as much (as my willpower will allow me to) everything that doesn't completely agree with me. I have a lot of food intolerances and I find when I completely cut out: Wheat, Dairy (of any kind, even yoghurt), diet coke (my one addiction), sugar (which I never ate much of anyways), and really all products containing gluten my BV actually does go away. Problem is it's so hard to eat like this all the time so if I could actually cut out all of these things for a month I am guessing I might be BV free after the first week and for the rest of that month. My stomach is also much happier without these things in it. I know a few people have mentioned they have stomach problems and I also have these, taking a natural fiber supplement with stomach soothers in it seems to be helping down there too because I find when my stomach gets upset my BV gets worse, somehow for me anyways there is a link.

c: I have been taking Colostrum for the last 10 days and that also seems to be giving my immune system a boost and helping the issue.

And of course i'm still doing all the other things i've been doing for years like using hypo-allergenic fragrance free soap and other bath products as well as hypo-allergenic laundry soap and dryer sheets, and even though the dryer sheets say they are hypo-allergenic I still hang my underwear to dry. I also find that things are better down there when I am wearing cotton or other natural fiber based underwear.

I REALLY REALLY REALLY recommend to those of you that are taking the antibiotics that you stop. It's bad for you to be doing this and they will not work! Save taking antibiotics for when you really need them or they will stop working for you at all in any situation.

I hope this helps!!

[Sbleu]

OK. Starting my period BV free so far. I am going to only use tampons for my heavy day and never at night. I really think that leaving one in too long last time contributed to the BV, I could tell when I took it out that something wasn't right. YUK.

[Sbleu]

I think it might be back. I am so upset. I was fine for so many months what triggered it in May? Do women everywhere just have this and not know about it? Why had I never heard of it until I had it for the first time? May try to get some Candaclear and start again. It worked so well until my period started which of course threw the ph off. If you have enough Lactobacilli in you though the ph should be maintained right?

[BVprisoner]

chronic bv...8 years now

I am so relieved to know I am not the only one, I was starting to feel like a freak. My doctors have perscribed the same things everyone else's have. First year the flagyl(metrogel or pills) worked like a charm...for a while ,then it would return. Now, nothing works. I was so desperate to get relief from the foul smelling, heavy discharge and itching that I began douching with diluted peroxide. It seemed to help at first, but eventually it only aggravated it. My infections started right before I met my husband and have all but killed our sex life and our marriage. I know people around me can smell it. Sometimes it smells like fish, sometimes something dead or rotten. Really hard to feel sexy or romantic. When it is at its worst, it seems to pass to my bladder. My urine will smell absolutley putrid and begin to irritate me after I urinate. At this point I have just about given up. I'm starting to feel depressed and hopeless about it. It does help though, knowing I'm not alone. I bet if this were a condition that was affecting men instead of women, there would have been much more research and studies and medicines developed by now rather than leaving us to cure ourselves. Good luck to you all.

[phoenix]

I think it might be back. I am so upset. I was fine for so many months what triggered it in May? Do women everywhere just have this and not know about it? Why had I never heard of it until I had it for the first time? May try to get some Candaclear and start again. It worked so well until my period started which of course threw the ph off. If you have enough Lactobacilli in you though the ph should be maintained right?

i know exactly how you feel. i just came off my period and eeewww!!!! i wasn't Bv free going on, but i was having very little weird discharge and no odor. i'm on a 21 day cycle so it seems whenever it is trying to cure itself my period pops up. i bought balance activ and i'm gonna start using it tonight. i even prayed over it that this finally would work. it is slowly getting to me now, seriously. the funny thing about it is that i never knew i had it going into my pap, i was shocked to know i had it, and now i'm having symptoms i didn't have before...i blame the doctor! lol im nuts i know.

[Sbleu]

It occured to me last night that (duh!) OK I was fine before period started, I had gotten rid of it in the past and it came back when I got my period. . . . maybe try the 'seasonal' period. . . .could this work? I am certainly going to try it if I can ever get this round to go away. My discharge isn't that much I mostly only notice it when I am having sex. It is just that gross fishy smell and I am hyper aware of it, quick to run get a towel and 'clean things up' before boyfriend of many years notices anything.

I so feel for those who have discharge that can be smelled from through clothing. I can see how this could put someone over the edge.

[sixling]

Infection save to get pregnant?

Hi, I'm a new member. Happy that I found this forum which have a long thread to talk about the vaginal infection.
I've vaginal yeast infection and also BV about 2 yrs. I'm actually trying to conceive (TTC) also. I wonder if any of you also TTC or pregnant now? Is there any impact to your pregnancy if you have chronic and long time vaginal infection?
This is because every gynae I visited also advice me to cure my infection 1st before I conceive. The problem is I don't have when my infection will cure and I can't wait too long then only get pregnant cause my age is catching up.
I'm so upset as I got this problem right after my married
Hope can get some comment or advice here..

Thanks a lot!

[sixling]

* Sorry, it should be "The problem is I don't KNOW when my infection will cure and I can't wait too long then only get pregnant cause my age is catching up."

[phoenix]

the thing about my infection is that i dont have any odor most of the time. its just persistent discharge that wont go away. and right when i get off my period it clumps (eeewww!!!) and its very slightly greenish.
i am not sexually active, and i can't get rid of this thing! it is so frustrating. i am completely broke and i have no more money to spend on these products that dont seem to work.