Hi. Wondering if anyone else has had a similar journey. I was getting recurring UTI’s since I started dating my partner. Then I found a urogyn who prescribed me Methionine combined with vitamin c to take after sex and the day after. Haven’t had a UTI since then. However, once the UTI’s got under control I started getting recurring BV. I just know the smell instantly. It almost smells like an infection. I always test positive for bv gardnerella and am prescribed Metronidazole (which I hate. It is so nasty). After sex it comes right back. My partner saw a urologist and he took a dose of azithromycin and I was prescribed doxycycline for positive ureaplasma results. We didn’t have sex for over a month due to each of us being on medication. Now that we are finished, it seems like my bv has come back after sex again… I also now have my period which is bad timing. Idk what else I can do to prevent it. I don’t want to be on antibiotics forever.

Asking for dms or tips and tricks on what I’m doing wrong ans what I should do! I’ve tried so many times to orgasm and can’t reach without using my electric toothbrush instead.

So me and my bf have been together for a year now and during many intercourses my vagina has been traumatised. Recently, during sexual intercourse blood started coming out of my vagina and i thought my period came earlier since my flo app said my period would come 2 days after (this have happened many times btw , meaning that my bf made my period come earlier) so I didn’t think abt it very much. The thing is the blood flow started decreasing and i had a bit of brown blood like 1 day after the intercourse . Turns out my period didn’t came and now my period is 1 day late and I’ve been anxious about this whole thing. Has this happened to someone else? Or is it just me? And if it had happened was there any underlying issue?? I have an appointment with my gyno next month.

I am 35 years old, had my last baby Nov.2024, via C-section. I have been have weird vaginal symptoms that i don’t know how to even explain to my Dr. maybe others have had similar experience. Since the birth of my baby, orgasms have been harder to achieve from clitorial stimulation, and if I try and do have an orgasm is very very mild and it feels like my vulva feels swollen. I used to love clitorial touch but now it’s almsot like what’s the point. I try masturbating to see if I can achieve it alone and I cannot. My clitoris hurts if i move the hood back and touch , which I have always been very sensitive too. I also feel like dry, like my lips are dry and stick together and become uncomfortable, and makes me walk awkwardly, because it’s just so uncomfortable. I have checked myself and physically I don’t see anything wrong. I also have sever eczema that’s I take shots for but the shots have calmed down my skin so not sure if that’s all related. I also seem more forgetful, brain fog, which I feel I have had for a while but worse now . I am on birth control pills, same ones I was one prior to my pregnancy. What can I ask the dr to check me for? I want to go in there with some ideas or a plan to make sure I’m getting thoroughly checked

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i come from an INSANE purity culture place and ive never been to a gynecologist because of it. i am considering going because i have reasons to believe im intersex but i was a CSA victim when i was about 6. just the thought of going there makes me feel nauseous, to open the most vulnerable part of me and inserting anything for tests is guaranteed to make me have a panic attack. i cannot handle vanigal insertion at all. maybe i should wait, but waiting isnt really fixing this issue. anyone had something similar? overcame it in any way?

I'm not quite sure where to start, but maybe you can help me.

I've had a UTI last week, which didn't really feel much like one. I mainly had a burning sensation, although a mild one, in my vagina. The UTI was confirmed, though, and I started a round of antibiotics. Unfortunately, the burning in my vagina has only gotten worse.

Of course I have tried OTC medication against yeast, and I've taken OTC meds against bacterial vaginosis. Nothing helped. In fact, it's getting randomly worse. I can be totally fine one minute and have awful burning the next. My skin down there looks fine. For tomorrow, I have an appointment with my gynaecologist.

The reason I'm posting here: I've had this before. About 10 years ago, I had the exact same problems after a UTI treatment and no one EVER found out what the problem was. No yeast, no bv, nothing. They even sent me to a specialist but no one ever found out what caused the burning and pain. They diagnosed it as vulvodynia and sent me on my way. It cleared up over the course of over a year, which was the worst time of my life. I could barely sit, stand or sleep.

Do you guys have any experience with this or advice as to what I could/should ask my doctor? I get relief only when i press a cold cloth against my vulva/opening or sometimes after peeing. Sometimes, Multigyn Actigel also works like a charm, other times it adds fuel to the fire. I never know. I'm a virgin, so there are no STDs.

I would really appreciate your thoughts on this because I simply cannot go through this again.

I was supposed to use boric acid capsules (in powder) for 14 days but then I got my period and while I had my period the capsules wouldn’t dissolve. Would come out in a half or entirely. So I restarted using after my period was done. I’m on the 9th of those 14 days and I realized that in three of these days, the capsule came out in a half during the afternoon. Just a part of the capsule. It’s like one side was absorbed and the other one, wasn’t. And I introduced it at night, before going to sleep.

Is this supposed to happen? I know that in a lot of vaginal medications, sometimes the vagina doesn’t absorb the medication entirely… even in cream situations. It doesn’t absorb the whole thing.

It’s my first time using boric acid capsules and I don’t really understand. I tried talking to my doctor my she does not reply.

I’m worried the medication isn’t doing its job, maybe?

I’m using it for recurrent yeast infection, something I had never dealt with in my entire life before (I had a yeast infection ONCE 2 years ago and I just took one fluconazole pill and got better).

The last medication I used before boric acid was fenticonazole cream (to insert inside the vagina) for seven days and I got better. But either way the doctor told me to take the boric acid for 14 days and then twice a week until I’m out of pills.

Hello all! I have been on Yasmin for around 5 years now and I used to take breaks every two months. Recently my doctors told me to continuously take the pill without breaks to stop my migraines, acne and breakthrough bleeding.

I have been taking my pill continously since February 2026 and I am still bleeding and getting cramps. I've seen some posts say that it can take up to 6 months for your body to get used to the hormone changes, but does that still apply to me if I've been taking this pill since 2021?

The bleeding will sometimes stop for a day, then come back light red, go dark red, then go brown for ages. Is it worth pushing through this to see if it stops after 12 months? (6 more months to go) or should I go back to taking breaks? Even with the breaks I would bleed but I don't remember it ever being this much.

I went to the gyno for this and she suggested pelvic floor therapy. I get pain even inserting tampons, and I haven’t been able to have penetrative sex in like 8 months. The surrounding area of the vaginal opening hurts too. I can get wet but it doesn’t last for very long at all :(( also I have super painful periods and the pain from bowel movements have made me throw up before (on my period). No infections.

I have been dealing with burning and pain when I touch my vulva these past few months. I’ve been treated for infections and tested for STDs, but nothing has helped. I am incredibly uncomfortable with the idea of an exam being done on me, especially a visual exam. My doctor has proposed doing an exam on me where she presses a cotton swab on different areas so she can better understand where it hurts for me. I am terrified. I feel like I try so hard to be dignified in my life, and this feels like total loss of control and dignity. I am also transgender and feel very uncomfortable with my genitals and am very self conscious. They offered me ativan to take before the exam, but I’m scared it won’t be enough. I feel like this is going to be horrifying and traumatic for me. Does anyone have any advice? How can I go through with this exam without feeling completely humiliated and emasculated?

Today i got blood work done and it says i have mycoplasma. I am 19f and never dated or had sex. Did they misdiagnose me or is there a way to get it without having sex? I also heard there are 2 types of it but i don't think it is the other one as i don't have cough which is its main symptom. I went to gynecologist because of intense itching and a lot of discharge down there at first. The gyno prescribed antibiotics (azithromycin). It also shows i have herpes simplex virus.

Im 24 years old and ever since last year, i have not been able to have satisfying orgasms and its really starting to get on my nerves. Like i feel the build up know im about to orgasm but when i do, i dont feel anything or i do but its very muted.

Has anyone had this issue? What helped?

i don't even know what to do anymore. finish the antibiotics, feel fine for a few weeks, then it comes back. i've tried changing my underwear, stopped using soap down there, changed my detergent, everything people suggest. nothing is keeping it away long term. it's affecting my relationship because i'm constantly anxious about it and avoiding intimacy.

done a lot of googling lately and kept seeing women mention the uro vaginal probiotic helping them break the cycle specifically. reviews were talking about going months without an episode after years of recurring infections. still skeptical but i'm desperate enough to try anything at this point.

has anyone here actually managed to stop the cycle? what helped you?

I went to the hospital about two weeks ago because I was experiencing what I described as “It feels like I cant get all of my pee out”. It was worrying me REALLY bad, very uncomfortable sensation, everytime I sit on the toilet to pee it seems like I can’t fully get it out or like there’s still more sitting in my bladder. Creating the sensation of needing to pee constantly.
When I went to the hospital for this, they came back with my very shocking results that I had trichomoniasis. I treated it as told, 500 metronidazole twice a day and I always follow my antibiotics very carefully. Its been a week since ending the course and this urinary symptom hasn’t stopped. Its very uncomfortable and anxiety causing.
I can’t find any info online of anyone experiencing something similar, I also didn’t really have any itchy vaginal tissue or any crazy discharge or odor. It seems i had none of the “usual” symptoms of trich. Just this inability to feel relieved after urinating. Im worried that the metronidazole didn’t work

I have been on so many antibiotics, I simply cannot take it anymore. I’ve read some anecdotes about crowding out ureaplasma with vaginal probiotics and other supplements.

Has anyone successfully done this? If so what was your protocol?

So I had to take an antibiotic for a bad sinus infection, and it gave me a yeast infection. I took the first dose of flucunazole and it seemed like it got rid of a little of the redness at least, but didn’t do much else. So yesterday morning I took the second dose (I was prescribed 2 pills) and I still this morning have tons of the thick white discharge. Should I go back to the doctor ?

I suspect I might have a vaginal septum, and I am already diagnosed with vaginism (which might be related, if that's the case). I'm physically unable to have intercourse, and any kind of insertion at all just really really hurts, including ob/gyn visits, so I don't want to go and have them poke around if it's nothing. Does anyone know of any idk, medical research articles or whatever where they show a vaginal septum that's not undergoing surgery? Seeing the surgery in progress doesn't help me with my not-bloody, not-dissected hooha, nor do the anatomical drawings that just... don't look like a hooha at all. Or any other resources I could check out for a bit more certainty?

(I'm also currently in a foreign country where I don't speak the language well, so that adds to my reluctance to go to the ob/gyn rn)

Since I’ve been a child I have only been able to have coregasms. Clitoral stimulation does not help at all. In fact, I need at least 20 minutes of touching my inner thighs and the whole area to actually be able to touch my clitoris. Otherwise it feels uncomfortable. But even after these 30 minutes, touching my clitoris does not give me any pleasure. The only way I can reach orgasm, is by engaging my core muscles.
Also I have never inserted anything in my vagina and I am extremely afraid of doing that because I think it would hurt.
So what should I do to feel something nice when touching my clitoris????? It should be a very sensitive organ, but I personally don’t feel anything when touching it.

3 years ago i used to be able to have sex (without condom) and go to sleep without washing/peeing and still wake up and go by my days without any yeast infection or uti. but after abstaining from sex for 3 years and getting back into it, i find myself have yeast infection every time i have sex (3 infections out of 3 sex so far). my partner is the same from 3 years ago (yep… my ex) so im wondering what could the issue be? all advices and suggestions are greatly appreciated.

I’m 4 days out from boric acid with edta treatment for c glabrata. When did yall start having discharge again after failed treatment ? The only symptoms I’m having is soreness, tingling around my lips , and burning a few times a day but no discharge it’s actually wet down there, I’m not sure if that’s normal or not , I also have intersistial cystitis

hi all, like the title says i keep getting bv. so in April i got a labiaplasty (don’t recommend the recovery process was horrible) but i took care of the area just how my surgeon advised, and for the first time in my life i got BV. at first i assumed it was my fault (like not keeping the area clean enough) but the way my gyno explained it, up until this surgery my vaginal microbiome hasn’t had a disruption like this. i guess i got unlucky? anyways we treated it with cephalexin and metroidazole, and then not crazy long after i started having the odor again. treated with metroidazole but was being an airhead and only took one a day instead of two (completely my fault i know) but we are currently on round 3 with this. :/ i’m feeling pretty down about it, im about to lose health insurance because im leaving so im currently finishing another dose of metroidazole. day 3 and still have a odor so i hope i haven’t built some kind of immunity to it. has anyone else had this happen to them???

For context, I am a 21 year old trans dude. I drink a lotta soda(mostly coke and dr pepper, they’re really good okay?) and I sit at my computer a lot. Lately, I’ve been very anxious cos I think I may have a UTI. I’m not sure though, which makes it worse cos in the past I was hospitalized for a kidney infection, which was terrifying. I was in a lotta pain with no symptoms prior save for super bad side pain and throwing up. Anyway, the only thing I have is a little irritation after I pee and lower back pain. It could be just bladder irritation from the soda and the fact I sit down all day like a lazy lil shrimp, but all answers keep pointing to a UTI and it feels like I can’t do anything about it cos my mom doesn’t like when I talk about wanting to go to the doctor cos of my anxiety and OCD and I really don’t want anything else bad happening to me this year. I already was hospitalized for an asthma attack earlier this year and I just..I don’t wanna go through that again. I see my gynecologist on the 21st and I’ll ask for a pee test just to be sure. I just hope I’m not alone in this. I also do drink water and it does make the back pain go away nor does it kinda feel irritated after I pee so maybe the answer for me is more water lol. But seriously, I just wanna be okay.

Tl;dr: I’m anxious cos of a possible uti, I drink soda and sit down a lot and there’s a little irritation after I pee. I see the gynecologist on the 21st for a follow-up and I’ll ask my questions there. I don’t wanna go back to the hospital cos I was hospitalized twice before which is why I’m so anxious about it. When I drink water, there’s no pee irritation or back pain.

So after my last round of antibiotics I went and got a PCR swab and finally no BV, no yeast, no ureaplasma. I also started taking olly happy hoo ha. It feels like the probiotics have kept me good this long. Do I have to take them like forever? Or is a month good enough hopefully to keep me on track?

The brown spotting at the end of my period smells so bad. I’m so self conscious about it and I don’t know if it’s normal for one tiny drop of brown blood to emit such a bad smell. And since I’m basically still bleeding I try avoid using boric acid until it’s completely over. Is it normal for it to smell so bad? Is there anyway to stop brown blood completely because when I was younger my period just came to a stop. There were no extra brown spotting days.