BV - recurring case and natural treatment. Please help!
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 11:19 pm
Hello,
I am so sad to see this forum and amazing resource that I have used for so many years has disappeared but so grateful it is being re-created!! And happy to contribute to its beginnings.
I have had BV, bacterial vaginosis, off and on for years. I didn't really realize how often I had it until the last few years of battling the horrible smell and finding my own treatment that's mostly worked. I've been dx a few times and taken antibiotics but am not interested in that route as it just recurs too often, and I don't like to take them.
Solutions that have worked for me has been Boric Acid suppositories that I've made myself. But in the last 8 months I've had BV 3 times… and I've not been having a lot of sex so I'm not sure exactly what is bringing it back. And, after just finishing my period a few days ago and not having it before it started I'm beginning to think it could possibly be my Diva Cup that's causing a change in my ph? (This makes me sad because I really like it and don't want to go back to wasteful tampons. And pads don't cut it for me.)
I am curious if any of you wise women have any solutions for balancing vaginal ph and getting rid of BV for good? Share what you've tired and has or hasn't worked… Let's recreate the resources for others so we all can rid ourselves of BV for good!
Thanks in advance!!
I am so sad to see this forum and amazing resource that I have used for so many years has disappeared but so grateful it is being re-created!! And happy to contribute to its beginnings.
I have had BV, bacterial vaginosis, off and on for years. I didn't really realize how often I had it until the last few years of battling the horrible smell and finding my own treatment that's mostly worked. I've been dx a few times and taken antibiotics but am not interested in that route as it just recurs too often, and I don't like to take them.
Solutions that have worked for me has been Boric Acid suppositories that I've made myself. But in the last 8 months I've had BV 3 times… and I've not been having a lot of sex so I'm not sure exactly what is bringing it back. And, after just finishing my period a few days ago and not having it before it started I'm beginning to think it could possibly be my Diva Cup that's causing a change in my ph? (This makes me sad because I really like it and don't want to go back to wasteful tampons. And pads don't cut it for me.)
I am curious if any of you wise women have any solutions for balancing vaginal ph and getting rid of BV for good? Share what you've tired and has or hasn't worked… Let's recreate the resources for others so we all can rid ourselves of BV for good!
Thanks in advance!!