mildez i cant even use soap down there, (or on the rest of my body) i have to use soap free body wash or natural goats milk soap.. if i do use soap i get red raw, itchy and start bleeding.. maybe your body had formed a new reaction to soap??
fwiw i cant use condoms either, does the same thing..
when i do get sore down there i put cocoa butter on it...
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Possible you are allergic to the latex in condoms? You said you dont normally use them?
Sounds very very sore
Can you see a gP today? Or i would even visit the hospital if u are that uncomfortable.
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I just joined the dots so to speak, after pregnancy oestrogen levels drop, so that doesn't help, makes things dry.
If you google "Pruritus Vulvae (Vulval Itch)" there's some good suggestions on treating it.
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Thanks for your replies.
Alish it is possible I have developed an intolerance to soap. Since bub was born I have been bathing with her everyday with her baby soap but normally I don't bath that much but shower.
Shanti maybe its a latex allergy. I thought an allergy would be getting better not worse but as it has been a week since there was any action down there (because I've been sore) Certainly wont be any now lol
I'm just waiting for the chemist to open and go get some cream. I'll see if that relieves the symptoms or gives me some relief and if it does I guess I'll put it down to thrush and if not I'll be to the Drs this afternoon. We have a medical centre I can access until 5pm today. I want some inner health plus and that oral tablet also but not sure if its a no no when I am breastfeeding. Please let it be thrush.
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emc will go google now.
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oooh that must be painful!
bacterial vaginosis is not just an STI. it is also quite common but the only way to treat it is with antibiotics. i had the same issue as you and my doctor prescribed some cream which you can get over the counter. its called hydrozole. it worked a treat. maybe get some hydrozole until you can get to see your gp.
good luck and let us know how u go
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teresa I think I am proned to bacterial vaginosis. I've had it more then once but its only ever been without symptoms (detected by a papsmear) I don't know how I got it but it definately wasn't from sex. At the time I was single in every meaning of the word lol and had been for a long period of time. Might give hydrozole a go amongst other things. I don't particularly want a discussion with the pharmacist about the topic.
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Oh, you poor thing!
As embarrassing as it is, I would ask the pharmacist if they could step in to a more quiet section of the chemist, and explain to them everything that you're feeling/seeing etc. It would be awful to put the wrong type of cream on and end up in a worse situation.
I hope they find something for you, and that it gives you some relief - quickly!
Oh, and an ice-pack wrapped in a light cloth in your knickers might give some relief from the pain.
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Mildez, i just saw this old post and was wondering how you treated it? I have recently had it a few times and it always comes back after the antibiotics are finished. And it's not an STI, it's kinda like thrush, it just "happens". Only thing is BD may make it worse because sperm is very alkaline so it disrupts the ph level down there. So no good if you are TTC like me
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Its aweful isn't it Tasha. After I wrote this post things got worse. I was in agony. I ended up on a vaginal antibiotic as I am BF and couldn't have the oral one but that only cleared it up briefly. I'm so over it. I bleed almost every time we DTD. The blood is more of an Orange colour and varies in amount from lots to just a few spots. Condoms are an absolute no no as the friction of them even with heaps of lube makes it so much worse. The cream for thrush makes it much better. My Dr said some women are prone to it and its very hard to treat as although treatment works its usually only a few weeks or months and it returns. Thats exactly where I am at. Fortunately I am comfortable most of the time. I learnt how to deal with it most of the time.
What I didn't know years ago was I had it regularly. A little bit of itching here and there. Used thrush cream on/off which helped. I have thought I had a yucky odour and every time I went to the Dr it was dismissed. They did STD checks multiple times thinking it was something like that) although I was only DTD with DH. Anyway it has been going on for years and what I recently found out was that its what caused me to get pelvic inflammatory disease which is what caused my ectopic pregnancies and tubal damage which led to my fertility problems.
I'm hoping when my cycle returns things down below will improve. AF (which I haven't had since this time last year) seems to sooth the soreness I get and right now as I have no cycle I am quite dry so I seem to constantly have it. Hopefully when AF returns I get some relief. It saddnes me that this stupid condition did effect my fertility and I can't even shake it so if I was going to ttc again their would be even more damage to my one remaining damaged tube them before.
So if you are one of the women who are prone to it like me (I have it more then I don't) then perhaps see a nutritionalist or naturopath, herbalist. I want to see one but am completely broke. I've heard of herbal tampons and a variety of other natural methods to keep it at bay. Have you tried a pro-biotic? My GP told me that the thrush treatment helps (the vaginal cream that is) The antobiotics cream helps but as soon as I finish it its straight back again. I'm going to go see my gynea soon and see what he suggests but according to my GP there is not much that can be done to prevent its return.
Have you had a HSG or lap and dye?
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I have the same issues if I use soap. Exactly the same! Same with condom's either, but I've found that latex-free condoms are heaps better.
i havent used latex free!
even with lots of lube they rip me in half! thank goodness those days are over!
i actually had to use them with dh last year after my ectopic so i wouldnt get pregnant for a while (doctors orders) i used them twice then whoops i was pregnant again!
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