Hey folks..... For those who don't know (most people probably!) a Bartholin cyst is a cyst in the lubrication glands surrounding the vagina. Lovely. More info here.
A bit of background... I first had this problem in 2000... it got so bad I had to go to casualty and have surgery to have it fixed. Every doctor I saw about it said "they come back" but thank god it didn't - for seven years. Then in October 2007 I got it again. This time I found it quite early, and using heat packs and hot baths it resolved after a couple of weeks. Then it came back when I was 4.5 months pregnant. OB prescribed mild antibiotics, but it was too little too late, and he had to drain it under local anaesthetic (just in his office) and sent me off with abs, stronger this time. All healed up and no more problems until about 5 weeks after DD was born. I felt it coming back, and I was going for my 6 week check up anyway so talked to the OB about it. he gave me a script for ABs, and said take them until it clears up and gave me another script in case it came back later. Basically the only way to cure it as such is the same surgery I had last time but b/c I'm breastfeeding and it requires a GA and overnight stay in hospital he's not keen to go that route. Neither am I for that matter. So I took the first course of ABs... it was better, but not completely gone. So I took the second round of ABs. Now it is still there! GRRRRRRRR it doesn't seem to be getting worse but it's irritating and its interfering with our sex life because DTD is pretty painful (that's how I was sure it was still there). So now I don't know what to do about it. Do I go back and get more AB's? Do I wait and see if it gets worse (not keen on that). And as for how you guys can help (other than just listening to me rant) does anyone know of any alternative therapies that might help with this? Acupuncture? Herbs? Homeopathy? Anything???? Anyone had success clearing this problem up without surgery? Thanks for listening and someone has some suggestions!