HOW I CURED MY BV!

This weekend was the ultimate test.  I was on the tail end of my period and spent the weekend with my boyfriend. I am pleased to announce the nasty smell did not return.  I still take a 1 billion acidophilus daily (and 1 10 billion capsul this weekend), I eat Greek yogurt daily and wash daily (as well as after sex) with vagisil (the ph balance wash).  I hope you all find relief soon, if you have tried this yet, give it a try.  It definitely worked for me.  

Okay! I am back with new results. I bought acidophilus and started taking 8billion cultures each day. Two days after I started noticing that the smell was getting so much better. So there is something there that is working. So when I finally got my douche in the mail I did the exact same steps as above while still taking the pills. I did have sex a day before I started douching. (For me the smell won't show up untill two days after sex.) So I started douching and continued taking the probiotics. Douched for two days but I guess I could of tried to hold it in there longer. I had to stop taking the probiotics I think I caught the stomach flu of some sort. 

So here is my new plan. This time the smell is pretty strong, and I've noticed that my urine is also incredibly strong and stinky in the morning. gross. I will take the gel that they prescribed me at the doctors all while orally taking the acidophilus. That way I figure that all the bacteria will be killed off but I can start getting new bacteria in there. After I finish the gel I will try douching with the acidophilus once again. Wish me luck ladies! I've also really tried to drink more water but it is so hard. I am determined to get rid of this thing. 

Hi lia44027,

I'm so glad to know that there are many other women who suffer from the demon BV! I wish there was a cure..My episode only seems to arise after sex, after my partner has dumped a whole load in me & 2 days later I notice this fishy foul smell! I have used the metrogel, flagyl, Apple cider vinegar soak! & it just want go away completely only for a couple days & then it's back. I read a blog yesterday & the lady there said you don't even have to insert those pills.She said just crush one make a paste with water & spread it down there & the little buggers will find there way! That was interesting to me so tonight I tried it! I have my fingers & toes crossed! I liked your article & if my treatment doesn't work I will be trying yours! It's nice to know I'm not alone out here! Thanks for your advice woman to woman!

Hey there....I've been following your BV "journey" and was reading all the replies.  Thank you for starting a forum like this as sometimes women feel like we're going through things all alone.  This puts it all in better perspective.   

I'm a 50 y/o woman who started noticing an odor about a year ago.  I didn't have mulitple sex partners and wasn't sure what was going on.  Although my partner didn't seem to notice the smell, I did!  ....I started to get apprehensive whenever he wanted to perform oral sex on me, but noticed that the smell would only show up if he actually penetrated me.  Penetration by finger or penis is when I would notice the smell.  

So fast forward....I'm in a new relationship and started to notice the fishy smell again.  How embarassing!  I guess in my mind I was hoping he couldn't smell it, but knew if I could, he could.  Well, we just had a discussion about it.  I love how it was a very mature, caring discussion because this topic is quite personal.  I told him because I'm peri-menopausal, my hormones are changing and I'm tyring to figure out what to do about it.  He was very supportive.  ....then I found this blog! 

I've tried organic yogurt in the past, but that didn't really help me.  I'm now trying the acidophilus douche.  Started for the first time last night. (4/17/16).  Now, oddly enough the other morning, my man and I had sex (early morning) and there was no smell at all.  It almost feels like, the smell shows up in the evening hours for sex (maybe my body is more fresh in the mornings) lol ...I don't know, but I don't like having any kind of smell - let alone a fishy one!  

So, last night I crushed 4 pills, put them in a douche container (bought cheap douches at the store, poured out the contents) and put them in and shook it and then squeezed the contents inside my va-jay-jay.  I'm not gonna see my man until Friday, so I'll do this for the next 3 days.  

I'll also start taking the pills orally.  It's 1 billion cultures so I'll probably pop about 4-5 of them.  

I'm PRAYING this eventually will cure my bv.  

FYI:  Ladies, always empty your bladder before and definitetly after sex! Avoid soaps with fragrances, drink plenty of water and wear panties with cotton crotch.  

I will keep everyone posted as to my results. 

This worked for me!!!! Thank you so much!

I've been holding off commenting here for a month and a half just to make sure and will continue to update but I'm pretty certain it's worked for good!

I'll go into detail since this thread has helped so much.

I've had reoccurring BV since at least 10th grade. I only realized a few months ago that it happened after I had sex with or without condoms. I used to treat it with Flagyl but after asking my doctor for it four times last year I was done.

Anyways, I bought acidophilus pills with 2 billion live cultures and a box of summers ever douches

The douches came with vinegar water in them which I rinsed out. I cut open about 6 of the capsules (which is way more than was suggested but cutting the capsules rather than having to crush pills just made it so easy) and emptied the powder into the empty douche container, filled it with warm water and shook the container around as you said. I swirled the container around as I used it and held in the mixture like I was doing kegal strength training for about three minutes. Repeated the next day.

I also have been taking one pill a day orally.

No smell or discharge at all since.

I've had sex with and without a condom.

Multiple times.

I've had my period.

No smell.

No BV

This was over a month ago.

This is life changing for me!!!!

This is important! I tried this a few times without luck because I didn't do it two days in a row. If you only do it for one day or skip a day it won't work.

I also didn't change my diet.

Like I said, I'll continue to update but I know my body and I consider myself cured.

Hello, Lia44027 and thank you so much for your post!!!  I have had on and off again BV then yeast issues for over a year.  I am sooo tired of going through this and I am going to try this out.  I have a couple of questions . . . how much water did you use to fill up the douce?  What brand of acidophilus did you use? . . . there are so many out there and I am sure not all are created equally. 

I too suffered from BV for many years. Going back and forth to my gyno for 

metronidazole vaginal gel that would clear the problem but the BV kept coming back. I also tried the organic root like you taking acidophilus pills, vitamins etc...anything to stop my frequent BV that happened once a month. BV killed every aspect of my personal and dating life bc of that odor. I decided to research the causes of BV trying to figure out the correlation and I did. It was something I was eating and consumed LOTS of without realizes its effects and the cause of my BV was CHEESE. I only happened upon this discovery by chance and lived in a home for a bit in which the person was extremely allegeric to cheese and so there was none in the home and my BV symptoms were gone. BV can be caused by mold and which is high in cheese thus causing my bacteria imbalance. I didn't realize how much I loved cheese and put it on everything - parmesan, mozzerella, blue, swiss, cheddar you name it...Since the discovery, my BV has completed disappear BUT will reappear if I have too much cheese. A slice of cheddar could cause it to come back. So I watch what I eat and drink loads of water and cranberry but most of all I am happy to not to deal with BV rollercoaster ride anymore. 

Hello. I know it's been a while but I wanted to know if you had to treat ur man as well since you were still sleeping with him.