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I’m having UTI first time in my life. Does this mean I am more predisposed to getting UTIs?

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blue87454
blue87454

I’m 22 years young and I’m having my first UTI which I am recovering from. We have never and have agreed not to have vaginal sex before marriage, so all we did was some fingering and oral. I think the cause was at the time I might’ve not cleansed my anus well enough after pooping + we were in a bubble bath together + my vagina at some point got dry and the fingering was quite rough. 

I am now on my third day taking antibiotics and I feel recovered. My questions are...

1) Should I be worried I may get another one after oral sex despite doing all the hygienic practices? If yes, would it be better to not do oral sex and fingering at all? 

2) Am I overworrying to worry that I may be one of the 5% of women to have chronic cystitis throughout their lives??

If any of you have had experience with UTI/UTIs, I’d love to hear about it!

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  • lynda20916
    lynda20916 blue87454

    Posted

    Both of you do need to be clean before sex.  As for having sex in a bath tub, even just fingering, think of all the bacteria on the tub, in the water and on your skin. Then you added the bubble bath, another irritant.  By fingering, you're inserting water contaminated with bacteria directly into areas that can become irritated and infected.  Looks romantic in the movies--but the results often aren't.   

  • Guest
    Guest blue87454

    Posted

    Everything Linda said is true.  Bubble bath never good for the vagina.
    • lynda20916
      lynda20916 Guest

      Posted

      Thank you, Fern--that's why pediatricians usually tell moms that if they bathe their children, little girls shouldn't spend longer than 10 minutes in the tub.  At least, that's what mine told me.  xx

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