subject: Getting Rid Of The Vaginal Smell [print this page] You may not have heard of Bacterial Vaginosis before yet you may have had the symptoms: A vaginal fishy smell, discharge and itching. This condition is the pits and for far too long I did not know how to get rid of it. In this article I will share with you what didn't work and finally the one thing that did work to get me back to normalcy.
My BV problems began during my first pregnancy. I am a 29 year old, married and now the mother of two, with the plans to have more children. My BV problems have continued for more than two years, as you can imagine it has driven me nuts! If you're reading this, I know that you've dealt with the nasty fishy vaginal smell , that accompanies this condition.
I am not a promiscuous woman. I know doctors will ask if you've had multiple sex partners, since that's one of the contributing factors of BV, but I am a "1-man woman" (this vaginal odor thing made life very uncomfortable for intimate times between my husband and myself. I would clean up like crazy before we began our intimacy and was constantly self-conscious during the whole episode. As soon as we were done, I was off to the bathroom ASAP to clean up again...It was embarrassing and humiliating!! ).
There are allot of natural remedies out on the market and I began trying them all: including using non-perfumed soaps, stopping any douching, wearing loose fitting cotton underwear, and having my husband use condoms. When I did finally go to the doctor she diagnosed the condition as Bacterial Vaginosis. Never heard of it! But, the doc told me that it was the most common vaginal infection in child bearing women. She prescribed antibiotics which I used for a few weeks.
I used an antibiotic for a few weeks, the itching and smell were less but it didn't last very long. I started having "relapses" about a month later. So, I went back for more antibiotics. But that really worried me, because I know that excessive antibiotic use will actually hurt the good bacteria in my body and set me up for more infections in the future, and maybe even a yeast infection.
My search continued, but it was all pretty much the same routine, except for a few dietary changes and nutritional supplements along the way. The costs were getting higher and I was getting frustrated, to say the least.
Sometimes when you quite looking for the answers the appear right in front of you, well I quite accidentally stumbled upon a book written by a fellow-sufferer that made the outlandish claim that I could get rid of not only the vaginal smell, but the whole Bacterial Vaginosis infection, in 3 days. I could tell from her writing that she knew exactly what I was going through. It was like I was reading my own story! She also had a 100% money back guarantee which made it a no-brainer.
