I had medical management of a miscarriage a while ago. It was early but it was scary and afterwards I was screened for infection as I had some symptoms and BV came back positive. I was treated for pelvic inflammatory in the meantime as a precaution.
I have since been terrified of getting pelvic inflammatory. It dominates my thoughts and I am scared for my partner to even touch me down there unless he has thoroughly washed his hands and the bed is clean etc.
I have been to my GP and discussed it. They said that there was never any evidence I had pelvic inflammatory and if I did it was treated. She said BV is not a common cause of pelvic inflammatory and that if I got BV again it wouldn’t automatically go to pelvic inflammatory. I have read though that if you have pelvic inflammatory once then you are likely to get it again.
I am so scared all of the time and the thought of having sex outside ovulation time (ie having sex just for fun) is off the table for me. I just don’t want to. I worry so much afterwards as you feel like something has been inside don’t you (sorry if tmi!) but it automatically makes me think I’m infected.
I just don’t know what to do. A private doctor offered me metronidazole to take every 3 months so I could manage in my head that any infection like BV was treated. I’m just so stressed all the time. Don’t know what I’m asking really, just feel sad. I have talked about it in therapy for a long time now.