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i am so smelly while ttc :(

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1wokeuplikethis · 22/04/2015 22:54

Since TTC no.2 with my husband and after using condoms for years prior, I forgot how smelly it gets down in them there lady bits following each session.

I reek :-( usually for about 2 days but the day after dtd the night before I am paranoid I smell like a walking fish counter and find the smell horrid myself. It's so strong. And itchy.

I know it's his sperm reacting with my hormoneywhateveries, but seriously. Does anyone else have this right now?
I shower in the morning & use thin 'dailies' type towels the next day or so but I am ridiculously paranoid that people sitting right next to me at work can smell it and god knows what they think.

Is there anything I can do to stop this whiff? Is it a natural part of ttc or am I having some kind of problem here?

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Oysterbabe · 22/04/2015 22:59

To be honest I don't notice any kind of smell after showering. Maybe you have an infection?

PacificDogwood · 22/04/2015 23:01

Get checked out.

You can submit a self-taken swab in most places now - your GP surgery should be able to give you 'supplied'.

A 'fishy' smell can be associated with Trichomonas, but could be any number of other things.

I don't remember a particular smell when TTC either.

Get checked, then you can stop worrying

kormachameleon · 22/04/2015 23:01

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scarlettsmummy2 · 22/04/2015 23:02

No, have never noticed this at all. Sounds like you have an infection.

littleflick · 22/04/2015 23:02

I'd get that checked out at the Gp. I don't think it's usual to smell, and certainly not to itch.

jugglingmonkey · 22/04/2015 23:03

I get this, a bit... I wouldn't say it's itchy (but it does bother me in the night if we DTD before bed).

But, it sounds like this is really bothering you - two days of smell post DTD is a bit much. Maybe get it checked?

GatoradeMeBitch · 22/04/2015 23:03

Maybe an quick internal wipe with a flannel in the morning? You shouldn't still have sperm in you the next day!

littleflick · 22/04/2015 23:10

How do you get a flannel...up there?

GatoradeMeBitch · 22/04/2015 23:11

I'm not sure tbh, I only have a bath. Twist a corner?

PacificDogwood · 22/04/2015 23:12

Leave your insides alone!
The vagina is a self-cleaning orifice when well

And sperm can survive for 3+ days 'up there', but there should still not be an unpleasant smell.

Get checked.

GatoradeMeBitch · 22/04/2015 23:13

Did that make any sense?? I'm tired

I tend to soak in the bath and assume that takes care of internal cleansing, but maybe it's trickier for the lucky sods people who have showers? I wouldn't know really...

QueenBean · 22/04/2015 23:16

One's insides don't need to be "cleansed". The vagine is a wonderful self-cleaning thing, don't mess with it by trying to jam a manky old flannel up there! Recipe for disaster!

gaggiagirl · 22/04/2015 23:21

Do not flannel the fanjo!

Could you have thrush perhaps?

CMOTGilbertBlythe · 22/04/2015 23:31

Could be bacterial vaginosis, see the GP, or they sell these pessaries in Superdrug:

www.superdrug.com/Balance-Activ/Balance-Activ-BV-Vaginal-Pessaries/p/651456

coffeenut · 23/04/2015 05:14

Please listen to pacific she knows her stuff!

FishyFanny · 23/04/2015 06:37

It is BV. It's not dangerous but you can treat it with pessaries or gel.
I know exactly the smell you describe. It's very treatable.

FishyFanny · 23/04/2015 06:40

You can buy them on Amazon if you don't want to buy them in person.
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jugglingmonkey · 23/04/2015 07:26

I was also going to say BV. Susceptible to it myself.
Anyone know why it's worse after sex?

JemFinch · 23/04/2015 07:42

I was going to say BV too

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1wokeuplikethis · 23/04/2015 08:42

Ah right. I'm going to google bv now, to be honest I have just thought it was the sperm that comes back out (bleurgh sorry) that caused the smell.
Thanks for helping :)

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joey38 · 23/04/2015 10:05

I had this problem once. I went to the GP and turns out that I had left a tampon in there!! I must have totally forgotten about it (I'd had sex with dh and everything!!). Anyway, she managed to get it out, and the smell when it did come out....!! Anyway, having a smell like that is not right, so you definitely need to get checked out. Sperm doesn't smell.

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1wokeuplikethis · 23/04/2015 19:48

In case anyone is on a smelly vagina cliffhanger: saw Dr today & was given metronidozel antibiotics from my description. 7 days. If it's still bad next week he will take a swab.

Which as an aside, if that does happen, will mean this doctor has seen my deflated saggy mastitis infected boobs, bum full of piles and now my smelly cabbage.

I do hope he doesn't start frequenting my local hangouts (which is mainly my lounge actually, so probably nothing to fear). Cringe anyway.

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BabyOnBoob · 23/04/2015 20:14

'Smelly cabbage'

Hope your bits get better soon op.

PacificDogwood · 23/04/2015 20:36

Ah, good old Metronidazole - it has reshreshed many a wiffy minge

Hope you were told to avoid ALL alcohol while taking it? Can make you v sick if taken in combination with even leetle drink.

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1wokeuplikethis · 24/04/2015 07:58

Yep no boozin for me. Which after a horrid week at work and a toddler being 'lively' is...just what the doctor ordered apparently.

My heart didn't break at all as I mentally waved goodbye to the well-earned glass of vino. Nope.

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