I've been battling BV for about three weeks. I got a test kit with the PH testing stick. I've been through tubes of Mulit-Gyn Actigel. I didn't want to take antibiotics, as that kills off all the bacteria, not just the bad bacteria in the BV. Plus antibiotics make me feel grim.
The gel would sort of relieve the symptoms for a bit but I'd have to use a ton of the stuff and it's a messy business. And expensive!
Then I was reading up on it late into the night, as you do, and thought I'd give the garlic clove a go. One peeled clove inserted for 20 minutes before going to sleep. In the morning, no watery discharge and barely any smell. This seems to be amazing but I'm feeling cautious on day one of home remedies.
Next I washed this morning with a diluted cider vinegar solution and sat in a bowl of the solution for a while until I started to feel cold and uncomfortable ;)
Then I soaked a tampon in a new mix of vinegar and cooled boiled water and inserted that for about half an hour. I thought this would be OK rather than douching with the stuff.
I'm staying off the gel for the day to see how the discharge behaves.
I've read that once you've had BV, it will keep on bugging you and I don't want that! So I'm also going to try probiotics, orally, once I see any stonger signs of improvement in the symptoms.
On a side note I read that certain foods can set it off, as well as stress, sex with a new partner, douching, scented soaps/bubble bath and not wiping correctly. I don't really know what can have set mine off, from this list. It's a right pain.