Why such a sore fanjo??!

[Tomkat79]

So swabs have come back as negative for everything. No thrush, bv, sti.s etc..but I am soo sore down below. Am now 25 weeks pregnant and have been this way for past 6-7 weeks. Sorry if tmi but lots of discharge, which I've read is normal? It's doesn't itch as such...just feels hot and tender. Dared have a look and looks a bit swollen and darker and the inner texture is different. Sounds lovely eh. MW/GP just look at me vacantly.

Anyone else experience anything like this?!

Hi apologies in advance for my TMI I've been feeling a little tender down there wen I sit on the loo feels like pressure. I'm 27 weeks. I get a lot of discharge too and it smells really bad I'm so paranoid coz I bath every day even after a bath I feel I smell. Making me feel really crap.

I have no pain no itching, no nothing just smell different. I read in previous posts that it's hormone changes in our body and I'm still suffering with sickness and my sense of smell is still stronger than normal so I don't no if those factor in.

Very frustrating can't wait till my bundle of joy is here and my Fanjo (as u put it lol ) is some what normal again lol

It does get you down doesn't it. If it's a bit whiffy though might be worth getting it checked out, although agree that with noses like bloodhounds it may be absolutely fine!

Hmm, the pressure feeling might be result of varicose veins, gross but sadly true. I had them with DD2 and it felt v swollen and tender. No discharge with them but did feel a bit damp after going to the loo for some reason. Sorry, there is TMI back at you!

Constant heavy discharge (even when it's normal ie in pregnancy) can really irritate the skin which can get really sore. Sudocrem will soothe it at least temporarily.

Did you persuade someone to examine you? It could be varicose veins, but will probably be just hormones and extra weight/ pressure. Staying off my feet was what helped me. Ice pack?

What pads or liners are you using for the discharge?

I have the least sensitive skin in the world but this changes in pregnancy and usual bodyform liners make even me feel swollen and irritated, especially where I have a scar from DD's birth.

Worth trying a 'natural' brand or even washable ones?

I don't have much discharge but with you on soreness and been wondering myself if so ething is wrong. Don't remember it like this with Dc1.

I was the same, I used to have to sit with cans of cold drink between my legs! It made me cry it hurt so much.

What I found helped was to take probiotic tablets, it was a kind of thrush/imbalance.....if I ran out of tablets it came back even worse.