Strong Smell - Down Below (TMI)

[heron22]

Hi

It is really embarassing to post this

I am 22 weeks pregnant and no matter how often i wash, i still have this really strong smell down there. The smell is really obvious to me and I am not a contortionist!

Has anyone experienced this problem? Any solution?
Thanks!

You havent described the smell (even more tmi! ) but pregnant women are susceptible to BV which is where you get an overrun of good bacteria (or bad, cant remember) and it alters the smell so it isnt very nice.

Your doctor can give you some medication and
it will celar up quickly.

Def go and get a swab taken - and stop washing so much as this amkes bv lots worse because you dont give the vagina time to rebalance.

also, i do not have any itching or vaginal discharge. Just the awful smell

Hi Millie, thanks, thats a good idea. I will ask my doc.

Does sound like BV. You'll need some anti-b's to clear it up if so, so definitely get to the doctors. You can reduce your chances of getting it again by washing only with warm water - no perfumed soaps and shower gels etc.

I stank all the way through. Could smell myself constantly and even straight after showering I would smell. Has completely gone now even though I am bleeding and had stitches, it must be hormonal. Nasty though!

I had this too and had swabs taken but no infection. For me, I was told that it was just hormonal and sure enough it totally went a couple of days after the birth.

I am 20 weeks and am convinced I smell too - I keep thinking I have wee'd my knickers and then they have dried...had assumed it ws my strong sense of smell, will ask about poss infection.

Definitely have some swabs done. I had this from about 30 weeks pregnant and although I had swabs done which came back negative I went into labour at 35 weeks and I'm still convinced it was because I had some kind of infection.