What is wrong with my vagina?

[ZippyZappyZoo]

So very recently my husband and I have upped our game in the bedroom, it’s been a lot better and subsequently a lot more frequent as we are both enjoying it more. I assume this is relevant.

we’ve gone from once a week to almost every day.

I am susceptible to post coital uti’s, and had one last week (self diagnosed and self treated with 3 days nitrofurabtoin). All cleared, back to the bedroom, all good.

then yesterday I started feeling a burning on my vulva. It’s around the urethra sure but also at the vaginal opening and around the clitoris. I wondered if i was getting yet another uti. However it hasn’t progressed to the bladder pain, frequent urination etc and seems to be focussed externally.

it is worse after I’ve been for a wee for quite a bit after.

im wondering if it is thrush but there’s no discharge and no redness, swelling or itching.

could it be anything else I’ve missed? I am absolutely not concerned about sti’s.

thanks in advance

Have you been using lube? Sex toys? Having anal then vaginal sex?

Sounds like an irritation rather than an infection

Lube as needed, same brand we’ve used for ages. No sex toys together, only privately. I always clean them after each use. We don’t have anal sex

I'd start by getting a swab for an infection. Could be yeast, BV, just irritation from the sex. If you've taken antibiotics for the UTI, thrush quite possible.

Sometimes it's just getting a bit older for a range of reasons that may be to do with DH rather than you, but I'll avoid going into details.

Good luck.

Thank you. Soooo frustrating. I just want to enjoy sex with my husband and now it’s off the cards again! Especially frustrating since we are child free tonight 😩

@ZippyZappyZoo
Did you solve this as I have the same?

Stubble rash from your DH going down?

Sounds like Vulvovaginitis? Make sure you wash after sex ideally with white vinegar in the bath. Not very romantic I know.

@badtothewee i did. I realised it was too much washing, due to the uti I was washing before and after sex plus at least one another normal shower a day and it upset the sensitive skin there.

I stopped washing before and after, although still showered twice a day and switched from femfresh to dermol which is an emollient so more gentle.

I also used diprobase ointment twice a day to moisturise and within a few days the pain had gone and hasn’t returned.

I now use the diprobase as and when I need it which isn’t too often and now only wash with the dermol lotion. Still 1-2x per day.

good luck!

@ZippyZappyZoo
Thanks for replying. I'm wondering if I've irritated my bits somehow

Anything new going on?

@ZippyZappyZoo
Loads of weeing, bruised feeling clitoris which is possibly urethra and sore bits, waiting on another call from the doctors and lab results