Re: Battling Bacterial Vaginosis

You're very fortunate. Unfortunately for me, I don't use tampons. All the reasons that doctors say MIGHT cause BV are merely speculation. The only thing that they do know is that having multiple partners is somehow linked to BV, that's it. So all this crap about wiping from front to back, no tight under wear, deodorized soaps, tampons...blah blah blah, etc. While they may contribute to BV, that does not mean that that's why you have it. Because all the things I've listed above, I have either done (the good stuff) or have not done (the bad stuff). I mean, I'm not a m*o*o*n, doing harmful things to my body and it really pisses me off when doctors assume the reason I have BV is because I: have many sexua| partners (I have been in a monogamous relationship for 1 yr. Same partner.) I have always kept my vagina clean with regular soap, no douching with perfumes, no tight underwear, no thongs, no tampon usage (aside from the tea tree oil stuff when I got BV), no smoking, no nylon underwear etc. And I still got BV.....

But thank you for sharing your way to a cure. Maybe someone else will read your post and find that not using tampons will work for them. =) Tweet