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. =)

I had bacterial vaginosis and yeast infections for as long as I remember. I tried everything you mentioned in your post to no avail. I even tried boric acid which is a great temporary relief. A few months ago I decided to stop eating eggs and processed foods in the morning. I would eat one/two eggs per day (runny) and I would accompany that with turkey bacon and sometimes bread...I did this breakfast everyday for a long time! For some reason I decided to stop eating the eggs and the bacon and replaced it with chobani yogurts in the morning, That is the only thing I changed in my diet. I am not a vegetarian, I like to eat everything. I have been clear for about two months now. No smell, no discharge, pretty normal, when before it'd be normal for a week and repeat itself.
Everybody is different, this is my experience and my assumption, the eggs were the culprit in my story, at least I think. I am not even sure if that is the reason why they stopped. Whatever the reason, I am happy now and glad that this nightmare is over. Good luck to all the ladies still going through this. I definitely feel your pain!

Sorry I took forever to get back to this. I have been using the hydrogen peroxide daily as a means to keep the discharge at bay and the smell. It seems to be the only thing that works. I have found a 12 strain probiotic in hopes of combating this infection from the inside out. I've also tried drinking Pineapple and Aloe vera, which I created at home as a mixture to drink. It tastes awful but you will see less discharge within a few hours.

I have also noticed that diet plays a key roll in BV. I've tried to starve it out with doing just a yogurt diet but, it didn't fully go away.

I ordered some cream from India, called Himalaya v-gel. I'm waiting for it to try it and see if that helps.

So those are my two other plans in mind. I have also read in a lot of places that using Boric acid helps, by inserting it nightly for a week in a capsule. I haven't built up enough courage for that yet but something tells me that will be a last resort.

If I find something that really kicks this BV in the ass I'll let you know. =)

the reason that drinking lime juice helps is because both lemon and lime juice lower your PH. I know it sounds weird, but in researching the low acid diet, one of the foods that came out as low acid was lemon and lime juice, so I use them on my salads along with olive oil for salad dressing. I know vinegar is NOT low acid, it made my BV worse, I tried a lot of different things. douching with vinegar was helpful for a day, but BV is not a vaginal problem, it is a PH problem in your whole body. Try the drinking baking soda on an empty stomach, and implement the low acid diet and this problem will go away, at least it did for me.

have you tried inserting raw garlic cloves in your vagina try it wash down there scar d peeled garlic nd place it in your vagina do this at night before bed remove in the morning and please don't douche please.treated that like 4 times and it kept coming for better results cut the garlic in half and please note the moment this garlic is in ur region'the taste and smell automatically reaches your mouth please i want you to get better bye..:)

You've been using the MetroGel for 2 months and the BV is gone? Have you stopped taking it? From my understanding, a lot of women say that this gel works, but for only as long as you keep taking it. Is that my final solution, taking an artificial cure for the rest of my life? I have also read that women who continue to take MetroGel for a long period of time discovered that the BV becomes resistant to MetroGel, forcing some woman back to the market for something that will eliminate this infection.

I'm not say that what you wrote didn't pique my interests but as my screen name implies, I hate the pharmaceutical industry and am very leery(who am I kidding, I avoid like the plague) of localized Antibiotics .

Please get back to me when you stop taking the MetroGel for a few months.

I will wait.

Wouldn't you like to be free of BV without having to constantly put something in your vagina? Because one, you are putting a drug into yourself constantly, which has side affects. And two, that isn't freedom. You are tie to this drug for the rest of your life, which is EXACTLY what the makers of it want. Wouldn't you rather be FREE of discharge and embarrassing odor without having to do anything but eat right?

I am here to tell you that freedom really is possible.

Because BV is not a problem with your vagina at all, it is a problem with your body's PH. Now I know your Mom is a doctor so you may not want to hear what I have to say, but doctors do not know this because they are taught drugs are the magic cure all. Doctors are only as knowledgeable as their education and medical school do NOT teach nutrition, they teach drugs.

The reason for this is that pharmaceutical company fund and control medical schools. So I will tell you my story and you can decide for yourself if it is for you. But I am a recovered BV sufferer. It almost destroyed my marriage.

So I decided to do my own research and what is found is that BV is the result of your body having too high of a PH.

Your body, not your vagina. It is manifested in your vagina, but the problem can't be fixed there because the problem doesn't start there. The problem is that the american diet is way too acidic because it is grain based.

The only food that actually lowers your PH is vegetables and our diet is sadly lacking in them. Most people your age don't even like them and don't eat them hardly at all. But one thing I found out all by myself is that drinking baking soda water is also very affective at lowering your PH.

So what I did was I started drinking a glass of baking soda water first thing when I got up, and right before I go to bed at night.

Now you have to do this carefully. You only want to drink baking soda water (8 oz of water with 1/2 a tsp of baking soda) on an empty stomach. This is very important. If you drink baking soda water with food in your stomach it interferes with your digestion and this is very harmful and can cause other problems, So only drink it an hour before you eat something, or 4 hours after, longer if it is a really big meal.

But I did this religiously for a month and had no BV. But that still didn't fix my diet. So I had to research online the low acid diet. Now I don't mean you have to become a vegan, far from it.

Vegan diets are too grain based. Yes even whole grains are acidic, it doesn't matter how healthy they make it sound. Yes all grains, wheat, rice, oats, all grains.

Again I don't mean you have to give them up completely, just make sure you eat more vegetables than you do an acidic food like grains, sugars (including fruit) and meat and dairy (all very acidic). It's no wonder so many women suffer from this problem, look how acidic our diets are? Men are also too acidic, but obviously they don't have vaginas so it probable affects them too, but in less obvious ways. Probably something to do with heart disease no doubt.

Anyway, The best way I found to get large quantities of vegetables that was acceptable to me was salads. I love big salads with lots of different vegetables in them. I eat organic because I also believe toxins play a role in BV and all diseases. so for every meal, even breakfast, I have a large salad with lots of vegetables in it, and a small amount of organic meat. Dairy is extremely acidic, and I felt so much better after cutting it out of my diet, that I stuck with that.

Alcohol is EXTREMELY acidic. I know you are only 19, but chances are that you have had at least wine. A single glass of wine will produce a slight smell in my discharge in the morning.

So on the rare occasion that I drink alcohol, I chase it with a glass of baking soda water. Which not only helps with the PH but with the hangover as well lol.

So there you go, that is what cured my BV. I make sure I eat more vegetables than anything else at every meal, I cut out Sugar and dairy and grains, I use baking soda water when I fall short of that.

After a month of using the baking soda water, I was able to stop taking it every day and now my diet controls my PH again.

No more douching, no more Antibiotics or creams, I do take folic acid and a probiotic because they can only help, but I don't believe you can rely totally on supplements, you have to change your diet.

I hope something I said makes sense and good health to you.