Recurring BV around Year 2 PLEASE help
Hi like title says! Have had my iud for approx two years and it’s been fine. Insertion was fine no crazy symptoms except for heavier periods.
EXCEPT
I’ve been having recurring BV/UTI/Yeast Infections since December. If it’s not one, it’s the other, or three, and it’s ruining my peace. Prior to this time I didn’t have any issues except for right after my insertion- I had two back to back UTI’s for the first time in my life, and that was all, or so I thought.
I’m genuinely so sick of having something wrong with me. I do everything recommended. Cotton underwear, pee after sex, one sexual partner, he doesn’t even finish in me, shower after sex, I don’t sit in sweaty clothes, etc.
This is like the last thing I can think of. I think my first year of the IUD was peaceful because I didn’t have a period (unrelated to birth control or IUD) for a year. I’m wondering if having a regular period created more bacteria for the iud to cling onto, and that’s why it has become an issue now?
I hate this and am thinking of getting it removed solely in the hope I’ll stop getting BV. Has anyone experienced anything similar? Advice? My doctor doesn’t seem to think it’s the reason but I don’t know what else to do.