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Something wrong with my "Down There"
Hello,
I'm an 18 year old female. I have been to the ob/gyn once in my life for birth control. I am off it now, have been for awhile. Anyway, I have a problem, I don't know what it is yet, but I know I have one.
I always feel like I have a yeast infection, like always. I wash regularly, [Every night] I wipe well, etc.
But I always feel dirty, I feel like I have to change my underwear [which is cotton, I rarely wear thongs] every couple of hours because I feel dirty, and feel like people can "smell" how dirty I am.
I do have a distinct smell, it's not like a "rotten" smell, but it does smell weird.
I do have discharge, It's mostly white, and it does show up on my underwear white.
Sometimes it does come out a different color too [Not like blue or red] like yellow, or dark orange maybe?
I don't know what it is. My mom won't allow me to go to the gyno, she feels I have no need for it seeing as I'm a lesbian [Don't judge please]
I hope you can help me.
Thank you, in advance.
I'm an 18 year old female. I have been to the ob/gyn once in my life for birth control. I am off it now, have been for awhile. Anyway, I have a problem, I don't know what it is yet, but I know I have one.
I always feel like I have a yeast infection, like always. I wash regularly, [Every night] I wipe well, etc.
But I always feel dirty, I feel like I have to change my underwear [which is cotton, I rarely wear thongs] every couple of hours because I feel dirty, and feel like people can "smell" how dirty I am.
I do have a distinct smell, it's not like a "rotten" smell, but it does smell weird.
I do have discharge, It's mostly white, and it does show up on my underwear white.
Sometimes it does come out a different color too [Not like blue or red] like yellow, or dark orange maybe?
I don't know what it is. My mom won't allow me to go to the gyno, she feels I have no need for it seeing as I'm a lesbian [Don't judge please]
I hope you can help me.
Thank you, in advance.
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Your mom thinks lesbians don't need health care? For heaven's sake, it's not like lesbians don't have vaginas. Sounds like she thinks ob-gyns are only about not getting pregnant or getting pregnant.
It might be BV, a bacterial infection characterized by a definite smell. Go to Planned Parenthood for a checkup if you can't get your mother to agree to let you see an ob-gyn, and specifically ask to be swabbed for bacterial vaginosis as well as the more standard things.
Good luck!
It might be BV, a bacterial infection characterized by a definite smell. Go to Planned Parenthood for a checkup if you can't get your mother to agree to let you see an ob-gyn, and specifically ask to be swabbed for bacterial vaginosis as well as the more standard things.
Good luck!
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