Well....first off, yeast are a natural inhabitant in the vagina. We females have a delicate ecosystem down there. Antibiotics can certainly mess up that balance, but then again, so can changes in weather and diet. If you just stopped taking you antibiotics without first talking to your doc, that was the first wrong thing to do. The second is self treating when it doesn’t really sound like you have a really good grasp of what organisms play a role in your body. Yeast and bacteria both inhabit your body and you need them both, but in good balance. If you are still having imbalance prob ...
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Well, it all depends on what you want. There are hormonal and non-hormonal forms of BC on the market nowdays. 5 years ago I got on the pill....spent about 3 years on it. Gained some weight, but my periods were light, short, and pain-free. Down side, I had to take a pill EVERY day. I then wanted off hormones and tried a copper IUD for a little over a year. My periods became heavy, long (8-9 days) and very crampy. I have now switched to the IUD Mirena. I’ve only had it 2 weeks, but my cramping has already lessened, and I started my period a week ago and it’s lighter than the ones of ...
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I would also recommend the cranberries....from my experience though it’s hard to find the whole berries. Blueberries are supposed to have the same properties, and they are easier to find. I’ve never relied on blueberries to get rid of a UTI, but I have used cranberry juice. I use it every time. I maybe get 1-2 infections a year and a week solid of cranberry juice works pretty well.   [End]
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I also have a history of UTI’s associated with sex but my body is EXTREMELY sensitive to antibiotics (garenteed yeast infection!) and I have sex alot, so I have found the best thing to do is incorporate cranberry juice into my diet. Both cranberries and blueberries have some property that keeps the nasty bacteria from attaching to the walls of the bladder. Once I notice I have symptoms (the painful urination starts) I constantly drink cranberry juice and in a few days (a week at most) the infection is gone!   [End]
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I had the copper IUD for about a year and a half and had it removed in order to get mirena, and the removal process for me was painful. Granted, not AS painful as insertion of an IUD, but not a walk in the park. My copper IUD had settled low (in my cervical canal) and my body was trying to expel it (why I was cramping ALL the time) but was unable to because the arms of the T had gotten a little imbedded in the lining of my cervix. So when my doc pulled in the strings to remove it, a little bit of tissue came with it. She said that normally I wouldn’t have felt a thing though. Hope you ...
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