So here's a fair warning.. this post is going to be pretty TMI. ;D
After using tampons for many years.. and only having three yeast infections I switched to using the Diva Cup.
After a few months of using my cup after I took my cup out I'd end up with a terrible yeast infection.
I made sure to clean the cup, boiling, peroxide.. antibacterial soap, to make sure it was fully clean (and yes I made sure to boil it again after using soap or peroxide on it)
About three periods ago I switched to using tampons for the last couple of days.. low and behold.. it worked! No yeast infections for two cycles! Then this month I did the same thing.. used the cup for two days, tampons for two.. and ended up with a terrible yeast infection.
I've been taking acidophilous orally morning and night, and inserting two acidophilous pills vaginally in the evening and it seems to be almost gone.. discovered it on Monday morning and it's now Thursday afternoon. The only downside of the pills are.. just like otc Monastat and junk they drip out.. get sticky.. and dry out my labia.. a lot.. to the point where it's painful and peeling. I've tried the one day methods.. the no mess methods.. pretty much all otc things and they either don't work (the one day one cost over $10 and I still had a yeast infection!) and all the "no mess ones" still drip out and cause issues.
Is there anything else I can do to help treat them.. that won't cause this crazy dryness? I have some itch relief cream.. but I'm not sure if that will help with the dryness or not.
Also.. any ideas as to what is causing them? I'm thinking it's my cup.. but I'm not totally sure why it would be causing them... and when I use tampons I make sure to take them out at the 7 hour point.
I'm just getting really irritated of bleeding for a 4 days, then having a yeast infection for about 7 days. =/ It's not fun.. it's over 11 days a month where I can't have sex.
Also I'm thinking of picking up some coconut oil to use a lubricant since apparently it has properties that help fight off yeast infections.. would it work as a vaginal moisturizer?
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