Please help! I woke up Monday with an awful vagina smell that I've never had!

[CupcakeXo]

So I have never had a problem with vagina odor until 3 days ago. I am 24 years old, my boyfriend and I have been together for 6 years, and I have been on the nuvaring for about 3 years now. I have never really had much of a scent down there and when I do, it isn't very strong and it's not a bad smell at all, my boyfriend actually loves my smell. We had sex on Sunday before I was due to put my nuvaring in that day and all was normal. Sunday night, I inserted my nuvaring and starting monday I have had the worst vagina odor ever. I smelled it Monday, washed it and went on my way but it doesn't go away. It is not a fishy smell, it is a foul rotten smell. My boyfriend and I were having sex last night and he smelled it and asked me about it. I told him it started Monday morning, I have no idea whats going on, he said "You've never had a bad odor down there, and this is awful, maybe its from your nuvaring."

I have been on my nuvaring for 3 years, why would it start to give me an odor now? But the odor did start on Monday and I put it in Sunday night, so I took my nuvaring out last night.

I'm worried because Ive had a few UTI's in my life and the reason I knew was because of the burning, but no odor, I have had a yeast infection before but I knew because of the itching, no odor.

All of a sudden I wake up Monday with the most awful vagina smell, after never having a problem like this in my life?

Please help, what on earth is going on?

[kay8989]

Its not BV unless you are in pain during sex and have a odor. Nuvaring does the same thing with me , Once it is place for the first week you will get a smell and then it will go away . My GYN said its the hormones and bacteria mixing. Nothing to be worried about . Its just an annoyance. You can take Luke warm baths , eat more yogurt to prevent BV or a Yeast infection from starting. I never got BV or Yeast from the odor you smell during the first week on the nuvaring. its not a fishy smell almost like a medicine but not strong. You can smell it after sex or just during the day .

[lm10]

U have bv its common in women ive had it a few times its not sexually transmitted. Make sur u urinate before and after sex if your boyfriend cums inside of u dont let it stay isnside of u make sure u pee immediately afterwards. Take showers instead of baths when takin baths the dirt from your body goes in ur vagina i use to get bv all the time because i was doing all those things  once i stopped the bv never returned i havent had bv in over 2 years i use to smell so fishy at one time. Go to the dr.

[MeatCurtains]

It's probably bacterial vaginosis or BV. It's as common as a yeast infection and you have to go to a doctor to have Flagyl  prescribed and it goes away almost immediately.I too have a good smelling vagina normally and when it smelled all of a sudden like rotten meat I totally freaked out.It is caused by common bacteria entering the vagina and it's not an STD.

[AnnieBrooke]

Sounds like BV.  See your doc, you'll need antibiotics, and I think your boyfriend might need to be treated at the same time to keep from passing the bacteria back and forth.

[Destani214]

You call your doc and ask the nurse..I've had mirena almost two years and this year I started having a nasty smell so I am having it removed because of all the other issues I've had with it and now a smell! Thats it for me but just call the nurse it could be BV and I don't know how to spell it out but its a bacteria that builds up and a prescription will make it go away. Nothing major though.