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How long should I wait to have sex after a yeast infection??

Well firstly I had my first UTI about a month ago and since I'm in college in Philadelphia and my doctor is in Baltimore I went home to get checked out, did a urine sample and then came back to Philadelphia. I filled a prescription of standard antibiotics but once the results came back I was given another, different dosage of antibiotics but my mother told me to keep the first dosage since UTI's are reoccurring and I'm so far from home. Now, Skip ahead to a month, after christmas, back home, then back in Philadelphia. My boyfriend of three years and I are sexually active, we both have been tested and have no sexual diseases and I'm on birth control. I missed a day with my both control and we had sex. He didn't release inside but I was still nervous so I took a morning after pill. And then, the day after I started feeling the symptoms of a UTI so I finished off the antibiotics and the symptoms went away. But about three days after I woke up with discharge and a swollen, itchy vulva and lips, And my godmother who is a nurse said it was possibly caused by all the antibiotics (shame on me) and Told me to take the Monistat Antifungal Complete for seven days, Which includes the cooling wipes, Inner cream and outer cream. Halfway through my treatment I got my period, I continued treatment, only wore unscented pads and the yeast infection cleared up and I feel completely fine, no swelling. My period lasted a few days shorter then usual, it lasted five days instead of seven, and the last day of my period I did wear a tampon since the yeast infection symptoms were gone, but the next day when my boyfriend and I finally attempted to have sex, I had a slight uncomfortable pain as he attempted to insert his penis. Should I be worried? Thank you!
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The skin it probably just still irritated. Wait a few days before trying again. If it persists see a doctor but it's probably nothing to worry about.
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