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vaginal smell after sex

I am 21 years old and have been married for almost 4 months. I have noticed that after sex, I have a foul smell from my vagina. My husband and I were both virgins when we got married, and obviously there is no one else. I always empty my bladder and clean off after sex. The smell seems to be more noticable if we've had more sex in a short period of time. Also the smell doesn't show up until usually the next day, but lingers for a day or two! I feel like the whole world can smell it! Also, there is no discharge, and I've had yeast infections before so I know its not that. I am on birth control, ortho tricyclin.  Please let me know if there is anything that I can do about this! Otherwise I have my yearly appt in 3 months....
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If you bathe in baking soda after intercourse, it removes the fishy smell. This is normal from the semen in our vagina. Using a condom prevents the fishy smell. I've been married 21 years... Trust me the smell gets old but baking soda baths help tremendously.
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where do you buy the vinegar ?
never douche with vinegar or anything else.  Really, Bacterial Vaginosis needs to be treated with antibiotics.  good luck
I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM FOR YEARS. A FOUL SMELL AFTER SEX WEATHER I CAME IN THE WOMAN OR NOT. I STARTED USING CONDOMS WITH MY GIRLFRIEND AND STILL AND TERRIBLE SMELL AND SLIGHT INFECTION THAT WOULD LASTS DAYS SOMETIMES WEEKS. THIS WENY ON FOR YEARS BAFFLING DOCS. EVEN WITH A CONDOM. TILL I FOUND THE ANSWER!!!!   H PYLORI !!!!! I HAD H PYLORI AND WHEN MY SALIVA MADE CONTACT WITH MY FIRLFRIENDS VAGINA IT CAUSED THE INFECTION OF FOUL ODER. YOU BOTH CAN HAVE H PYLORI. GET THE TEST ITS SIMPLE AND EASY. IM BEEN SEARCHING FOR THIS ANSWER FOR YEARS. HOPEFULLY IT HELPS YOU GUYS AS WELL. IF YOUR PARTNER HAS H PYLORI CHANCES ARE YOU DO AS WELL. YOUR SALIVA OR HIS WILL CAUSE THE INECTION
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The smell is fish ,and the smell is from dead spurm ,its simple
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The smell is fish ,and the smell is from dead spurm ,its simple
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I my self find that being big and sweating a lot doesn't help when having sex with my partner. Having a bath and soaking in it helps or drinking water helps my urine smell less strong and doing exercise helps me to sweat less. I also went to the doctors and had issues with the smell and had BV because i was washing down there with soap and that's a bad thing. I also found that yogurt helps me with pH balance naturally. I know that using products like vagisil help for like a day or so until having sex but i don't like the pink bottle i prefer the purple one lol. Everyone goes through it and if you have a friend or family member who you can talk too helps me.

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Don't use toilet paper use baby whips you will smell and feel fresh all day. Use toilet paper for the other purpose. When you wipe clean between lips
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My girlfriend has a fishy smell at her vagina which is very intense. What may be the reason for it?
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