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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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Try tea tree mint shower gel check to see if the ingredients doesn't have parfum init.
It's a nice strong minty smell and also brilliant if u get thrush and other infections.
I'm very sensitive to soaps, this stuff is so good.
I also use baby wipes that doesn't include perfum, it's nice and refreshing after sex.
Maybe have a nice long soak in the bath.
Hope this helps
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Hello I am 28 years old I've been  sexually active with only one partner I went to the doctor for a sours smell did a  at  smear on me  it was a BV she gave me antibiotics which was the pills  I completed the course of antibodies for seven days then after my seven day of taking the antibiotic pills I still noticed the sour smell when I  have intercourse  then I called back she describe me to get the  Cream for seven days after I got finished using the cream I still notice the sour smell please help me so I don't know what could this be.
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See, this is what I am saying. We will constantly be treating ourselves. It doesn't seem to ever go away, really. I honestly believe more scientific research needs to be done with this. As long as you are having unprotected sex, there just seem to be an odor that goes with it. I used to live at the gynecologist trying to get rid of this odor. I used to think my partner had an STD. I used to think so many things. Now I just think more research needs to be done. Almost every woman I know have the same problem when they have unprotected sex with their partner and almost every woman I know is fighting to normalize their odor and every time, the band aid term used is BV. It is so frustrating.
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No, not really. Both myself and several others with this problem have sex with husbands with vasectomies. Therefore there are no viable (alive) sperm in the ejaculate to emit a dying odor. Try again:)
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For both of us or just the women?
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Dear, It used to happened to me too until I discovered that when I have sex and I give my bf ******** and then we finish with intercourse that bacterias from my mouth end up changing my ph and vagina smell. Yesterday I changed my partner and we only had intercourse and magically my fishy odor is gone. I guess you can also get bad odor when your partner spit is pennis to make your vagina wet, those bacterias are helping to increase your fishy odor. Hope it helps, and try to have sex without putting anything weird different than your own lubrication in your vagina, this will decrease strong odors probability.
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Dear, It used to happened to me too until I discovered that when I have sex and I give my bf ******** and then we finish with intercourse that bacterias from my mouth end up changing my ph and vagina smell. Yesterday I changed my partner and we only had intercourse and magically my fishy odor is gone. I guess you can also get bad odor when your partner spit is pennis to make your vagina wet, those bacterias are helping to increase your fishy odor. Hope it helps, and try to have sex without putting anything weird different than your own lubrication in your vagina, this will decrease strong odors probability.
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