03/07/2012: Stacia from Palmdale, Ca: "I'm only 18 years old, and about a year ago I had some craaazy itching going on down there and awful discharge. I went to the doctors and was diagnosed with a yeast infection, BV, and a uti. I took the meds and it cleared up. About a month later I had discharge again (a very very light odor also, but luckily through all of this I have never had to worry about a strong odor) and rushed to the doctors, they said I had BV and a yeast infection, took meds and it cleared up, a few weeks later it came back.. And kept coming back.

Then after about nine months of this routine of bv yeast doctors meds I went to the bathroom and it burned when I peed. OHH noo not again! Another uti on top of the yeast and bv!!!! If you guys have ever had a uti before you know how PAINFUL they are! Everytime I had one it brought me to tears!! :( my boyfriend who I have been with for over a year thought it was him causing all these infections. He went to get tested for std's, he came back clean of course.

I found this website and ohh my gosh you guys are great I feel so much better knowing I'm not the only one out there suffering. So after reading I tried the acidophilis and folic acid, did nothing. I tried the fem-dophilis and since I started taking it I haven't seen a uti in two months! Thank god! Cause those things hurt!! But it didn't clear up the yeast and bv infections. So I tried fem-dophilis, acidophilis and bathing in apple cider vinager and it went away. The yeast and bv was goneee! But it came back eventually. I know this website is for BV but if you guys know any good cures for both bv AND yeast pleaseee tell me! It would be GREATLY appreciated, thanks!"

04/14/2010: Iliana from Highland, Ca replies: "How much apv and what brand of capsule?"

01/01/2011: Lily from Bishopville, South Carolina: "After reading several posts, I stumbled across Apple cider vinegar for bacterial vaginosis. I've had it for about one year now. Flagyl worked at first. But it returned. So, I chewed a tablet of acidophilus (2 billion CFU) and put it into my vagina. Then I diluted the ACV with water, drank a full cup. That had to be nastiest thing I've ever drank in my life. I then poured non-diluted ACV some onto a cloth and a wiped my va jay jay. It's been about 72hrs. It's gone. No smell, no discharge, no nothing."

[YEA]  07/13/2012: Daphne from Memphis, Tennessee: "For me what has worked is to take non filtered apple cider vinegar, coconut oil, and acidophilus orally on a daily bases. Each of these are best in its most natural form. Any organic non-filtered vinegar will work. Coconut oil, I order online from tropical traditions. But again, any organic virgin coconut oil will do. I'm not a big fan of yogurt, so acidophilus it is. I like natural factors brand that I get from whole foods.... Think vitamin shop sells it too. Also for the vinegar, if you can't stand the taste of it, you can do vinegar pills too. But the actual vinegar is best. 1/4 cup of vinegar, 2-4 acidophilus, and 1-2 tablespoons of coconut oil. I do it first thing in the mornings to get it over with.

Unfortunately this is an on going remedy. BV will go away, but will return eventually, if you stop taking them. I did this consistently for about 6 months, however I noticed results within a week. I continued to do it inconsistently for the remaining year. Stopped taking it for a while. 2 years later, it has returned. So needless to say, I'm back on it. But the added plus about the above remedy, is that you will start to loose weight, and if you struggle with acne, like I use to, that will go away, my used to be painful sometimes irregular periods were now regular and pain free, in addition to being BV free. And they are all perfectly safe and nutritionally good for you. They each include daily things that your body is lacking from a standard American diet.

BV easily develops in people who often take antibiotics. Every time a round of antibiotics is taken, the body's immune system is weakened. So our body use to be able to naturally protect itself from this bacteria. But over the years, the American diet lacks in nutrition that supports the body to help fight off infections and diseases. In fact our diets and overuse of antibiotics may be contributing to making our body's worse at not being able to fight off these infections. The vinegar helps to naturally balance ph levels, and has good bacteria our bodies need... That's the cloudy brown stuff (mother) that settles at the bottom of the bottle. Be sure to shake it up to make sure you getting that in your body. The coconut oil is a natural anti fungal, anti viral, anti bacterial oil. Don't be concerned with it being fat. It's natural fat that the body needs that actually helps you to burn stored fat. I know it sounds crazy, but it works. Look it up, research them each, you'll be surprised at the wonderful things they can help with. Acidophilus of course has the good bacteria to help replenish the ones that we naturally have in the vagina in order to fight off BV. I hope this helps. Feel free to email me if anyone has questions about the remedy. God Bless you all and I look forward to hearing more success stories!drv2a(at)yahoo.com"

[BETTER BUT NOT CURED]  08/04/2009: Islandgirl from Ny, Ny: "I had originally posted on this board when I thought I found a cure for BV. I got BV about 4 months ago for the 1st time, and every month up to July, after. My dr. prescribed huge antibiotics which very much upset my stomach and the following month it was back again. That's when I decided to try a natural method.

I was using peroxide as a wash, taking acidophilus, and folic acid pills. But the day I stopped or missed my regiment it would come back. I even went so far as to insert the acidophilus capsules. It helped the smell but it was totally inconvenient for me. Gave me a strange discharge (from the pills dissolving) and (after that) made my own moisture a slightly grainy consistency that was not nice during intercourse.

***So I gave up on that. I have been taking 3 ounce shots (drinks) (1-3/day) of apple cider vinegar and eating yogurt (you know the kind marketed to help your digestive track) everyday. I'm not really a fan of yogurt but I get the drinkable ones and pretend it's a treat. Ive been using regular brand ACV and it worked to clear infection, tho I am sure the organic unfiltered stuff works best.

I can say its been gone now for long enough time to vouch for this method.

There was one weekend I didn't have any yogurt or ACV and I started to notice a very slightly off odor. So on Monday I had 2 yogurts and 1 shot of ACV, and it was gone that day.

The treatment I would recommend would be 2-3, 3 ounce drinks (shot glass) of apple cider vinegar (orally) for a week for 10 days to cure infection. And from now until forever; eating yogurt every day. It sounds like a lot but yogurt is easy to find, pretty cheap, has calcium, and tastes ok. I would recommend the drinkable kind as you can throw them in your purse on the way to anywhere and drink it quickly. Also try to drink cranberry juice (not cocktail) when you can. I feel like that helps to prevent re-infection.

Best of luck"

04/12/2010: Iliana from Highland, Ca replies: "I have been suffering with Bv for over two months and feel so uncomfertable. I was wondering if anyone else is also suffering from constant vaginal dryness?"

12/22/2011: Dee from Wixom, Michigan, United States replies: "If you have dryness, look into the pH stabilizing product called: RepHresh. It naturally lubricates and soothes by maintaining a healthy vaginal pH. Each gel insert lasts about 3 days and the product is not cheap, but it will restore your comfort."

02/10/2012: Pahlee from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania replies: "In answer to ur dryness, yes I have, it is very uncomfortble, I use coconut oil for awhile, it helped a lot, then I began using the Apple Cider Vinegar about 2 ut the afterwards, the dc stopped for a week or so, but came back, the drynes is relieved, I am still working at it, thanks to this site, I got a lot of information, good luck girls."

02/10/2012: Pahlee from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania replies: "Concerning Apple Cider Vinegar and yogurt, thank you for that tip, but what did you do with the yogurt?"

02/10/2012: Pahlee from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania replies: "thank you for that recipe, it was what I was looking for."

[BETTER BUT NOT CURED]  02/18/2011: Anjel03 from Akron, Ohio: "I have been dealing with BV on and off every since my hysterectomy. Makes me believe it might be related to a hormonal imbalance. However, after researching this condition I found that taking a high potency B complex supplement that contains 400mg of folic acid helped my symptoms. I take two tablets daily. I hope this will help anyone else with this problem."

[YEA]  03/28/2013: Sam from New Haven, Ct, U.s.a.: "Ladies I found it, yay! It's totally gone and clean clean clean! I know how terrible it is to read all of these so I'm just going to cut to the chase. I used two cups of purified water and two tablespoons of baking soda. It dissolves in about 30 seconds. I bought a douche at the pharmacy and made my own. I also didn't douche for weeks and weeks like a lot of people here did, only once and then waited for my PH to get back to normal. I think it's also important on how you do it. I normally don't douche since they say it pushes things further in so what I did was I didn't open the flow valve until it was inserted way in, that way the water flows from top to bottom vs. From the bottom up. Before this I also tried two cups of purified water and a tablespoon of organic apple cider vinegar. I waited for my PH to return to normal and it didn't work. I also tried 4 cups of distilled water and 1 tablespoon of baking soda and like it was better but not completely so I knew I needed a higher concentration of baking soda. Thank goodness. Gone! There is no reason anyone should have to live with that. My symptoms were mild to none. It was only when my boyfriend was deep inside me that like I would detect a hint of bv. He said he could not detect it and the doctor said there was nothing wrong with me but I know my body! I had BV once when I was 20 so strait away I knew it was like a very faint hint of that. Detoxing and probiotics didn't work for this for me either.

Also, ladies don't think that men can't give you this. I noticed a former partner's pre-cum had a slight odor, not terrible but like a slight bv unclean smell. Go down there and check! Don't let these guys in! My present partner was married before me and his taste and smell is totally clean. I believe guys have bacteria that live in there too. Who here has noticed the second load is cleaner (with some or at least that one for me). Am I being OC? With my 'v' you better believe it! I smell every little thing. Also, I used a PH test that I bought at Whole Foods to diagnose it to be sure. You're 'v' PH is an acidic environment at about 4.5 on the scale. If it's more acid than that it's most likely yeast and they say apple cider vinegar and water is good for that. If your PH is more alkaline than it would be BV. I'm glad I did the baking soda because I was very close to using boric acid and water. Boric acid with prolonged use can be toxic although I believe it would have also been effective. I didn't want to put suppositories in there bc I read that during sex the male can actually feel the grittiness from the powder. I was going to douche instead but thankfully this worked."