2023-09-11

Let's talk about bacterial vaginosis, which is when the pH of your vagina is disrupted, sometimes referred to as BV. Yeah, I learned this weekend that if someone is going down on you, then the saliva can disrupt the natural flora in your vagina and you might end up with BV. This is something I didn't know, and I thought, really, that doesn't seem right. But I Googled it, and apparently, while the jury is still out, there is a possibility that saliva and semen, for that matter, water might disrupt the natural flora of your vagina, leading to BV, which is this kind of unpleasant discharge. It can be quite smelly, it's not very nice, and then sometimes it needs to be treated with antibiotics. Sometimes if you catch it early on, you can just get pessaries in the local chemist and that sorts it out within a week. But it's something just to be aware of, and if you are susceptible to that— and I know that lots of older women especially that I talk to are— then, you know, perhaps just take that added precaution of something that helps that, like Balance Active is a pessary that you can stick up there after someone has gone down and you just make sure that they don't pass on baby. You know, you learn something new every day.