Vaginal Health: Yellow Discharge & Antibiotic Effects

Hi there Aunt Vadge,

I’ve always had these tiny cuts around the lips of my vagina and entrance, recently had sex again and we used a condom the first time. The second time we were too into it and we didn’t. He did pull out and I am on the Depo shot.

Now, that was late July. It is now August 9th and this past 3 or 4 days I had minor bleeding due to these cuts I assumed, never bled before though.

And now I’m discharging A LOT. I don’t get periods with my Depo shot, but this is a slimy, clumpy discharge that’s yellow-white, sometimes more yellow and vice versa.

I am on an antibiotic for a double ear infection and have been for about 2 weeks now. I haven’t shaved so the cuts can’t be because of that. It’s lightened up, I guess, but not much of a big difference.

Now after I had sex I had A LOT of clumped gooey bleeding. My boyfriend, now ex, came inside. When I had been two weeks on the Depo, I bled about one-and-a-half months after that.

Maybe it’s a miscarriage aftermath?

Yours,
Clumpy, age 15
Alaska, USA
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Hey Clumpy,

Thanks for your email – sounds like you’ve got a lot going on! Antibiotics can result in thrush (a yeast infection), but your cuts and discharge sound a bit more intense than what yeast might normally produce.

Yellow mucous and discharge is associated with infections, particularly aerobic vaginitis (AV). The bacteria that cause ear infections can also cause infections elsewhere in your body.

The Depo Provera contraceptive injection is very successful in preventing pregnancy, so it is unlikely that you have become pregnant and are miscarrying.

In the meantime, start eating as many fermented foods as you can to try to adjust the balance of bacteria in your system a little after being on intense antibiotics for two weeks or take a high-quality gut and use a vaginal probiotic to help reset the balance.

Love,
Aunt Vadge