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My boyfriend noticed a sour taste when performing oral the other day, and it seems to be persisting. This is unusual for me, and apparently it smells different too (the taste is really sour; the smell isn't particularly pungent, just a little different). Should I be concerned? I'm into my second month of Aviane BC; might this affect "chemistry" so to speak? I know to look for irregular discharge or "bad" odor in terms of infections, but discharge is normal... just taste is terrible, and I feel like that's not good.
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Oral contraceptives (hormonal contraceptives, period) do thicken cervical mucus as part of the way they work, so it is possible for scent to change because discharge is thicker and a bit more concentrated.
But you can keep an eye out: if the scent keeps getting stronger, could well be an infection starting to brew.
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I find that the discharge given at first rather than the turned-on kind of 'natural' lube is quite sharp and unpleasant in taste, but disappears when properly aroused. But that's just me but I don't take pills so not sure how it would affect something like that.
Just a possibility that you aren't properly aroused at the time, as the stuff given when you are is thicker and without the sharp taste.
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Also have you changed soaps, detergents, lotions? Also, I don't want to question your hygiene, but on hot days, or if you had been previously making yourself sweaty, its possible that your just a little icky down there. Nothing wrong with it, its human, its warm out, it happens and you don't always think about that, but it will give a sour taste to you. Take all those into consideration. The vaginal PH balance is very delicate. Before you jump to drastic conclusions, consider the mundane ones.
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but I don't take pills so not sure how it would affect something like that.
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