Rotten Meat Smell with my Period

I am having the same horrible issue. It is scaring me, I have never had this problem before. I am hoping that it will pass with my period, I am wanting to wait it out and see if it passes but then again I wont to make a doctor's appointment Monday.

Anyone resolve this issue? I've been to 3 drs with insurance and they all told me im fine. That's the most frustrating because it still exsisted intermittently ....it only started recently I'm 45. My perfume dosnt even work anymore its like my own body is not mine. Totally weird feeling.

Considering your age, I'd suggest you just use a tampon & pad when you have your period. Shower in the morning before work. And if you have your period, insert a tampon & place a pad on your underwear. Then sprinkle baby powder (or whichever powder you prefer) on your vagina & your behind. Then slightly spray some sweet smelling perfume on your underwear. Preferably wear pants/jeans, instead of skirts/dresses. Slightly spray some perfume on the crotch area of your pants/jeans, as well. Slightly, though. You don't want to overdue it w/ the perfume, then people will complain about that. Carry feminine wipes in your purse so you can wipe yourself each time you use the public bathroom. If possible a mini baby powder & small perfume as well. So you can do the same thing as mentioned above (after showering). Carry a plastic bag in your purse, so you can throw your tampon & pad in there & tie up the bag then put in trash can ... because that smell stays on the feminine products, therefore in the trash can. .... I speak from experience. I can only assume that our age and hitting near menopause, might be the cause of the smell. ....

I have an answer that may or may not work for everyone but it has proven to be super effective in some. It may seem a little counter-intuitive with what other people are saying as far as avoiding products and douching.

Get an empty douche bottle, fill three quarters with luke warm water, fill a quarter with hydrogen peroxide, and add 4 drops of grapefruit seed extract. Both GSE and hydrogen peroxide have been proven to work against BV (which I think this is a bizarre strain of or something). One can buy grape-fruit-seed extract at a store like nature's oasis, wild oats, whole foods, sunflower market -- any organic food type store. Make sure not to buy Grape-seed extract as it is not the same thing and will not have the same effect. Make sure to do this only 1-2 times and week and eat plain, no sugar added, lowfat greek yogurt in conjunction with the douching. This will replenish good bacteria in the vagina. You can even dilute a tablespoon of the yogurt in the douche bottle with water only to get the probiotics there more quickly. Drink a lot of water and keep the diet low in sugar. I really hope this helps someone :)

hi everyone,i am 19 years old and i have a condition called PCOS witch makes my periods irregular but for some reason i have been without it for nearly 5 months. i asked the doc and i was tol this is really bad and i wil need loads of tests done. all of a suden last night i started my period and i was sooooo happy but i noticed somthing strange it really really smells bad. it is the first time it has happened and im wondering is it because i have been without my period for so long?it kind of smells well i dont really no but i have seen others mention bad meat and it kind of reminds me f a time i left steak out for to long and it had a bad smell.does anyone have any ideas of what it is and how to get rid of it and how to cover the smell in the mean time?

this would be a great help as im a little scared to go see the doc.

I've had the same problem going on about five months now. My business smells just fine, but when my period starts the blood REEKS! I have no other issues, no weird pain or discharge, nada. I have a theory though gals... bear with me while I explain it.

I used to raise sheep, and on occasion did not get the afterbirth promptly cleaned up from when they would have babies. By the next day that stuff had this horrible rotting smell like nothing else. I remember that stink, and the stink wafting up from my pads smells exactly like it. The other thing I've noticed that started happening around five months ago was that my period didn't start like it used to when I was younger (I'm 43 now). In the past it would start flowing and go for a few days and then go away. Now I get a little spotting one day, then nothing the next, then the floodgates burst and it's like Slaughterhouse Five in my underwear for two days. Then it stops.

So my theory is that the reason it smells so effin bad when it never did in years past is because, for whatever reason, age maybe, my period starts but the blood and lining isn't shedding as fast as it used to. So instead of cutting loose and heading south like it's supposed to, it's detaching and then hanging out to rot for a bit inside before finally getting evicted.

Now how disgusting is that? But it makes sense! That mess never smelled like cherry cupcakes, but it def never stank and now it smells like day old afterbirth. Ahh the joys of getting old.