Couples should brush their teeth. Without respect to whose saliva, the mouth can harbor bacteria to promote a female urinary tract infection.

It is also my observation that my wife has had more UTI’s as her vaginal lubrication has decreased over the years. That plus mouth bacteria has been a problem in our later years for her to receive OS.

Eve went naked… 😉 I’m a firm believer in sleeping without bottoms too. Of course, that may get harder once you have kids, but if you don’t cosleep you can require them to knock first and just make sure you are covered.

Also, cranberry works (cause of the D-manose{ie-thingy}), but sweetened cranberry juice does not… too much sugar! Once a UTI has started, you can eat a lot of asparagus to stop it. Cranberry is more preventative.

For bacterial imbalances like yeast infections or that pesky bacterial vaginosis that shows up every time I give birth… a fresh clove of garlic (peeled and washed), insert one like a tampon every night for up to a week. You will smell like garlic, but no antibiotics needed. 🙂 Just balances out the bacteria without killing the good ones!

Thanks for adding that!

Since you mentioned it, I’ll also share a tip an older woman once told me: She suggested that if a woman can, she should not wear underwear to bed. In her opinion, wearing a nightgown and going commando allowed everything to “air out” (her words). I admit to having wondered how much truth there could be in that recommendation. 🙂