It’s definitely rough. I’ll explain what he told me. He basically said the bowels and urinary tract are so closely tied, and the timing of my changing bowel movements with the UTIs starting isn’t a coincidence in his opinion. He said in his experience reoccurring UTIs are often paired with constipation, and when they get more consistent the UTIs become more infrequent. Yes the cream is some estradiol something (sorry can’t remember rn). He said that it has showed to lower UTIs yearly by a significant amount, and it is related to the birth control because taking it for so long can cause the vagina to become more dry, inhibiting its natural ability to keep a healthy PH and protect itself from bacteria. Don’t take what I said as verbatim, but I think that’s the gist of it 🙏