thank you both for your replies, it's not so embarrassing asking questions about things like this on here because it seems that someone else has always gone through it and your not alone.
Milliemoo, when I have used Balance Activ in the past I have always used it for the full course even though the smell goes after the first day or so cos I thought it was like antibiotics and you had to finish the course for it to work so thanks for the advice, I'm only using vagifem twice a week now and could easily do two or three days without any problem.