Vertical or complete vaginal septum

What are the symptoms of vertical or complete vaginal septum?

Common symptoms include:

• pain upon inserting a tampon
• menstrual blood leaks out even with a tampon inserted

What causes vertical or complete vaginal septum?

• A vertical or complete vaginal septum forms during embryological development when the tubes that eventually become a vagina don't fuse together properly.
• The cause of this genetic abnormality is unknown.

How will vertical or complete vaginal septum affect my daughter's sex life and fertility?

• Having a vertical or complete vaginal septum may not affect her sexual life at all. However, some women with a vertical septum experience pain during sex.
• Women with a vertical septum can have a normal reproductive life. But because there are two uteri and two cervices, there is a higher risk for premature delivery or breech presentation (when the baby's feet come out first), which usually requires a Caesarean section.
• Women with two cervices need a Pap smear from both the left and right cervix.