A WOMAN who was struggling to have sex was told it was
because her vagina was only 2cm-long.
The 20-year-old, from Pakistan, had only noticed the problem
following her marriage six months earlier.
She told doctors she had never had a period and been
experiencing pain in the lower part of her stomach for the last three years.
Her mother believed she had a temporary menstrual delay and
continued to plan her daughter's marriage, according to an article published in
BMJ Case Reports.
The woman said the first time she had sex with her husband
penetration wasn't possible.
She said this happened repeatedly whenever they tried to
have intercourse and eventually it led to physical and verbal abuse.
Due to the stigma, she was sent back to her parents' home to
be treated for the condition.
Blind vagina
The woman was examined by her doctor who discovered her
vagina was blind-ended and just 2cm in length.
She was diagnosed with vaginal septum, which is when the
female reproductive system doesn't fully develop and leaves a dividing wall of
tissue in the vagina.
It can run vertically, known as longitudinal vaginal septum
(LVS), or horizontally, known as transverse vaginal septum (TVS).
Many don't realise they have it until they reach puberty or
until they become sexually active and experience pain during intercourse.
In this case, the woman had a transverse vaginal septum and
needed surgery to extend the cavity.
Surgery
Doctors made an incision and the thick piece of tissue in
the lower half of the vagina was cut out.
They then created a mould which was wrapped in a condom and
kept inside the constructed cavity for seven days to stretch it.
It was then replaced with a specially designed silicon
mould, measuring 8cm by 4cm, and left for three weeks.
She had to continue wearing it at night for the second month
and then four times a week in the third.
After that she was allowed to resume having sexual
intercourse and seven months she successfully conceived.
The woman delivered a healthy baby boy by caesarean-section
at full-term.
Speaking afterwards, she said: "This surgery has given
me a new life in true sense.
"I had to suffer a lot of verbal, physical and
emotional abuse from my own family and my in-laws.
The Sun
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