His and Her Health

I just found out from my ob/gyn that I have a vaginal septum. She told me to think of it as the same sort of thing as the septum in you nose, a wall that separates and that mine goes all the way up through my uterus, making it two. I was just wondering how common this is and I am not sexually active and am wondering, will this interfere or make sex painful???
Any help would be great!

Unfortunately having a vaginal septum can lead to Dyspareunia or painful sexual intercourse, due to medical or psychological causes (medical in your case). The reason for this is because it's as if you have two completely different vaginal canals sharing the space of one.

The causes of dyspareunia are often reversible, even when long-standing, but self-perpetuating pain is a factor after the original cause has been removed. Extreme forms, in which the woman's pelvic floor musculature contracts involuntarily, is termed vaginismus.

In severe cases of a vaginal septum, where dyspareunia is caused and sex is painful, surgery can be performed to simply remove the septum, recovery is typically between 4-6 weeks. This will be something that you'll want to discuss with your doctor during a follow-up visit.