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Living with one ovary
Just out of interest, anyone know how much the fertility rates are reduced in a woman with one ovary? Plus how much periods change etc?
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Reply 2
I thought the body compensated, and released an egg from the same ovary each month?
...rather than alternating.
...rather than alternating.
Reply 3
in_jeopardy
I thought the body compensated, and released an egg from the same ovary each month?
...rather than alternating.
...rather than alternating.
Thats what i've heard too..but apparently you have an earlier menopause? Ive had so much information im very confuzzled
Reply 4
in_jeopardy
I thought the body compensated, and released an egg from the same ovary each month?
...rather than alternating.
...rather than alternating.
, it's the same as if you have one lung, one kidney etc.; the remaining organ just does the job of both, not quite as well, but well enough. Obviously you'd have half as many eggs over your lifetime as before, which I suppose means the menopause would come earlier.Reply 5
Anna why are you asking?
This girl in first year had one removed after an eptopic pregency, she then said she had a 40% chance of getting pregnant... whcih makes me think where did that 20% disappear to?
If you had one overy removed you will get free IVF treatment.... but she did talk BS a lot.
This girl in first year had one removed after an eptopic pregency, she then said she had a 40% chance of getting pregnant... whcih makes me think where did that 20% disappear to?
If you had one overy removed you will get free IVF treatment.... but she did talk BS a lot.
Reply 6
RightSaidJames, it's the same as if you have one lung, one kidney etc.; the remaining organ just does the job of both, not quite as well, but well enough. Obviously you'd have half as many eggs over your lifetime as before, which I suppose means the menopause would come earlier.
, it's the same as if you have one lung, one kidney etc.; the remaining organ just does the job of both, not quite as well, but well enough. Obviously you'd have half as many eggs over your lifetime as before, which I suppose means the menopause would come earlier.There isn't just a limited supply of eggs, there's thousands so it has nothing to do with how many each has released. What will possibly bring menopause on sooner is the hormone inbalance caused by only having one.
Reply 7
I googled "one ovary" and this is what came up:
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/ate/pregnancyandchildbirth/207773.html - very informative
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/2576.html - even more informative, but a lot of information
http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/only-one-ovary.html - More information, and contradicts what I said about there being fewer eggs, oops.
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/ate/pregnancyandchildbirth/207773.html - very informative
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/2576.html - even more informative, but a lot of information
http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/only-one-ovary.html - More information, and contradicts what I said about there being fewer eggs, oops.
DaveParlour
There isn't just a limited supply of eggs, there's thousands so it has nothing to do with how many each has released. What will possibly bring menopause on sooner is the hormone inbalance caused by only having one.
There is a limited supply! Eggs aren't constantly being made like sperm...women are born with a set amount, so I imagine the supply will affect when menopause occurs.
Reply 9
DaveParlour
There isn't just a limited supply of eggs, there's thousands so it has nothing to do with how many each has released. What will possibly bring menopause on sooner is the hormone inbalance caused by only having one.
Yeah, I just found that out from a quick bit of Googling. I remember being taught that each ovary had only about 30 eggs, which makes no sense and just doesn't add up, but I was never told any different.
Reply 10
I dont think there is any noticable difference, as the eggs have a large supply of unmature eggs even after the menapause, as said the body would compensate and the one ovary would do the job of 2 
Reply 11
pikaboo
There is a limited supply! Eggs aren't constantly being made like sperm...women are born with a set amount, so I imagine the supply will affect when menopause occurs.
Yes i know they don't regenerate but there's originally thousands, even if you don't reach menopause until 60 thats only 600 eggs in a lifetime.
Reply 13
My best mate has one ovary after having a miscarriage a few months ago.
She was told her odds are about 40% i think.
She was told her odds are about 40% i think.
Reply 14
Out of interest, anyone else on here suffer with endometriosis and had cysts, I knew I had them but never had one burst on me before- does anything happen to trigger it?
Reply 16
Jelkin
Weird question - if girls are born with all the eggs they'll ever have, and I was born seven weeks early, does that mean I have fewer eggs than someone who was born on time?
I think the eggs develop in the second trimester
http://www.healthology.com/focus_article.asp?f=fertility&c=fert_drugs#Intro
duction
It states that "Women are born with a finite number of eggs. At birth, a
woman has around 1 to 2 million eggs. However, throughout her life, a
woman loses eggs through a destructive process called atresia. At
puberty, only around 400,000 eggs remain. Throughout the reproductive
life span, from puberty until menopause, women lose about 1,000 eggs each
month. Of these thousand eggs, only one is released. Once released, it is
picked up by the fallopian tube. If a couple has sexual intercourse around
this time, fertilization (the joining of the egg and sperm) may take place."
That's what I found, from a different site. (http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/mole00/mole00332.htm)
Hope it helps.
duction
It states that "Women are born with a finite number of eggs. At birth, a
woman has around 1 to 2 million eggs. However, throughout her life, a
woman loses eggs through a destructive process called atresia. At
puberty, only around 400,000 eggs remain. Throughout the reproductive
life span, from puberty until menopause, women lose about 1,000 eggs each
month. Of these thousand eggs, only one is released. Once released, it is
picked up by the fallopian tube. If a couple has sexual intercourse around
this time, fertilization (the joining of the egg and sperm) may take place."
That's what I found, from a different site. (http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/mole00/mole00332.htm)
Hope it helps.
Reply 19
Ok guys - I have just come out of hospital after having a huge cyst removed. It ruptured in theatre and they had to take my left ovary. I was seen by the consultant. He assured me that the other ovary takes over from the missing ovaries job. There is as much chance of getting pregnant with one ovary as if you had both. There is no difference. Periods remain the same the chances of pregnancy stay the same as long as your remaining ovary is healthy. Dont believe the hype with 40%chance.
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