If you only have one ovary, does that cut your chances of having a baby in half?

Question

Does it cut the number of eggs in half?

Answer 1

In theory, yes. In actuality, no. Although it will cut the eggs you have in half, you are born with more eggs than you will need in your lifetime. Also, most women's bodies will compensate for the missing ovary and still release an egg every month, just from that one ovary. Even though it will be doing that you still have plenty of eggs to have children.

Answer 2

Yes. You only ovulate every other month.  

Answer 3

it does cut the number of eggs, but even one ovary has more than you will use in a lifetime. with one ovary your chances of having a baby may go down slightly, but most of the time the remaining ovary goes into overdrive to compensate for the loss of the other, increasing its ovulation to once a month.

Answer 4

Yes it does. Having one ovary cuts the reproduction process in half therefore it would be easier to visit a fertility doctor.  

Answer 5

a close friend of mine lost an ovary because of a huge cyst.  she later got pregnant on the first month of trying with both of her kids.  it might take you longer to get pregnant than someone who is producing an egg every month, but i don't think it will have much of an effect on your overall chances of getting pregnant.

Answer 6

No it does not.  Just as a man with only one t******e can readily father a child, a woman with one normal ovary can easily become pregnant.

This is because although both ovaries contain eggs, it does not need both to be present for these to be released every month. As long as the Fallopian tube that leads from your remaining ovary to your womb is intact and normal there is no reason whatsoever why you should not be able to fall pregnant normally.

I hope this helps.

Answer 7

Not at all.

Your one ovary will just ovulate every month.

My sister-in-law only has one ovary and one tube and she's the most fertile person I have ever known in my life.

Answer 8

From what my nieces doc says, it depends on when you lost the ovary or if you were born without one.

Our niece had her ovary removed at 2 days old due to a tumor. The endocrinologist says that it the ovary is removed before puberty then you will ovulate every month.

Answer 9

Yes, pretty much.