One ovary and irregular periods?

Question

If pregnancy is more difficult with one ovary, should one have irregular periods also? Like every other month?

Answer 1

When one ovary is removed, the remaining ovary usually compensates for the loss. As a result, women with one ovary typically ovulate as frequently as women with two ovaries. No fertility treatment is required to "boost" the remaining ovary, so pregnancy should not be more difficult. If it is, there is probably other issues going on, scarring from surgery, etc. Since the one ovary compensates, then you would have a period every month. it may take some time, but not every other month.

Answer 2

Ovulation actually causes your periods, so if you're only ovulating once every two months, it would make sense to only have a period then. Even women with two ovaries sometimes have an anovulatory cycle and may take that long to bleed because of it. It might take you longer to get pregnant because you're only fertile about half the time, but if you chart your basal body temperature and can determine when you DO ovulate, you can still time sex for conception.

Answer 3

Not necessarily.
Sometimes if you only have one ovary, your body ovulates every month the same way as if it has two, but you would only have half the time for reproduction.
You still shed the lining each time, because of course you don't have a fertilized egg.

Answer 4

no i would see Dr you could have pocs the Dr could put you on the pill to regulate your periods