Do you need ovaries to have a baby?

Yes. The fallopian tubes are a pair of tubes that eggs travel through to get from the ovaries to the uterus. Each month, during a process called ovulation, one of the ovaries releases an egg that travels down one of the fallopian tubes, where it may or may not be fertilized by a sperm.
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Can you have a baby with no ovaries?

Australian doctors and scientists have achieved a world first, helping a woman to become pregnant seven years after her ovaries were removed during cancer treatment, by grafting frozen tissue on to her abdominal wall.
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Can you get pregnant if your ovaries are removed?

It will depend on your situation. If the doctor removes only one ovary, the remaining ovary will probably still produce estrogen. That means you'll still have a menstrual cycle and be able to get pregnant. If they remove both ovaries, you may need a treatment like in vitro fertilization to get pregnant.
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Can you have a baby with ovaries?

Getting pregnant with one ovary is not only possible but usually no more difficult than with two ovaries. More important is whether the fallopian tube is intact. A fallopian tube is a small tube that connects the ovary to the uterine cavity.
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What happens if a woman has no ovaries?

If you haven't undergone menopause, you will experience menopause if both ovaries are removed. This deprives the body of the hormones, such as estrogen and progesterone, produced in the ovaries, leading to complications such as: Menopause signs and symptoms, such as hot flashes and vaginal dryness.
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Does removing ovaries shorten your life?

Overall life-expectancy

Multiple studies have shown an association between oophorectomy and decreased overall health and life expectancy, most notably due to coronary heart disease, the primary cause of death among women in the United States.
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Can an ovary grow back?

New ovarian tissue does not grow. Ovarian remnants occur when the ovary is bluntly dissected from the pelvic sidewall when it is adhered or scarred down to the pelvic sidewall.
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Does losing an ovary affect fertility?

Although there is limited data on the long-term fertility issues in patients with surgery due to AT and it has been advocated that the loss of a single ovary should not affect fertility; contrary to this, we observed patients with AT surgery presenting for infertility treatment.
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Can a man get pregnant without a uterus?

If you no longer have or were not born with a uterus

To our knowledge, there has not yet been a case of pregnancy in an AMAB individual.
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What happens after removal of ovaries and fallopian tubes?

After your surgery, you'll stop menstruating (getting your period). You may have normal symptoms of menopause, including night sweats, hot flashes, and vaginal dryness. If you're in menopause or have already gone through it, you may still notice some of these symptoms.
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Has anyone ever had a baby after a hysterectomy?

Pregnancy after hysterectomy is extremely rare, with the first case of ectopic pregnancy after hysterectomy reported by Wendler in 1895 [2,3,4]. To the best of our knowledge, there are only 72 cases of post-hysterectomy ectopic pregnancy reported in the world literature [3].
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Can your uterus grow back?

The human uterus is unique in that it possesses the tremendous regenerative capacity required for cyclical regeneration and remodeling throughout reproductive life. Not only must the uterus rapidly enlarge to accommodate the developing fetus, the endometrium must also regenerate with each menstrual cycle.
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Why do they remove ovaries?

A surgeon may remove one or both of your ovaries for several reasons, including: A disease known as endometriosis, when cells from inside the womb (uterus) travel and grow elsewhere. Benign (non-cancerous) growths known as cysts. Preventative surgery for patients with a high risk of cancer of the breast or ovaries.
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Can you get pregnant without uterus but have ovaries?

Because your uterus is removed, you no longer have periods and cannot get pregnant. But your ovaries might still make hormones, so you might not have other signs of menopause. You may have hot flashes, a symptom of menopause, because the surgery may have blocked blood flow to the ovaries.
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What happens if a woman doesn't have eggs?

A woman with POI has fewer eggs, or the eggs fail to release properly. In most cases, healthcare providers don't know why this happens. Infertility, irregular menstrual cycles, vaginal dryness, and irritability are some possible symptoms of POI. Some women with POI don't have any of these symptoms.
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Can a boy can get pregnant?

People who are born male and living as men cannot get pregnant. A transgender man or nonbinary person may be able to, however. It is only possible for a person to be pregnant if they have a uterus. The uterus is the womb, which is where the fetus develops.
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Has a man ever had a baby?

Beatie had gender reassignment surgery in March 2002 and became known as "the pregnant man" after he became pregnant through artificial insemination in 2007. Beatie chose to be pregnant because his wife Nancy was infertile, doing so with donated sperm. The couple filed for divorce in 2012.
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Can a woman get pregnant by two different guys at the same time?

Superfecundation twins: When a woman has intercourse with two different men in a short period of time while ovulating, it's possible for both men to impregnate her separately. In this case, two different sperm impregnate two different eggs.
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What's the chances of getting pregnant with one ovary?

Five of the studies were included in the analyses of live births, 15 in the analysis of pregnancy rate. In the group of women with one ovary, the chance of giving birth and of becoming pregnant were both around 30 per cent lower than in the group of women with both ovaries.
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Which ovary is important for pregnancy?

In conclusion, ovulation from the right ovary occurs more frequently than from the left. Furthermore, the oocytes from the right ovary cause establishment of pregnancies more often than oocytes originating in the left ovary. This pattern is identical in a group of fertile and infertile women.
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What happens if a woman only has one ovary?

Some research suggests, however, that women with one ovary may experience menopause earlier than women with two ovaries and may be more likely to conceive a child with Down Syndrome. These are issues that you may want to bring up with your health care provider.
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How do you feel after ovary removal?

After surgery, you may feel some pain in your belly for a few days. Your belly may also be swollen. You may have a change in your bowel movements for a few days. It's normal to also have some shoulder or back pain.
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Does having an ovary removed affect your period?

Once both ovaries and fallopian tubes are removed, you'll no longer have periods or be able to get pregnant. So if you still want to get pregnant, discuss all your options with your doctor.
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Can you have 3 ovaries?

A supernumerary ovary is found in 1/29,000 autopsy cases and is defined as a third ovary that develops in a location with no connection to the utero-ovarian ligament, broad ligament, or infundibulopelvic ligament [1].
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Why is it important to keep your ovaries?

The incidence of heart disease and osteoporosis has been shown to be lower in women who have intact ovaries than women who have had their ovaries removed. While 14,000 women die of ovarian cancer every year, heart disease kills 450,000 women a year, or 30 times more women. Dr.
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