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Odd question about Eggs
I recently lost my left ovary due to a very large cyst. While I was told that one ovary easily takes over for two and that I'll have no problems conceiving in the future I was just wondering what happens to all my eggs for that ovary?
the reason I ask is that an article I read stated that when a woman is born she has about 150,000 - 400,000 eggs in her fallopian tubes. We have two of those so I'm assuming that there are about 200,000 in each tube for each ovary? So if I lost an ovary where are my eggs going?
LOL I know that this is such a silly question to ask but, I was just curious.
the reason I ask is that an article I read stated that when a woman is born she has about 150,000 - 400,000 eggs in her fallopian tubes. We have two of those so I'm assuming that there are about 200,000 in each tube for each ovary? So if I lost an ovary where are my eggs going?
LOL I know that this is such a silly question to ask but, I was just curious.
The original question I typed in to Google was
"How many ova is a woman born with?"
That's what lead me to that answer on that website. I since replaced the word ova with egg and got much better results.
"How many ova is a woman born with?"
That's what lead me to that answer on that website. I since replaced the word ova with egg and got much better results.
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The Fallopian tubes thing in that article was totally stupid! The eggs only use it as a highway. The releasing of more than one egg thing might possibly relate to the fact that other eggs are released during a given month but they are not ripe or ready to be fertilized. My fertility doctor said they leave you at a pretty much constant rate all the time, but only one (or two) is the fertile one in a given month. I was asking this because I was wondering if our egg donor would lose out on a month or two of her own fertility at the end of her reproductive life because she gave her eggs to us. He said no, those eggs would have gone by anyway, just not been ripe.
20 to 50 eggs released per month????? Eggs in her fallopian tubes???? I have to check this site out.
That's insane!!!!!!!!!!
That's insane!!!!!!!!!!
Here is what that article said:
"The average woman is born with 150 000 to 400 000 ova in her Fallopian tubes and 20 to 50 of these are released every month."
That was from an article on women24.com. Kind of scary that they wrote that considering they're telling women how to get pregnant!
Okay so my "tomato full of seeds" fell off the vine. Now my other ovary is going to pick up the slack and release it's eggs every month. Will I run out of them quicker and go into menopause earlier?
I also ask because my mom's friend had an ovary removed and went into menopause 5 years later (she was 45).
"The average woman is born with 150 000 to 400 000 ova in her Fallopian tubes and 20 to 50 of these are released every month."
That was from an article on women24.com. Kind of scary that they wrote that considering they're telling women how to get pregnant!
Okay so my "tomato full of seeds" fell off the vine. Now my other ovary is going to pick up the slack and release it's eggs every month. Will I run out of them quicker and go into menopause earlier?
I also ask because my mom's friend had an ovary removed and went into menopause 5 years later (she was 45).
COMMUNITY LEADER
Think of the ovary as a tomato full of seeds. One of those seeds at a time (each month) slides down a tube to get to the uterus. The tube is empty most of the time, except for the little cilia that scoot the egg down to the uterus.
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