Ovulation on the Blocked Side

Usually not. Have you had a laparoscopy?

Well, I don't have an ovary on one side due to removal from cysts and I have a beautiful little girl to prove that the other side still worked fine. I still have periods each month so I never know when I'm truly ovulating or not. I just say keep having fun trying and eventually you'll land on the right month. But please be sure to speak with your OB/GYN too to make sure that what's right for the rest of us is right for you too.

Good luck!!
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From what I understand our ovaries don't necessarily switch sides from month to month as we were originally taught. Some people will ovulate both sides every month or drop multiple eggs on one side every other month. Every individual is different.

I'm not a medical professional, but I had my right fallopian tube removed several years ago. I got pregnant with both of my kids the very first time we tried (and with the first one, I thought I was ovulating from the right side). One of my doctors told me years ago (when I thought I wouldn't be able to have kids because of the missing tube) that often times the "working" side will take over every month. So anything is possible--just not sure how probable!

if your tube is really blocked on that side, you wont get pregnant from that ovary. our bodies usually rotate sides each month (but not always). i'm sure you will be fine getting pregnant on the other side. no big deal.

I just had an HSG and my left ovary is blocked from scar tissue from a surgery I had on my kidney valve as a kid. The fertility doc that I am seeing said that it is possible to get pregnant from my right ovary because it is not blocked. They are recommending IUI artificial insemination. They will do an ultrasound on day 2 of my cycle to check to see which side is ovulating. If the correct side is then they will continue with IUI through that cycle. If not, they will have to wait to check it the next month. The doc will have to check me each month because the ovaries may or may not switch off each month. Even if both ovaries are blocked you will continue to have a period because the uterus is shedding your lining (which is what causes the period) not the egg. The egg will be reabsorbed and the lining will shed.

Hi Mitra,
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Good luck!

I would say no, because it's blocked, but you should speak with your OB/GYN and if possible, get a referral to a specialist. I just had an ovary and fallopian tube removal (right side) last week and had some concerns about fertility, though I was told it would remain normal. I have been reassured by that because I got my period earlier this week.

Good luck, there are others that can understand what you're going through.

This is edited for Joy- Joy, if you're getting a period, you're ovulating, that's what a period comes from, an unfertilized egg. When you have two ovaries, they each take turns ovulating but when you have one, it does the work of two and will usually still ovulate each month.