Expert: Diane Cheryl - 5/17/2007

Question
I just had a little girl on valentines day by c-section at my 6 week appt. i got the depo shot and when i delivered allison they had  to remove one of my ovaries can I still get pregnant? because I have all the symptoms and i had a positive test result or could the depo mess up the urine test?

Answer
Hi Jamie,
Thanks for your question. I found this answer on mayoclinic.com
"Yes, it is possible to get pregnant with only one ovary — as long as you still ovulate and have at least one intact fallopian tube. 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.

If you are having trouble getting pregnant, you may want to consider other causes of infertility, such as scarring from your complicated appendectomy. If you have been unable to conceive after one year of unprotected sexual intercourse, consult your doctor for infertility evaluation."

Now back to me--I'm not sure about the depo. I think it could be possible that you could be pregnant or the hormones could be messing you up. Why don't you try a pregnancy testing center. Find one at http://www.optionline.org

Let me know what happens.
Diane Cheryl
DCHERYL51@yahoo.com