Left ovary, right ovary? Does it really matter?

[hotdogz&boyz]

I am just wondering. I thought I saw on here somewhere, at some point, that it was more common to have boys out of the right ovary and girls out of the left. I don't remotely know the science behind it, but I thought I read it.

When I had my NT scan today, the tech labeled my right ovary. But she measured and labeled my left one (which was noticably still bigger). I swore the previous tech told me I ovulated from both, but today there was quite a difference in the size of them. So I am thinking the previous tech (who has less experience) was mistaken (or I released a less substantial egg, thus not viable).

So...there is my question, since I am gathering I ovulated from the left, does that make me more likely to have a girl?

I did post what I thought was a nub picture in the ultrasound forum...but it wasn't the nub and I don't think I can find it. There was never anything on the screen that looked in the right place or the right size. I am still looking on the DVD, like an insane person. Lol. But so far, no clues there.

[hotdogz&boyz]

Oh, and part of why I ask is that a good friend of mine has four sons...and lost her left ovary when she was 17 (before she ever got pregnant) to a tumor. So I thought that was an interesting connection.

[ThreeMenAndALAdy]

I ovulated from my left and had a gender scan yesterday and saw a penis.

[auroara78]

I ovulated from right and had a girl...
PeonyPrincess ovulated from left and is having a girl
Mochagirl ovuluated from left and had a girl....

Good luck, but I don't think it's surefire at all. A woman can ovulate from either ovary and have either gender.

[atomic sagebrush]

there is something to it, but it's a very small %, enough to be statistically interesting, but not enough to be any kind of magic bullet whatsoever.

it is VERY unlikely that it's Left ovary = girls, it's much more likely that when you're already girl friendly to begin with, coincidentally you are also more likely to O from your left side. The right ovary is dominant in most people and it is the one that tends to respond best when things are going good, lefty only steps up to the plate when things aren't quite working as well and takes over if something isn't going well with righty.

If you google "side ovulation fertility gender" you will get a lot of interesting stuff - you want the stuff from the 2000's and up because the earlier stuff is not reliable. Here's a juicy one Right-sided ovulation favours pregnancy more than left-sided ovulation (http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/15/9/1921.short)

[hotdogz&boyz]

Cool stuff. It just seems to follow the less fertile you are, the more likely you are to have a girl. So me ovulating left might have been because it was only my second PP ovulation and things were not up and running smoothly yet? I had a few girl sway factors naturally (breastfeeding, not sleeping well, had a cold) and a few I tried to push along (low everything diet, low blood sugar, lower PH). So maybe all of that combined caused a left-sided ovulation. I am certainly not hedging my bets on it. Or anything, for that matter. Its hard to keep your feet on the ground and not get carried away with all the guessing. Lol

[dloui128]

I ovulated from the left and I'm having a boy

[Jadis]

sorry, maybe I'm missing something here but how would someone know which ovary they'd ovulated from?

[pebmcpd7]

sorry, maybe I'm missing something here but how would someone know which ovary they'd ovulated from?

They had a scan done. I had one on CD9 and the OB could see a big follicle on my right ovary, he said I should Ovulate in about a week!!!

[Jadis]

Ah, thanks for the answer. I'm assuming that most of us don't have that scan, so many of us won't know which ovary we ovulated from. That's too bad, it's an interesting notion.

[hotdogz&boyz]

You can also ask at your early sonograms in pregnancy. There is an enlarged area on the area that ovulated that creates progesterone (I want to call it that corpus colosum...but that might be a brain structure :giggle: I get anatomy mixed up). I only knew because my left ovary was larger and the tech measured it at my scans. But not the right one. I don't get Pre-ovulation scans or anything, although have in the past and it was righty that was ovulating both times.

[Jadis]

Ah, thanks. I'll ask at my NT scan.

[Bimby]

I ovulated from my left for DS2 and this one is also from my left but this one is looking like a girl. I did IVF for my first DS so not sure which side he came from.
I used to have an endometrioma on my right but that disappeared years ago but maybe it has caused some scarring or something so perhaps that is why I seem to have gotten pregnant off my left the last 2 times??

GL for your princess x

[Lulabell]

I have very obvious ovulation pains each month on one side or the other so I suppose I could tell if I remembered which side.
I do remember my last pregnancy I had ovulation pains on both sides! Which was not normal for me but we conceived on the first cycle after a miscarriage so I assume my body was sorting out its hormones. I ended up miscarrying again but I'm sure it was twins, my hcg levels were ridiculously high.

[hotdogz&boyz]

My baby did end up being a girl. She was born May 2013. But as I've been on the site longer, ovulation side seems less and less reliable as a factor. I think atomic was right when she said it probably had to do with diminished health and lefty picking up the slack.

From what I know of atomics reading, she say you can't rely on ovulation pain telling you which side you ovulated from. She says that sometimes the non-ovulating ovary can ache even more, since it doesn't get relief from popping out the egg. I hear ovulation is actually a pretty brutal event if you saw a video of it happening. So I can see why she says it would be painful for the non-ovulating one to not be able to release the pressure. I don't really get many ovulation cramps, per se. Not ones I could count on.

[Marika]

I have also asked about the pain and howmuch that can tell you about the o side, and gotten same info.

I do have very sharp pain during o. I can barely stand upright, and when that very intense pain occurs it is always on one side. But before and after I can feel cramps on both sides. I have always assumed that O is where the most intense pain is (only last for a few hours), but I don't know after having read more about it here. This last o my pain was from the left, so if there is any link between left and girls (last preg w girl was from my left side!) I hope that I was right (just got 2 lines).

[hotdogz&boyz]

Congrats Marika! I actually just got a positive too, our due dates are just a day or two apart :) I am not sure mine is a sticky one yet, the lines are super faint. But we are hoping the bean sticks. We don't mind girl or boy, I did have more pain on my left overall recently though. A girl would be nice for our daughter, a boy would be nice because we are saying goodbye to a good friend this week and I would like to name a baby after him. So, we are good either way :) Maybe ill see you in the due date clubs!

[atomic sagebrush]

I have very obvious ovulation pains each month on one side or the other so I suppose I could tell if I remembered which side.
I do remember my last pregnancy I had ovulation pains on both sides! Which was not normal for me but we conceived on the first cycle after a miscarriage so I assume my body was sorting out its hormones. I ended up miscarrying again but I'm sure it was twins, my hcg levels were ridiculously high.

I know it's hard to believe, but you can't tell the side of ovulation based on ovulation pain. YOur ovaries develop eggs on both sides and both tubes cramp after ovulation takes place, and because of this you can have pretty severe pain regardless of side of ovulation. Some even believe that ovulation may relieve O pain (kinda like popping a pimple does) and thus you can have worse O pain on the side you DON'T ovulate from.

High HCG levels do not always indicate twins.

[atomic sagebrush]

I have also asked about the pain and howmuch that can tell you about the o side, and gotten same info.

I do have very sharp pain during o. I can barely stand upright, and when that very intense pain occurs it is always on one side. But before and after I can feel cramps on both sides. I have always assumed that O is where the most intense pain is (only last for a few hours), but I don't know after having read more about it here. This last o my pain was from the left, so if there is any link between left and girls (last preg w girl was from my left side!) I hope that I was right (just got 2 lines).

I also have TERRIBLE ovulation pains and it's always been both sided! So so so bad. Way worse than AF

[Marika]

Congratulations Hotdogz!! Yes, Come in and join the due date thread for dec-jan/feb!

Atomic - yes, my O pain is worse than Af pain as well, but fortunately it only lasts for a few hours and if I don't have to walk around or be standing up straight too much is manageable.

[Throwaway_panther]

A left follicle looked like it would probably be the one to ovulate this month -- should I be worried this will sway girl?

[XXforhubby]

Nope. I ovulated from the left side with my DS3.

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[Throwaway_panther]

Nope. I ovulated from the left side with my DS3.

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Thank you XX!! Ahhh you're getting so close to your DD!

[ksmom]

I don't think it matters personally. It's not one of those things that's set in stone. You still have a chance at a boy even with left side ovulation.

[atomic sagebrush]

A left follicle looked like it would probably be the one to ovulate this month -- should I be worried this will sway girl?

No. It was only in a 3 month pattern that the ONE study done on this (because there are very few studies and only one done by a reliable source) showed that L, L, R made 75% boys. All other combos were lower % and it was ONLY in 3 month patterns. If you only know one month's side, you can't know, and I know tons of people who got boys on the left.