PCOS - polycystic ovarian syndrome - seriously interferes with the ability to conceive, but it's not because of the cysts precisely. It's because of the underlying hormonal wonkiness that prevents ovulation (and makes the cysts). My guess is that if you've heard about cysts making it hard to conceive this is really what people mean.
If you just have a cyst or two or three - that's actually very very common, and they usually go away on their own. I don't know enough about non-PCOS cysts to know if they reduce fertility at all - I suppose one in the wrong place could do that? I would be surprised if run-of-the-mill cysts were really problematic, but again, I don't know much about them. Sorry.
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Date: 2011-12-04 07:22 am (UTC)PCOS - polycystic ovarian syndrome - seriously interferes with the ability to conceive, but it's not because of the cysts precisely. It's because of the underlying hormonal wonkiness that prevents ovulation (and makes the cysts). My guess is that if you've heard about cysts making it hard to conceive this is really what people mean.
If you just have a cyst or two or three - that's actually very very common, and they usually go away on their own. I don't know enough about non-PCOS cysts to know if they reduce fertility at all - I suppose one in the wrong place could do that? I would be surprised if run-of-the-mill cysts were really problematic, but again, I don't know much about them. Sorry.