# Will a gynecologist remove a hymen upon request? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 18, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-gynecologist-remove-a-hymen-upon-request/285356 "2005-01-18T13:33:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-gynecologist-remove-a-hymen-upon-request/285356/21 "2005-01-19T15:36:57Z")
Well, you should at least buy him dinner first. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-gynecologist-remove-a-hymen-upon-request/285356/22 "2005-01-19T17:02:47Z")
> [@Mathochist](#): > > Back up. > > I get that she couldn’t have had “real” twins, but did she also have a doubled set of fallopian tubes and ovaries? Even if not, did each uterus recieve an ovum on each cycle? In such a case, couldn’t both ova become fertilized? If she became pregnant in one uterus, would the other continue to menstruate? > > You say “well, she was young” as if people should know what the hell happens in such a bizarre circumstance. She wasn’t pregnant- just having a pap smear. Her quote was goofy because it was unrelated to the proceedure. As to your other questions- I’ll do my best. In the young lady mentioned above, I don’t know what the rest of her anatomy was like- we referred her out to a different Doc for follow up. In a case of two uteri, it would be unlikely, but certainly possible, for each uterus to recieve an egg because usually only one ovary releases an egg at one time. That would probably depend somewhat on how complete the repeat is. I would suppose that 2 cervix, 2 uteri, 4 fallopian tubes and 4 ovaries would increase the odds. Lastly, I would expect that 2nd uterus would not mentsruate during pregnancy related to the pregnancy hormone situation. This was the only case of two cervix and 2 uterus I personally have seen (didelphys), but I’ve seen several cases if bicornuate uterus of varying degrees, some of which have been repaired to acheive pregnancy. Bicornuate uterus doesn’t rule out pregnancy because of the malformation, but because the deformity can reduce the chance of carrying to term. This link has some info: [http://www.inletmedical.org/html/uterine\_abnormality.htm](http://www.inletmedical.org/html/uterine_abnormality.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-gynecologist-remove-a-hymen-upon-request/285356/23 "2005-01-19T17:05:23Z")
> [@Ca3799](#): > > She wasn’t pregnant- just having a pap smear. Her quote was goofy because it was unrelated to the proceedure. > > As to your other questions- I’ll do my best. > > In the young lady mentioned above, I don’t know what the rest of her anatomy was like- we referred her out to a different Doc for follow up. > > In a case of two uteri, it would be unlikely, but certainly possible, for each uterus to recieve an egg because usually only one ovary releases an egg at one time. That would probably depend somewhat on how complete the repeat is. I would suppose that 2 cervix, 2 uteri, 4 fallopian tubes and 4 ovaries would increase the odds. > > Lastly, I would expect that 2nd uterus would not mentsruate during pregnancy related to the pregnancy hormone situation. > > This was the only case of two cervix and 2 uterus I personally have seen (didelphys), but I’ve seen several cases if bicornuate uterus of varying degrees, some of which have been repaired to acheive pregnancy. Bicornuate uterus doesn’t rule out pregnancy because of the malformation, but because the deformity can reduce the chance of carrying to term. > > This link has some info: [http://www.inletmedical.org/html/uterine\_abnormality.htm](http://www.inletmedical.org/html/uterine_abnormality.htm) I forgot to add that I see no reason whey identical twins could not occur in one uterus of a uterus didelphys. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-gynecologist-remove-a-hymen-upon-request/285356/24 "2005-01-19T17:41:19Z")
> [@Ca3799](#): > > In a case of two uteri, it would be unlikely, but certainly possible, for each uterus to recieve an egg because usually only one ovary releases an egg at one time. That would probably depend somewhat on how complete the repeat is. I would suppose that 2 cervix, 2 uteri, 4 fallopian tubes and 4 ovaries would increase the odds. The doctor thought that Grandma got pregnant with one, then the other, a few weeks apart. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-gynecologist-remove-a-hymen-upon-request/285356/25 "2005-01-19T17:53:41Z")
So are there men out there with two penises? Forget uteri, I wanna see a double-dicked guy. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-gynecologist-remove-a-hymen-upon-request/285356/26 "2005-01-19T18:55:32Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > So are there men out there with two penises? Forget uteri, I wanna see a double-dicked guy. E-mail me. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-gynecologist-remove-a-hymen-upon-request/285356/27 "2005-01-19T20:08:59Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > The doctor thought that Grandma got pregnant with one, then the other, a few weeks apart. Wow. I think the word is ‘superfecundity’. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-gynecologist-remove-a-hymen-upon-request/285356/28 "2005-01-19T20:23:58Z")
> [@Ca3799](#): > > Wow. I think the word is ‘superfecundity’. Uh, I think that’s NOT the right word afterall. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-gynecologist-remove-a-hymen-upon-request/285356/29 "2005-01-19T22:41:11Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > The doctor thought that Grandma got pregnant with one, then the other, a few weeks apart. No. Just, no. Well, maybe the doctor at the time thought so, but we know better now, given a greater understanding of female reproduction. A few days apart, maybe. But within 12 hours of conception, hormones are released by the fertilized egg which makes further ovulation impossible. If the second egg hadn’t yet been released, it wouldn’t continue to ripen. However, given an extremely unlikely set of circumstances, right ovary could release an egg on April 1 and left ovary could release an egg on April 5. Right ovary’s egg could be fertilized on April 5 and left ovary’s egg on April 10th, given very healthy sperm and very, very healthy cervical fluid. At most, you’d have 10 days between the first ovulation and the last conception, but only 5 days between the two conceptions. Note that this is true for one uterus or two. Fraternal twins can be conceived several days apart. Most women with two uteri do not have extra fallopian tubes and extra ovaries. If a woman did, it could mean four or more embryos, but the same can happen with only two ovaries and one uterus. All eggs would have to be ovulated and conceived within a 10 day window. One conception occurs, more mature eggs cannot be released from the ovaries. If they could, we’d hear stories about women who got pregnant while they were six months pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![Mathochist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mathochist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathochist)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-gynecologist-remove-a-hymen-upon-request/285356/30 "2005-01-20T00:32:28Z")
> [@Ca3799](#): > > She wasn’t pregnant- just having a pap smear. Her quote was goofy because it was unrelated to the proceedure. But it’s an obvious extrapolation. She’s getting married, will be trying to have kids, two uteri could imply two kids at once as far as she knows… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-gynecologist-remove-a-hymen-upon-request/285356.md?page=1)