I just had a response to this question. I was born with just one testicle in right place. Went through surgery when I was 13 trying to place the "right" testicle in the scrotum. This operation was unsucessful. To this day I simply just don't know why. Anyway, I had this testicle permanently removed when I was 29. This was due to cancer risk. I am today 48, am married, and I have had to this day had no problems with my sex life and I am a father of 3. So my answer is — there is no problem only having one. It is just psychological, the fact of only having one which is a problem. Just being different "down there"...

Regards from Sweden

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To the reader:

I am in a similar situation; only one of mine "grew up" when I was a teenager, the other is, well, really very small. I am 47, and have a son (19) and daughter (14), two really great kids. So go for it! It only takes one!

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Dear Alice,

I am a senior citizen who was born with an undescended testicle that is up in the body cavity and never developed, thus I have one normal testicle. When growing up, I believed I would never be able to marry and have children. I married at 23, have had and still have a great sex life, and have two children and five grandchildren. I am still sexually active at 67 and encourage you to not worry about it.