For most people, puberty is a time when the body grows and prepares for reproduction. Puberty usually happens over several years and is a nautral parts of body growth.
Gonads are often called ovaries (when they make eggs & E) and testes aka balls, or testicles (when they make sperm & T). A baby is made when an egg and sperm are combined within the female body in a place called the fallopian tubes.
For some people with ovaries, hormones help eggs to grow and release. If the egg doesn’t get fertilized by a sperm, something called menstruation; ‘a period’ may occur (read more about periods.)
For some people with testes, hormones help sperm to grow and release.
Many people with a DSD have gonads (like ovaries and testes) that don’t grow eggs or release sperm. This means that some of these people are unable to make a baby with their own body.
Not being able to have biological children is more common than you might think— as many as 1 in 7 couples have difficulties making a baby.
To make a baby, you need an egg and a sperm and a womb (a.k.a. uterus) to help it grow.
Some people don’t have gonads that have eggs or sperm and can’t make a baby. Some people don’t make eggs or sperm but do have a small womb that might be able to be used to carry a baby – for example, some women with Swyer’s Syndrome.
It will depend on multiple factors within each individuals body and way of developing.