If some contraceptives stop your period, what happens to the egg?

Question

Can your uterus just keep it to use later in life? Would you never go through menopause?

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Answer 1

>Would you never go through menopause?

Menopause does not occur due to the ovary running out of eggs. If this were the case, women who have had lots of pregnancies over their lifetime would not go through menopause, because women do not ovulate when they are pregnant. It happens because of a decrease in the ovaries’ production of the hormones estrogen and progesterone. This process occurs naturally as a consequence of aging, although some lifestyle factors (such as smoking) may increase the rate of decline. With insufficient hormones, egg development does not proceed and menstruation declines, eventually stopping.