I’m curious why women on birth control don’t get menopause later than women who don’t take it.
Doesn’t birth control stop you from ovulating? Does that mean you’re not actually releasing an egg, therefore not running out of them faster?
(Sorry if this sounds really dumb)
In: Biology
Somewhat confusingly, the quantity of ovulation isn’t directly tied to the decreasing quantity of eggs, which in turn isn’t tied to menopause.
By the time of puberty, a person has several hundred thousand eggs (down from millions pre-birth), which decrease to around 72,000 by 30 and 18,000 by 40.
Menopause, on the other hand, is caused by hormonal changes, which aren’t – while caused by the ovaries – essentially something that happens in parallel with ovulation, rather than its cause or effect.
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