Why doesn’t birth control make menopause come later?

Question

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

Answer 1

>Doesn’t birth control stop you from ovulating?

It does. Well, hormonal birth control does.

>Does that mean you’re not actually releasing an egg, therefore not running out of them faster?

You’re not releasing an egg, but eggs aren’t immortal. They still age and die and get disposed of along with other waste in the body. You do this even before you begin ovulating – the majority of eggs present at birth are gone by the time of the first menstrual cycle.