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

Menopause isn’t cause by running out of eggs, its caused by decline in hormones so you stop producing eggs and getting a period and in pre menopause, it’s starts to decline so periods get irregular. Pre menopause starts after age 40 but some women start early as 35.

Menopause is when you go 12 months without a period. My mom was 50.