2026-09-28 22:34 UTC
@APBBlue@thepit.social Clueless guy question: does taking birth control delay menopause?
What I mean is if you take the pill for 3 years in your 20s, does that mean there are 3 extra years at the end where a person still has eggs and doesn't start menopause?
Or is menopause not dictated by the number of eggs someone has?
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@charette@mstdn.ca 2026-09-28 22:53
@APBBlue@thepit.social I couldn't help it, I looked it up. At 20 weeks as a fetus, supply peaks at 6 to 7 million eggs total.At birth, about 1 to 2 million eggs remain.By the start of puberty, about 300,000 eggs remain.At menopause (average age is 51) fewer than 1000 eggs remain.Throughout her lifetime, a woman releases 300 to 400 eggs through ovulation. The rest die naturally in a process called atresia. The number of eggs remaining does not determine menopause, so taking the pill has no impact on menopause.