Women have a certain number of eggs in their ovaries. When their eggs run out, they get menopause. Normally, one egg is released per month. The exception is that no egg is relased when the woman is pregnant, and there may be no egg released when the woman is breastfeeding. Therefore, women who spend a greater amount of time pregnant / breastfeeding can expect to have a later menopause than women who don't spend as much time on this.
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the way I see it... wrote:
Women have a certain number of eggs in their ovaries. When their eggs run out, they get menopause.
I think it is time you enrolled in an introductory highschool health class.
"Your Eggs
Every woman contains a certain number of eggs, called ova, which are available for fertilization. These eggs are stored in your ovaries, which are located on either side of your uterus. You are born with approximately 1 million eggs in your ovaries, but these eggs gradually decline in number as you age. In fact, by the time you begin menstruating, you will only have about 400 000 eggs left. Only a few hundred of these eggs will ever be released during ovulation."
http://www.sharedjourney.com/define/egg.html
- From a fertility clinic
Testosterone fillled MAN wrote:
"Your Eggs
Every woman contains a certain number of eggs, called ova, which are available for fertilization. These eggs are stored in your ovaries, which are located on either side of your uterus. You are born with approximately 1 million eggs in your ovaries, but these eggs gradually decline in number as you age. In fact, by the time you begin menstruating, you will only have about 400 000 eggs left. Only a few hundred of these eggs will ever be released during ovulation."
http://www.sharedjourney.com/define/egg.html- From a fertility clinic
Yes, the number of eggs in a woman's ovaries decline over time but they don't get entirely used up during a woman's reproductive years. Menopause is caused by a decline is ovary function (i.e., decline in the production of reproductive hormones that govern ovum development and ovulation)
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