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Question for the BCP Experts
| Sat, 08-21-2004 - 2:55pm |
okay, I have a question about bcp's. I started bcp's when I was 18 and now I'm 29. So, you know how you are born with so many millions of eggs?...well then what happens to them when you're on bcp's? O'ing is inhibited when on bcp's right? So do they just never develop and hang out in your ovaries?
So if I've been on bcp's for over 10 years and never O'd during that time, do I still have this bountiful amount of eggs that weren't used? If I still have these eggs, does it possibly mean that menopause will start later for me? I'm really curious to know all this if any of you have the info or can direct me to a site that can explain this. Really, what happens to the eggs that you don't use while on bcp's? Sorry, if that's a silly question...I just really don't know. = )
Thanks,
Isabella


Wish i could remember where i saw this... But it seems accurate.
Jill
Josie
Co-cl for Birth Control
"Women are born with over 400,000 eggs, but have nowhere near that many periods in their life, thank goodness! Instead, at menopause, the woman’s body stops responding to the hormones that cause the eggs to mature in the ovary before being released at ovulation."
Isabella