Does having less periods mean that a woman has a later menopause?
August 26th, 2010 | 
Author: My girlfriend and I were talking about the new birth control that makes it so you only have 4 periods a year. She brought up an interesting question though: Does having less periods mean having a later menopause?
Information I’ve been able to find seems 50/50. Some sites say menopause is directly related to a lower egg count in a woman’s overies, while others state its due mostly to general aging of the overies.
Can anyone shed some light on this question?
Posted in Women's Health FAQs | 
Tags: birth control, egg count, girlfriend, menopause, new birth, overies, periods
for one thing, you can have periods without eggs. over 80% of girls that have been having periods less than 3 years don`t ovulate. so having a lower egg count doesn`t always matter, i don`t think . [=
as for the fewer periods mean later menopause, that`s very possible. i think that just like starting periods, though, your body already knows when. people on birth control still go through menopause at normal times, from people i know, so i don`t know why it would matter . [=
i could be totally wrong though, haha. this is all i think. [=