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Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: peri on March 04, 2014, 02:14:30 PM

Title: Question
Post by: peri on March 04, 2014, 02:14:30 PM

Been thinking - does anybody know the answer to this: We all know that hrt replaces the hormones that are declining but what about your ovaries?  Do they shrivel up and stop producing hormones faster when you introduce hrt or doesn't it make any difference?

Title: Re: Question
Post by: Sarah2 on March 04, 2014, 03:18:30 PM

It doesn't make any difference.
We are all born with a certain number of ova. When they are gone, they are gone. That's why we all have different ages of meno.
It's running out of eggs that causes meno, not falling oestrogen levels- they are the result of no ova left and no cycles.

Title: Re: Question
Post by: peri on March 04, 2014, 03:22:08 PM

Oh that makes me feel much better, silly I know  ::) x

Title: Re: Question
Post by: CLKD on March 04, 2014, 03:25:58 PM

 :-\  oestrogen levels do drop ………..  :-\

Title: Re: Question
Post by: Hurdity on March 04, 2014, 08:42:54 PM

Hi peri

There is a lot of information on this site about what happens - here:
http://www.menopausematters.co.uk/menopause.php

and this excellent article here about peri-menopause:
http://www.menopausematters.co.uk/article-perils-of-the-perimenopause.php

Hurdity x