How many eggs do you lose in a lifetime?

Over the course of a lifetime your ovaries will release about 500 eggs in their mature form. When the supply of eggs runs out, your ovaries cease to make estrogen, and you will go through the menopause. For most women this happens around the age of 50: the average age in the developed world is 51.4 years1.

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You’ve probably heard the term ‘A woman’s biological clock’, but what does it actually mean and at what age does it start to matter? While a man will make sperm at virtually the same rate throughout his life, the story is very different for women… Table of Contents A woman's biological clock Table of Contents 1 - A woman's biological clock You are born with all the eggs you are ever going to have.

You don't make any new eggs during your lifetime.

A woman's biological clock

Let’s start with the biology. You are born with all the eggs you are ever going to have. You don't make any new eggs during your lifetime; in fact, the highest number of eggs you possessed was while you were still in your mother's uterus: a 20-week-old female fetus has about seven million eggs. When you are born, this number has reduced to around two million and by the time you reach puberty and begin menstruation (start your periods) you will have somewhere between 300,000 and 500,000 eggs remaining. At menopause, you will have 1,000 to 2,000 eggs remaining. Also, these eggs are exposed to everything you are exposed to in your lifetime, resulting in a decline in quality as you age as well. The fact that your supply of eggs is continuously reducing needn't be cause for concern, however, as it is a natural and continuous process, completely independent of birth control pills, pregnancies, nutritional supplements, or even health or lifestyle. You are at your most fertile during your 20s through your mid-30’s. Fertility rates drop off after the age of 35 years old until menopause. After menopause, it is not possible to get pregnant naturally. During most menstrual cycles, one of your eggs develops and becomes mature, allowing it to be released from an ovary (ovulation) in preparation for fertilization. However, in order to get 1 good mature egg to develop, you need many eggs to start the process. Though 100s of eggs start together, only one wins the race to be ovulated. The other eggs will die away. Over the course of a lifetime your ovaries will release about 500 eggs in their mature form. When the supply of eggs runs out, your ovaries cease to make estrogen, and you will go through the menopause. For most women this happens around the age of 50: the average age in the developed world is 51.4 years1. From this point onwards you will no longer be able to get pregnant naturally.

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