Is It Possible to Know When Menopause Will Occur?

What determines the timing of menopause?

There are a number of factors that can affect the timing of the onset of menopause.

• Genetics. Knowing when your mother or older sisters went through menopause can help predict when it will happen to you and how you will feel.
• First period. Women who started their periods later than their peers tend to enter menopause earlier.
• Number of births. As a general rule, multiple pregnancies delay menopause. On the contrary, in women who have not given birth, it begins earlier.
• Oral contraceptives (OC) intake. Long-term use of combined OC distances menopause.
• Lifestyle. A healthy lifestyle helps to prolong the reproductive period, while hard physical labor, poor nutrition, and bad habits shorten it.
• State of health. Gynecological surgeries, es...