Can I still get pregnant after menopause?

Menopause is difficult for women to accept because it means that the female body is aging and entering middle-aged and elderly, which brings a big gap to women's psychology. The changes in a woman's body after menopause are quite obvious, including no more menstruation, a greatly reduced sexual desire, etc. Menopause also means the gradual loss of fertility. Let’s take a look at whether it is still possible to get pregnant after menopause? I hope everyone can understand it.

Can you get pregnant after menopause?

It is possible to get pregnant during menopause, but the chances of getting pregnant are low and the risks are also high. Considering pregnancy at this time will have a great impact on the body and cause great damage to the heart and kidneys.

It usually takes several decades for women to go from menarche to menopause, which is a normal physiological law. As women age, their fertility gradually declines after reaching its peak. Many people may not know that the number of eggs a woman can produce is not unlimited. Menopause occurs when the ovaries no longer release eggs.

1. Menopause means that the follicles in the ovaries have been used up, and the remaining follicles can no longer be stimulated by gonadotropin. Therefore, after the follicles no longer develop, they will not secrete estrogen. At this time, the growth of the endometrium will stop. Without the shedding of the endometrium, there will be no menstruation, leading to menopause. This is also a manifestation of ovarian dysfunction.

2. Amenorrhea is a change in the female body caused by various diseases, leading to the cessation of menstruation. This pathological change can be treated. After treatment, the ovaries can ovulate, and the endometrium can still be shed normally. The functions of the ovaries and reproductive organs have not degenerated. If a woman stops menstruating at around 40 years old, she should first consider whether it is amenorrhea rather than menopause.

Although menstruation has stopped, because the woman has just reached menopause, her ovarian function still exists. The chance of pregnancy at this time may not be as high as before, but if the woman does not take any contraceptive measures, she may still become pregnant unexpectedly. Some gynecologists say that many women will have their periods again a few months after their first menopause, so if you want to completely stop using contraception, you must wait a year after complete menopause. We need to remind everyone that the older a woman is, the higher the chance of getting pregnant with a hydatidiform mole. Women who do not want accidents to happen must take contraception seriously.