Scientists have developed a method for determining the exact timing of menopause in women. According to researchers, the probability of conception is sharply reduced within 10 years preceding menopause. A new test will help women better plan future pregnancy.

Scientists, however, stipulate that until the moment when a woman can go to her therapist in the district clinic and ask for a referral for a new test, you will have to wait. More research is needed to increase the reliability of the test.

Usually menopause occurs in women at the age of 50, but there are cases of both early menopause (42 years) and late (58 years). The method is based on the evaluation of the number of ovaries in the ovaries. At the age of 37, their number fluctuates around 25 thousand. Then it begins to fall sharply. By the time of menopause, the number of eggs reaches one thousand - too little for successful fertilization.

Experts believe that they found a way of counting eggs by measuring the size of the ovaries. Scientists plan to conduct a long-term study in which a group of young and healthy women will be observed until the onset of menopause in order to reveal a more accurate relationship between the size of the ovaries and the probability of becoming pregnant.

The test, according to doctors, will help women who have been treated for cancer to plan the birth of future children. Data on the number of eggs will also be useful in assessing the chances of conceiving a child from those who undergo the procedure of artificial insemination. "Essentially, this means that potentially we can determine how much time is left for a woman to successfully conceive," says one of the researchers at the Edinburgh Children's Hospital, medicus. En.