African-Americans or those with a family history of colon cancer should schedule their first colonoscopy at age 45. If your initial colonoscopy is clear and there are no polyps detected, you should schedule your next colonoscopy in 10 years.
âRemember, women are born with all the eggs they are ever going to have, and they donât make any new eggs during their lifetime. Women are born with approximately two million eggs in their ovaries, but about eleven thousand of them die every month prior to puberty.
A: Women are born with approximately one- to two-million oocytes (eggs). By the time a woman reaches puberty, average age being about 12 years, she has roughly 300,000 to 400,000 eggs remaining. On average, 1,000 eggs are lost each month during her reproductive years, from the onset of puberty to menopause.