Theres a lot of misinformation out there about in vitro fertilization from the myth that it causes cancer to the attempts by anti-abortion activists to link the assisted reproduction method to their movement.

A recent scene on The Kardashians sparked even more confusion and discussion about IVF, this time as to how it relates to menopause. In the second episode of the new Hulu show, Kourtney Kardashian talks to her mother Kris Jenner about her difficult experience with the process as she tries to conceive a child with her partner Travis Barker.

The medication that theyve been giving me, they put me into menopause, she says at one point. Literally into menopause.

But is this even possible? HuffPost spoke to some experts to find out.

No, IVF doesnt cause menopause

There are no validated studies which support the statement that the medications used in IVF treatment brings about early menopause, said Dr. Luis Murrain, a reproductive genetics and fertility specialist at Dreams Fertility in Palm Springs, California.

The IVF process involves taking medications to stimulate the ovaries so that they produce as many mature follicles (sacs that contain eggs) as possible. Once the eggs are retrieved, they are fertilized with sperm to form embryos. One or multiple embryos are then transferred to the uterus.

A woman is born with all the eggs she will ever have, explained Dr. Joel Batzofin, co-founder and medical director at Dreams Fertility. From puberty on, a cohort of follicles sacs will come forward each month.

From that cohort, one dominant follicle emerges and releases an egg, which is ovulated, and the rest of the follicles die off. With the intervention of IVF medication, those other follicles are rescued and also release eggs, which are retrieved.

The hormones and medications used in IVF simply result in growth and development of the follicles the individual was destined to lose in that month, regardless of whether or not she did IVF, Batzofin noted. Stated differently, as a woman ages, each month she will lose a cohort of follicles/eggs from her remaining pool of eggs. This will continue until the entire cohort is depleted, at which time menopause ensues. The drugs used in IVF do not speed up this depletion.