Contraception and treatments for infertility

• Fertility can be controlled by a variety of hormonal and non-hormonal methods of contraception. These include: • oral contraceptives that contain hormones • injection, implant or skin patch of slowrelease progesterone • barrier methods such as condoms and diaphragms • intrauterine devices • spermicidal agents • abstaining from intercourse at times when an egg may be fertilised • surgical methods of male and female sterilisation.
• The uses of hormones in controlling fertility include: • giving FSH and LH in a 'fertility drug' to a woman whose own level of FSH is too low • In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) treatment, which involves giving a mother FSH and LH to stimulate the maturation of several eggs.