How are hormonal IUDs different to birth control pills (or the patch / vaginal ring)?

Birth control pills (or the patch, or vaginal ring) typically:

• contain TWO hormones: estrogen and progesterone
• the hormones have to go through your whole system to work
• they “shut down” your ovaries and stop you from making an egg

IUDs:

• contain NO hormones or ONE hormone only
• work locally inside your uterus
• do not disrupt your own hormonal cycles
• your ovaries still function and majority of women still ovulate or make an egg as usual

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