What is the diff. between barrier and hormonal methods of birth control? What are some examples of each?

please be specific, and give examples if needed =) its for health ed.What is the diff. between barrier and hormonal methods of birth control? What are some examples of each?
Barriers are things like condoms that create barriers between sperm and eggs.


Hormonal methods use hormones prevent pregnancy or sometimes ovulation. Like shots or pills.What is the diff. between barrier and hormonal methods of birth control? What are some examples of each?
Think about it --





Barrier method: a barrier is something that stands between two things, blocking one from the other, right? So it stands to reason that a barrier method of birth control would be something that blocks the sperm from reaching the egg -- like a condom and a diaphram.





Hormonal methods of birth control would include the pill. If you are on the pill or think you might ever consider it, you need to understand how the pill alters a woman's hormones, so do a little research on that (online, or by reading the pamphlet from your doctor). Others are the patch and those time-release things they put under the skin.





Hope this helps you get your work done so you can get some sleep tonight!
barrier- condoms, diaphragm


hormonal- pills, patch, ring


Hope I helped!
This is definitely something you should be looking up yourself. Lots of info at Planned Parenthood, link below.
barrier is something physical, and hormonal is pills. Physical can be, but not always, much safer.
A barrier method stops the sperm from reaching its ultimate goal (i.e. condoms, IUD's, diaphragms). The hormonal method controls the hormone levels in the woman's body by affecting ovulation (i.e. birth control pills, implants)