Ngoxa ukuncelisa ngokwabo kunokusoloko kugxininisa i-ovulation kwaye isebenze njengendlela yokulawulwa kokuzalwa, ayikuthenjwa ngokupheleleyo. Kuzo zonke iindlela zokulawulwa kokuzalwa eziqulethe i-hormone, kucetyiswa ukuba ulinde de ube unakekele iiveki ezintandathu okanye ngaphezulu. Oku kukuqinisekisa ukuba ukunikezela ngobisi lwakho kusekwe kakuhle kuba iindlela ze-hormone ezisisiseko zinganciphisa ubisi bakho.
Iipilisi zokulawula ukuzalwa ezisebenzisa kuphela i-progestin zidla ngokuba zibizwa ngokuthi "iipilisi ze-mini." Ziyakwazi ukusebenza ngokukhawuleza nje ngokuba uthatha iipilisi ngexesha elinye ngosuku okanye ebusuku. Ezi pilisi zibhekwa zikhuselekile ukuthabatha ngexesha loongikazi. Ezinye ze-progestin ziyawela emanzini obisi, kodwa akukho miphumo enobungozi eye yabonwa. Abanye oomama babona ukwanda kwonikezelo lobisi ngelixa besebenzisa le ndlela, ngelixa abaninzi bengaboni mmahluko, kwaye bambalwa baya kubona ukuhla. Ezinye iindlela zokusebenzisa iprogesin kuphela ziquka iDepo-Provera kunye neNtlantle.
Iipilisi ezisebenzisa inhlanganisela yehomoni ziqukethe i-estrogen. Kwakhona, i-estrogen iyawela ebisi yobisi, kodwa iziphumo eziyingozi azizange zibonwe kwiintsana. Ubungozi apha bukho kubunini bakho. Inani elininzi labamama ukuthatha intsebenziswano yeepilisi zibona ukuhla okuphawulekayo kubisi, okuya kuchitha inzala yakho. Ngoko akukhuthazwa ukuba oomama abancancisayo basebenzise oku okanye ezinye iifomu ezifanayo ezifana neNuvaRing okanye iqhosha.
Ngokubanzi, ukhetho olungcono lokuzalwa kokubeletha oomama alukho enye yale ndlela ye-hormonal, kodwa ukuba kufuneka ukhethe phakathi kwezi zimbini, wena nomntwana wakho kuya kuba ngcono xa ukhetha ikhosi yeprogesin kuphela.