Fertility testing is one of the great advancements that medical science has made in the past few decades. There are now any number of different tests that can be given to a woman who is having difficulty with fertility. One of the first tests that typically will occur after a woman makes a visit to a fertility specialist is a blood test. This blood test is often used to check for the presence or the amounts of certain hormones that are related to fertility. They may check for Follicle Stimulating Hormone, or FSH, for example. A high level of FSH may indicate that a woman has gone into menopause, or it may indicate that there is some other sort of problem with her ovaries. Other fertility tests may look for a variety of other fertility problems, such as blocked fallopian tubes.

In some case, the use of hormonal contraceptives can affect the result of a fertility test. However, this only happens in specific situations. This occurs, mainly, when the hormone in the contraceptive either stimulates the hormone that the fertility test is looking for, or even actually contains the hormone that the fertility test is looking for. Using barrier contraceptives, such as a condom, would obviously not interfere with a blood test. Likewise, taking a hormonal contraceptive such as the birth control pill would not affect a fertility test that is looking at the structure of the fallopian tubes.

In general, it is rare for a woman who is taking contraceptives to also take a fertility test. However, there are some situations in which this could be the case. If you are going to have a fertility test and are concerned that the contraceptives you are taking may affect the result of the fertility test, you should speak with your health care provider. It may be that the health care provider will have you stop taking the contraceptives for a certain amount of time in order to have an accurate fertility test.

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