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How to get HIV + woman pregnant from a HIV - man Nov 12, 2005 My girlfriend and I are getting married and we want to have a child. Could you tell me what we need to do? Would she be artificially inseminated with my sperm or do I have unprotevted sex with her? |
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| Response from Dr. Conway
 Although transmission of HIV from a woman to a man during sexual contact is less efficient than transmission from a man to a woman, it still occurs (perhaps at a frequency of 0.05% per contact). Unprotected intercourse would thus carry a significant risk, and artificial insemination is the better way to go, in my view. If she were to get pregnant, I would remind us that if she goes on anti-HIV therapy, this could virtually eliminate the risk of the baby becoming infected... | ||||||||
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