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PREGNANCY May 3, 2001 WOULD MY BABY GET INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS WHILE I CARRY HIM IN MY WOMB OR ON DELIVERY?. |
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Response from Dr. Jackson
 If you are HIV+ and pregnant and do not take an antiretroviral drug like AZT, there is about a 1 in 4 chance your baby will become HIV infected. About 75-80% of the time this infection occurs around the time of delivery, but 20-25% of the time it occurs when the baby is in the womb before labor starts. If you take a drug like AZT starting early in pregnancy, you can reduce the chance of transmission to your baby to less than 5% or even 2% or less if a combbination of antiretroviral drugs are taken. BJ |
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