Being Married With Hiv

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I am thinking of marrying a HIV+ woman

Hello. I am thinking of marrying a HIV+ woman. She has AIDS, but has no side effects to meds. Can she have kids?Thanks for the servive you provide....

Response from Brooks Jackson, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

HIV infected women do have babies and the risk of the infant becoming infected during pregnancy can be greatly reduced to about 2% if antiretrovirals are taken during pregnancy. You might want to consider artificial insemination to induce pregnancy... Read more »

I am married to someone with HIV.

I would like to know if HIV affects a person memory, and other parts of the brain?... Read more »

Response from Michael Shernoff, M.S.W. »

Married to someone with HIV

Over my nine year marriage, I made a commitment to stick with my HIV-positive husband through this... Read more »

Response from David Fawcett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. »

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Articles

Muslim Clerics in Chechnya Order All Engaged Couples to Test for HIV Before Marrying

"The spiritual leaders of Muslim Chechnya have ordered that all couples who plan to marry prove they are HIV-negative, sparking outrage from activists and residents who say it violates Russian law," Reuters reports in an article that explores the... Read more »

Philippines Conference of Catholic Bishops Endorses Condom Use Among Married Couples to Prevent HIV, Official Says

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines recently endorsed condom use among married couples as a method to prevent the transmission of HIV, Edwin Corros, executive secretary of CBCP's Episcopal Commission for Pastoral Care for Migrants... Read more »

Married Kenyan Youth Excluded From HIV/AIDS Programs, at Higher Risk of Contracting Virus

Married youths are not taken into consideration in HIV/AIDS awareness programs aimed at young people in Kenya and are at an increased risk of contracting the virus, South Africa's Independent Online reports. Married adolescent girls can be more... Read more »

Young Women, Including Married Women, Increasingly Contracting HIV, U.N. Official Says

HIV/AIDS increasingly is affecting young women, including married women, Lucita Lazo, regional program director for the United Nations Development Fund for Women , said on Thursday in Bangkok, Thailand, the AP/ Hindu reports. Although HIV/AIDS... Read more »

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I married a HIV positive man

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I married an hiv + man he is the father of my 2 year old, I found out when I was 4 months pregnant that he was + for 10 years, I blacked everything out he turned cold towards me he abused me and left me, im still testing negative as well as my son.... Read more »

I'm about to marry a HIV pos. man

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I'm about to marry a HIV+ man. We are both 23 and grew up
together in Israel our entire life. We are deeply in love, but I
feel a loss in our relationship. Although we share so much, he
faces a lot of things that I cannot. He has been shunned my his Read more »

Marrying an HIV+ man

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I am dating a man that is HIV+. I want to marry him but my family is against it and the only thing that holds me back is a fear of becoming infected, and also watching him die from this illness. Anyone out there that can offer counsel?

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Just married, could this be HIV?

Posted by peezy, 3 Replies

Here's what happened and susequent symptoms. Friday night we went to a stip club. My buddies bought me lap dance after lap dance. Many of the girls there got extremely close, sucking on my neck, nipples, ears, chest, stomach and letting me do the... Read more »

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