Can Couples With Hiv Get Pregnant

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HIV+ COUPLE NEED TO GET PREGNANT

My husband and i are both HIV+ and we are desperate to have a child. I have a daughter from a previous relationship and my husband has adopted her.But we are very desperate to have a baby are cd4 counts are 600 and above and we both have a...

Response from Brooks Jackson, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

The chance of a baby becoming infected during pregancy is very low if you have undetectable virus, have normal CD4 count and are on antiretrovrals(less than one in 200). However, Sustiva has been associated with congential abnormalities in animals... Read more »

Serodiscodant couple trying to get pregnant

Dr. Bob, Please I wish you will be able to find time to help me and my wife with our situation. We... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

Magnetic couple, 9 months pregnant, worried

Dear and wonderful Dr. Frascino:My husband and I are a magnetic couple: he's positive and... Read more »

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Blog: HIV-Positive Women and Couples Face Unique Reproductive Health Decisions

One developing country HIV/AIDS dilemma that was not addressed at the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010 is "the complex reproductive health decisions faced by HIV-infected women or by couples, at least one of whom is infected by HIV,"... Read more »

Nigerian Advocacy Group Encourages HIV-Positive Couples to Marry, Offers Counseling, Other Services

An HIV/AIDS advocacy group in Nigeria's Bauchi state is encouraging HIV-positive people to marry one another in an effort to prevent the virus from spreading to HIV-negative people, the AP/Google.com reports. The program is run by the Bauchi Action... Read more »

Couples Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing for Men Who Have Sex With Men

Couples Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing (CVCT) is a new HIV prevention intervention for men who have sex with men (MSM) in the U.S. 1 CVCT is notable for several reasons: it addresses a critical deficit in HIV prevention interventions for... Read more »

Couples With Mixed HIV Status

Serodiscordant Couples What Are the Special Issues for Mixed Couples? Reducing the Risks Using a Condom Other Ways to Reduce Risk If You Are Exposed to HIV ... Having Children if the Man Has HIV Having Children if the Woman has HIV ... Read more »

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Getting Pregnant Hiv +/- couple

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I am a HIV + woman engaged to a HIV - man. We want to have a baby. What are the options on getting pregnant?? Is artificial insemination the only way?? I read on this website that it's possible to "do it yourself", insert the mans sperm in the... Read more »

Looking for +/- couple trying to conceive 4 story

Posted by Poppy

I was recently contacted by a woman who works for a national magazine. She is interested in profiling an HIV-negative woman who is married to a positive man and either recently gave birth, is currently pregnant, or is trying to conceive.

She hopes to... Read more »

Pos/Neg Couple Seeking Pregnancy

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

Has anyone have first hand knowledge or experience with spermwashing procudures? Husband pos(undetect)/Wife neg one child neg. Want more additions, any info appreciated Read more »

LOOKING FOR MAGNETS COUPLES TO TEACH ME!

Posted by vasco, 5 Replies

Me and my wife are on a kind of magnet relationship...me and my 5weeks daughter are negative and my wife is positive. we find out when she became pregnant last year... but i have done 3test in deferents clinics... the result still come back... Read more »

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