Hiv During Pregnancy

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You Can Have a Healthy Pregnancy if You Are HIV Positive

You Can Have a Healthy Pregnancy if You Are HIV Positive Getting Pregnant Staying Healthy While Pregnant HIV Treatment Options Other Treatments While Pregnant Delivery Your Baby's Health Breast-Feeding Building a Support Network Credits and Acknowledgements You Can Have a Healthy Pregnancy if You Are HIV Positive Are you HIV positive and pregnant or considering having a baby? You are not alone. Living with HIV does not...

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HIV and Pregnancy (ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION, 2010) (PREGNANCY, POSITIVE FEMALE AND NEGATIVE MALE, 2010)

I am an HIV Positive Female my Husband is Negative, i am on medication since last two years my regime are ( Nevrapine, zidovidine, lamividine)planning for a baby what can be a safe methods, so can be a pregnant and my Husband will remain HIV...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Yes, it is certainly possible to have a safe pregnancy. There are really two issues to consider:1. Not putting your husband at risk for HIV. This is best accomplished by artificial insemination. (See below.)2. Preventing mother-to-child HIV... Read more »

HIV AND PREGNANCY

Dear Doc,My wife is pregnant, and she did all her tests that are done when pregant and all came back negative but the HIV test was positive (ELISA). She then did Western blot and PCR DNA and I also did the ELISA test which came back negative. Her...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,1. It's possible there may have been a laboratory or clerical error. Your wife should see an HIV physician specialist. That doctor will run confirmatory tests to ascertain whether her initial tests are accurate.2. Not every HIV exposure... Read more »

hiv and pregnancy

If i'm hiv positive and my husband is negative. How can he make me pregnant without me infecting him with the virus? We desperately need our biological child. Thanks in advance for your answer....

Response from Katherine Luzuriaga, M.D.

University of Massachusetts, Medical School

Unprotected sex will always carry the risk of infecting the uninfected partner. You might consider in vitro fertilization, a procedure in which the egg is fertilized with sperm outside the body. This procedure is fairly widely available -- you... Read more »

about hiv in pregnancy

my cd4 count is 385 and this is my 8th month of pregancy is it necessary for me to take any kind of medicine...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Yes. If you have not been on HIV meds before this time during the course of your pregnancy, you should start taking HIV meds now. I assume you are under the care of an obstetrician who is experienced with HIV infected pregnant women. If not, you... Read more »

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HIV and Pregnancy Article

Posted by Anonymous

Just thought I'd mention an informative article on HIV and pregnancy:

http://www.bellaonline.com/health_and_fitness/diseases_and_illnesses/aids/hiv/articles/art980803050366.htm

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research on HIV & pregnancy

Posted by doccnm

Research Study

Are you pregnant or have you recently had a baby? Are you HIV positive? Participants needed to share their experience of being HIV positive and pregnant.

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I am located in the NYC area and can only travel to those in the... Read more »

HIV and pregnancy

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

My friend and I want to have a baby but he's HIV+ and I'm not can we still do this without me contracting HIV? I don't know what is out there medically

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HIV and pregnancy

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hello. I'm a case manager working with a young woman who was diagnosised positive 2 years ago; she's now 19 y.o. and is interested in having a baby within the next two years. She's asked me if there's any info out there about pregnancy and HIV... Read more »

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