Becoming Pregnant When You're HIV Positive
See also: HIV and Pregnancy (for information on HIV treatment during pregnancy and preventing transmission to your baby)
The Basics
- You Can Have a Healthy Pregnancy if You Are HIV Positive (2009)
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From Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- Positive Pregnancy (Winter 2008)
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- Having a Baby When You're HIV Positive (July 2007)
An interview with Ann Kiessling, Ph.D., and two women in mixed status relationships -- one HIV positive, one negative -- both of whom tell how they successfully had a child.
From The Body
- Infertility in HIV-Infected Women on HAART Linked to Mitochondrial DNA Depletion in Oocytes (November 15, 2006)
In 8th International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection
- Pregnancy and HIV: Life Goes On ... (April 2004)
From Voices of Positive Women
- "The Happiest Day of Our Life" -- A Gay Couple Living With HIV Adopts (September/October 2003)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Baby Love (December 2002)
More often than ever before, women with HIV in the U.S. can now have HIV-negative babies, peace of mind during pregnancy and hope for a long, healthy motherhood.
In POZ
- Resource: Life Begins (June 21, 2002)
Information on a new interactive CD-ROM that teaches human reproduction from conception to birth, including the risks of STDs and drugs to a fetus.
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
- Pregnancy in HIV-Infected Couples (November 2001)
In HIV Treatment ALERTS!, from The Center for AIDS
- Women Now Look Beyond HIV to Children and Grandchildren (August 8, 2001)
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In The New York Times
- So You Want to Have a Baby? (May 2001)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Evading the Virus -- Fertility, Technology and HIV (September 1999)
- Can I Have Children? (October 1998)
In AIDS Care, from San Francisco General Hospital
- The Joys -- and the Responsibilities -- of Having Children (October 1998)
In AIDS Care, from San Francisco General Hospital
- Foster Care/Adoption Questions
From National Pediatric and Family HIV Resource Center
Help on Getting Pregnant
- Sperm Washing 100 Percent Safe for Mixed-Status Couples Trying to Have a Baby, Study Says (September 10, 2007)
From aidsmap.com
- Having a Baby When You're HIV Positive (July 2007)
An interview with Ann Kiessling, Ph.D., and two women in mixed status relationships -- one HIV positive, one negative -- both of whom tell how they successfully had a child.
From The Body
- Procedure Can Help HIV-Positive Men Safely Conceive With HIV-Negative Women (November 8, 2004)
Intrauterine insemination, performed after the sperm is separated from HIV in the semen, can be safe and successful, French researchers say.
From National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project
- HIV JournalView: High Success for Sperm Washing in Preventing HIV, Hepatitis C (September 2004)
From The Body PRO
- Having a Baby When Both Partners Are HIV Positive (June 20, 2004)
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From PositiveWords
- Study Finds Clinics for Mixed-Status Couples Successful in Assisting Safe Reproduction (June 2004)
From Current Opinion in Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Having Children When He's Positive and She's Negative (September/October 2003)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Step-by-Step: Sperm Washing (September/October 2003)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Home Insemination Instructions (January 4, 2003)
From FertilityPlus
- Intrauterine Insemination in HIV-Serodiscordant Couple for Male HIV Infection (July 8, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In The XIV International AIDS Conference, from The Body PRO
- EVMS Researchers Experiment With Infected Men Fathering HIV-Free Children (April 9, 2001)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Ovulation Predictor Kit: Frequently Asked Questions (2001)
From FertilityPlus
- Processing Method to Remove HIV-1 May Make Semen Safe for Artificial Insemination (October 2000)
[Archived Article]
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Sperm Washing: Reducing the Risk of Father to Mother Transmission (August 7, 2000)
An article from University of California, San Francisco.
Personal Accounts
- Personal Perspective: My Babies and Me (Winter 2008)
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- Full Circle: One Woman's Story (September/October 2003)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Informed Consent? (Summer 2000)
Filmmaker Jennifer Finocchio shares her experiences while putting together a documentary on parents who lose custody of their children for refusing HIV treatment.
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
- Living With HIV: Living Proof (September 1999)
Dawn tells her story about having two children while living with HIV.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
- HIV, Pregnancy, and Me (May 1999)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- The Toughest Decision I Ever Made (October 1998)
In AIDS Care, from San Francisco General Hospital
- What If ... (October 1998)
An advocate contemplates the past, the future and motherhood.
In AIDS Care, from San Francisco General Hospital
- "Just Because I'm HIV-Positive, Can't I Bear Children?" (November 25, 1997)
Should a 38-year-old, HIV-positive ex-drug addict have a baby? Patti Radigan thought so -- and a pioneering San Francisco clinic agreed to help her.
From Salon.com
- Boosting the Spirit of an HIV-Positive Woman (April 1997)
An African-American HIV-positive woman decides to give birth.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
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