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Can I have a child if I am HIV positive, female, and stable on all medications?

Sure you can!

In the case of natural conception if the woman is a carrier, there are two aspects to consider, one is to prevent transmission to the man and the other is to prevent transmission to the fetus.

If the female partner has a sustained viral load of 0 with regular treatment, basically there is no transmission through sexual intercourse according to the current internationally recognized research results, which is the concept of U=U, i.e., the disease load is consistently undetectable. Therefore, the male partner can conceive naturally without intervention, but it is best to receive guidance from the doctor at the designated hospital before conception. If the male partner has doubts, he can also take pre-exposure prophylaxis through medication under the guidance of the doctors of the sentinel hospital before deciding to conceive. Of course, if the woman's disease load continues to be zero, there is basically no risk of transmission to the fetus.

If the man does not want to opt for pre-exposure prophylaxis, he can also conceive through in vitro fertilization and not worry about being infected at all.

I'm Dr. Shannon Wang, a dermatologist and venereologist, answering this question from a professional perspective:

Can I have a child if I am HIV positive, female, and stable on all medications?

Of course you can, but follow the scientific method and never take anything for granted.

How to prepare for pregnancy in HIV female carriers?

Female carriers of HIV who want to generate and raise healthy babies need medical intervention.

The combination of medication, delivery methods, and breastfeeding to achieve prevention of infection is what we medically call mother-to-child interruption.

① Go to a specialized hospital and receive antiviral treatment before pregnancy to strictly control the amount of virus in the mother's body.

② Regular review, for hiv moms, go to the hospital more frequently for review.

(iii) Admission to hospital for delivery as early as possible, with caesarean section generally recommended.

④ For post-exposure prophylaxis, babies should be given antiviral drugs within 6 hours after birth for 42 days. Early diagnosis should be done at 42 days and 3 months after birth, and antibodies should be checked at 12 months and 18 months respectively.

Can an HIV mom breastfeed?

HIV positive mothers can't breastfeed, and if you express breastmilk and then heat and sterilize it to feed it as the internet says, I think there is also a relatively large loss of nutritional value to it, and there is little need for that.

In addition, the State currently provides free milk powder to this group of families to ensure that the child is artificially fed.



What everyday contacts may infect a child?Everyday contacts are not infectious, such as skin-to-skin contact, kissing a child on the cheek, sharing dishes, and mosquito bites, so parents don't need to worry too much.

We see children with AIDS in our clinics, and they grow up healthy, just like normal children.

Women with AIDS can get pregnant and have a baby as long as they take their antiviral medication on time and have their viral load tested, and if their viral load is undetectable, they can have a baby and the baby will not carry the virus if the baby is born with a blockage, so the CD4 cells and viral load of people living with AIDS are very important in determining the contagiousness of the disease, I hope that this will help you.


Definitely can ask for it.

But it has to be under the guidance of a specialized doctor, some drugs can have an effect on the fetus, and if you decide to have a child, depending on the monitoring indicators, you need to adjust the combination of drugs. Choose drugs that do not have a teratogenic effect on the fetus.

The country has a free mother-to-child interruption policy, AIDS patients also have the right to have children, this work is generally in the local infectious disease hospitals, there are doctors specializing in this work, you can also consult the CDC infectious disease section, if necessary, to provide advice, technical support.

The main thing is to the mother antiviral treatment, preconception, that is, before pregnancy, of course, choose a drug treatment that is not harmful to the fetus, monitor the indicators of the condition is stable, and the child is born to take a certain amount of medication until the full 18 months through the laboratory to confirm the monitoring of the infection, no infection.

I've seen two couples, both with AIDS, have healthy children through PMTCT. Of course it's important to honor medical advice.

Regular follow-up monitoring is a guarantee of mother-to-child interruption.

You have to let the doctor decide if you can have a baby. You can't joke about this. It's the future of the child.

You can have it, but the baby must be born half a month to a month off the blocking medication Ask your CDC doctor for details.

It can be wanted. There are mom and pop partitioning techniques

If that's possible, you'll have to go through IVF.

I've heard that there are cut-off stitches, but you think about how well you'll be able to fight off all the stress together after the baby is born.

Yes. Nowadays, medicine is used to control the viral load and there is no mother-to-child infection and you can have a healthy baby.

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