HIV is a complex disease, and can affect a pregnant woman’s health. Learn more about what can be done to optomize the chances of a healthy birth, including medication options.

It is a woman’s personal choice to have a baby or not. The same goes for an HIV positive woman. Despite contrary belief, a woman living with HIV can deliver a healthy child free of the virus. While there is no complete way to prevent it, new improvements have been made to reduce the risk of mother-to-child HIV transmissions (sometimes called vertical transmissions). There is no proof that pregnancy will speed up HIV progression rate. Likewise, there is no proof that by having HIV, it will change the way the pregnancy will carry on. There is, however, a great risk to both the mother and the child if the mother has an HIV-related opportunist infection. Opportunistic infections are diseases and sicknesses that the body, because of HIV, may not be able to fight off. Continue reading →