if you are hiv positive can you get pregnant? and if you do can your child have hiv too?

Answer 1

There is a chance that your child could be born with HIV, but if you do get pregnant, your doctor would put you on AZT, which is safe to take throughout pregnancy, and will prevent the antibodies from replicating in the placenta in most cases.

You can get pregnant, though. You need to talk to your doctor before you do, though.

Answer 2

HIV positive women CAN have children and their child will NOT necessarily have HIV, there are combination drugs that they can take throughout pregnancy to prevent infection to the child and they will probably not have a natural birth to lower the risk of the child being infected. There are risks however today's medicine can do some amazing things. Nothing is 100% but a known HIV positive woman can prevent transmission to her child.

Answer 3

Hello:
The answer to your questions are as follows:
An HIV positive woman has the same ability to get pregnant as someone who is not infected.
The fetus/infant may not necessarily be infected.
With all the anti-viral meds now, doctors can actually reduce the chance that the baby will be infected.
If the mother takes her medications every day during the entire pregnancy, and is given AZT during labor and delivery, and the infant is given AZT after birth for a certain period of time then the chances are dramatically decreased that the infant will become positive. Additionally, infants are also given Bactrim for the first six weeks of life or so.
So, the answer to your second question is yes and no. It all depends on the mother's viral load during pregnancy, whether she is taking her HIV medications as prescribed and whether the OB starts AZT during labor/delivery and the pediatrician starts AZT and Bactrim immediately after birth.
This information is for the United States only.
If you are talking about parts of Africa, where one out of three people are infected, the majority of infants born to HIV positive women approaches 100 percent. This is due to lack of education, the lack of health care and the inability to obtain the necessary medications during and after pregnancy. Additionally, many women do not even know they are HIV positive. Here in the U.S. all women are tested for the HIV antibody during early pregnancy.
I hope this helped answer your questions.
Regards,
Warren Shaffer, M.D.
P.S. I read a few of some responses to your questions. Some of this information is absolutely not true!

Answer 4

I have a friend who has been HIV positive for years. She found out when she was pregnant, her son is 14 years old and does not have HIV.

Answer 5

Yes hiv positive women can get pregnant, especially if they are not using birth control.

A child born to an hiv positive mother will also be hiv positive. Hiv is passed by body fluids. The mother shares her body fluids with the unborn child. The food she eats is transformed into a fluid type food that is fed to the unborn child through the umbilical cord.

Hope this helps :-)

Answer 6

HIV doesnt affect your chances of getting pregnant unless you are really far into the disease and your body is really weak.
If you do become pregnant, and you have HIV, you need to get advise from a Dr. ASAP. There is a really high change your child will have HIV too. However, nowadays Drs have certain treatments that could help prevent the transfusion of HIV to the fetus or make the virus 'sleep', as long as it is treated early, but dont quote me on this, Ive only heard about this never known someone that has gone through with it.
I know that they have to have regular checkups and its a tideous treatment, but there are options out there as long as you consult with your Dr what your options are as soon as you know you are expecting.
Good luck!

Answer 7

Yes! and YES! If you are pregnant and ae HIV+, you need to see a DR Right now!!!!! There are medicines out there that can give your baby the best chance to NOT become infected, but it wil only work if you follow your DR's advice very strictly. Find a good Dr and go!
Good Luck!
Ariana

Answer 8

A baby is born with natural immunity passed on from the mothers system. This immunity is not for life and will fade - the baby will then have to develop it's own immunity from shots or exposure to disease. SOME HIV mothers have delivered babies who test positive at birth, but lose that once the natural immunity period is up. The exception being - it the infected mother breast feeds, then she is infecting the child. You would have to speak to a doctor who is knowledgeable in the AIDS field. I would not want to chance passing it on to a child.

Answer 9

Yes you can get pregnant and yes you child can have it too.

Answer 10

Yes your baby will most deff have HIV if you have it