How do women with HIV or AIDS delivery a baby without infect blood infecting the baby ?

Question

I have seen on t.v. that women with HIV or AIDS can take meds to prevent they baby from developing the virus in the whomb , that was a really amazing shocker to me that i probably will never understand , What is really burning my mind is how do they deliver the baby with out infecting it , okaya it seems like vaginal birth or via c-section the baby would get infected bodily fluids and blood from the mother infected them as being born, how the hell do they deliever with out infecting the baby ??????????

Answer 1

vaginal theres less of a chance of infection that way

Answer 2

Here's part of an answer that I submitted for an older question regarding childbirth and HIV/AIDS:


The mother and baby do not share the same blood supply in utero, but the maternal blood supply IS still connected to the fetal blood supply via the umbilical cord and placenta. It is possible for HIV to pass from the mother to the baby through the placenta, thereby infecting the baby. But the chances of HIV transmission are far greater during a vaginal birth and through breastfeeding.

If an HIV positve mother received treatment prior to becoming pregnant and received treatment during her pregnancy to reduce the maternal viral load and also during labor and delivery, then the risk of transmission can be reduced. Electing to have a cesearean will also reduce the risk of the baby being infected, so that the baby is not exposed to HIV infected blood or vaginal/cervical secretions. But the baby would also have to receive antiretroviral treatment for several weeks after birth. Bottle-feeding the baby instead of breastfeeding is yet another way to reduce the risk of HIV transmission.

While there are certain measures and precautions that can be taken to reduce the chances of HIV transmission to the baby, these measures are by no means 100% effective in preventing the baby from being infected.

So it is possible for an HIV-positive mother to give birth to an HIV-free baby, with proper and timely medical intervention/treatment.

Answer 3

Bloodless C-section. As they cut through the layers they pinch off the blood vessels so that the baby has less of a chance of coming in contact with mom's bodily fluids. It's in the fluids that the virus lives.

Vaginal birth has no way whatsoever of preventing the baby from coming in contact with fluids. Imagine having sex while you're dry... now make beleive it's both the size of a melon and coming from the other way. Ouch much? In natural bith the baby would come in contact with vaginal fluids as well as blood.

Answer 4

I haven't heard of that. I thought if you had the disease it would automatically be in your baby.

But here's some good news I just read and wanted to pass on:

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‘On-Off Switch’ for HIV Found

Even though there is still no cure for HIV, scientists at Princeton University think a genetic “on-off switch” may be able to inactivate the virus indefinitely. Scientists Leor Weinberger and Thomas Shenk have found a specific genetic trigger that sends HIV into its latent phase, hiding and hibernating until another trigger awakens it and allows it to re-emerge and wreck havoc throughout the body.

Weinberger and Shenk studied how TAT, an HIV protein, contributes to starting and interrupting a surge of chemical reactions that leads to full-blown infection. Using previous research of their own and that of others, they theorize that the TAT protein and the chemicals that change it serve as a kind of “resistor,” working in a way similar to resistors used to slow or reduce the flow of electrical current. The TAT resistor causes HIV to enter its latent phase, and the scientists believe that understanding how to activate it to interrupt the series of reactions that lead to viral infection could have wide-ranging effects.

“I believe we’ve uncovered an important component of the biological switch,” said Weinberger. “If we can figure out how such resistors affect viruses, it might lead to a whole new class of drugs than can treat some of the world’s most dangerous illnesses.”

Answer 5

I saw a made for tv movie about a baby born to an HIV positive mother. They assumed the baby was HIV positive but in the end it wasn't! Babies born to HIV mothers only have a 1 in 4 chance of contracting the disease (from her). Why? I'm not sure. BUT YES, it is very possible. They are looking to these children to find a possible cure!

Answer 6

I saw this show on Discovery or TLC in which an HIV positive mother had a "bloodless" C-section. The doctor cauterized the inscision as he was making the cut in her abdomen to minimize mother's blood touching the infant.

Answer 7

the blood does contain the disease, but sometimes the baby ends up just being a carrier, not a host. If the baby was to grow up and met a partner that is a host, it can then become infected if they become intimate. carriers usually test negative because the disease is not active in their body, while hosts test positive because their blood was infected from birth (with babies)

Answer 8

The way I heard was via C section where they cauterized the mother's bleeding. I've never known anyone to have gone through it though.



But I have to admit that I do find some of the more ignorant answers quite amusing.

Answer 9

An HIV or AIDS infected woman cannot deliver a baby witout the infection, this is just not possible.

Answer 10

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