Im hiv pos but still in denial im now 6
weeks pregnant what I want to know is how
safe is it to have a bay or does it
shorten my life span or should I consider
terminating the pregnancy
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Finess150
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Pregnancy Posted: 02-05-06 08:54am
I am very sorry to hear of your positive
status. I have researched some
information for you, regarding your
situation.
The cdc confirm that it is possible for a
baby to become positive through its
mother. The risk of this occuring varies,
depending primarily on the viral load in
the mother's blood and what stage the hiv
is. 60- 75% of babies who become infected
do so during labour and delivery.
Things to consider:
1. The cdc reccomends seeking medical
care as soon as pregnancy is known;
retroviral drugs, which suppress hiv can
lower the risk of transmission to the
baby.
2. Breast-feeding carries risk
3. A caesarean section to deliver the
baby reduces risk of transmission during
pregnancy
4. All babies carry the hiv+ mother's hiv
antibodies (created by your body to try to
fight the virus) during pregnancy and
after - which means that the test which
detects hiv antibodies will be positive
for every baby when it is born. This does
not neccessarily mean that the baby is
really hiv+. Over the first year of the
baby's life, further testing is carried
out.
5. Most babies do not become infected
with hiv fomr their mother.
6. Research has shown that hiv+ pregnant
women are at no more risk of ill health
than hiv- women because of pregancy.
Whether you choose to have a termination
is entirely your decision. I reccommend
you discuss all your issues with your
doctor. You should also talk with him
about your denial problems, which must be
dealt with.
My thoughts are with you.
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Melissa_20
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Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 6806 Location: Florida
Posted: 02-08-06 13:07pm
I'm sorry to hear that.I don't think you
should give your baby up, keep it.
The baby might not get it but he/she
could turn out to be a carrier of it.
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fatfamily02
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 3050 Location: Georgia, USA
Posted: 02-08-06 13:14pm
Quote:
5. Most babies
do not become infected with hiv fomr their
mother.
6. Research has shown that hiv+ pregnant
women are at no more risk of ill health
than hiv- women because of pregancy.
this is basically what I would have said.
I dont think you should end the
pregnancy--if anything it might help you
have more of a will power to fight, and to
stay in treatments yourself. Give you
more of a will to live.
Give you something to live for!!!
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Surrender
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 128 Location: canada
Posted: 02-08-06 13:23pm
U can have this baby, but you need to get
to ur doc and get medication to take so
that ur baby doesn't get hiv too
good luck
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Finess150
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Posted: 02-09-06 08:07am
melissa_20
wrote:
i'm sorry to hear that.I
don't think you should give your baby up,
keep it.
The baby might not get it but he/she
could turn out to be a carrier of
it.
people do not, repeat not carry hiv
without being hiv postive. It is not that
sort of disease.
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Melissa_20
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Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 6806 Location: Florida
Posted: 02-09-06 09:06am
Yes it is,if you can catch it its a
disease.They c.A.N be a carrier.
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Finess150
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Carrier Posted: 02-09-06 12:14pm
You are not a 'carrier' of hiv, you are
infected by it. It is a virus. Hiv can
infect you by sabotaging the t-cells and
destroying the immune system over a period
of years.
Please read up on this. If you have
hiv, you are hiv+. There is no option of
simply 'carrying' it.
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