HIV Positive & Pregnant : will baby be HIV+ ? Posted: 06-17-07 05:24am
My wife's brother and his gf of 5 months
have hiv. She's pregnant. The family is
quite concerned as they aren't sure if the
baby will have aids. Can anyone give some
info here. The brother heard that there's
a 2% chance it will, and his aunt who is a
ex nurse said the opposite is true and a
high percentage it will have aids.
Beyond all this, he's quite confused. Her
parents are an old fashioned (primitive
IMO) and are brainwashing him to marry
her. The whole idea of someone getting
pregnant without marriage is unheard of
in their nationality.
He's quite mad and confused. He listens to
his family but doesn't care about what
they say. Quite aggressive, takes and
sells drugs and drinks alcohol..quite
agressive short temperment. He went to a
psychologist one session and didn't go
back. He has a hard time expressing
himself. That I blame his parents who is
quite cold and not the touchy feely kind.
My wife is like that a bit. So no one
knows how to "get to him"
Any help appreciated.
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HIV & AIDS Answer A2947 Posted: 06-26-07 03:06am
HIV can be transmitted from a HIV-positive
woman to her child during pregnancy,
during labor or breast-feeding. In most
cases, HIV is believed to be transmitted
during the last weeks of pregnancy or
during delivery. There's a bigger
possibility that the child contracts HIV
from the mother if she has advanced HIV or
AIDS, if she has low CD4 count, if the
water breaks at least four hours before
delivery, if the labor is difficult or she
has a genital infection.
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