Have a child with HIV: reproductive options and possible risks
At present, people affected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can have a better quality of life thanks to advances in medicine and the drugs available to treat the disease.
However, couples in which one of the members or both are HIV-positive must take into account several precautions when having a child, both to avoid infection and not to transmit the infection to the offspring.
In any case, it is important that the couple ask for medical advice when looking for pregnancy, take all the necessary tests and an exhaustive control throughout the pregnancy once achieved.
Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article.
Index
- 1. How is HIV transmitted?
- 2. Pregnancy through assisted reproduction
- 2.1. Male with HIV
- 2.2. Woman with HIV
- 3. Natural pregnancy with HIV
- 4. Course of pregnancy and childbirth
- 4.1. Seronegative mother
- 4.2. HIV positive mother
- 5. Questions from users
- 5.1. How can HIV be spread to the fetus during pregnancy?
- 5.2. What treatment can pregnant women with HIV follow?
- 5.3. What care can I take during pregnancy with HIV?
- 5.4. Does the delivery of a seropositive woman necessarily have to be by caesarean section?
- 6. Recommended reading
- 7. Authors and collaborators

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