HIV, but can still have kids and sex?
I'm confused. Jennie Garth's character had HIV/AIDS, but she said that she could still have sex, and have kids. How is that possible with this disease?
shareShe could have safe sex (i.e. condoms) or pursue even safer romantic outlets. As for kids, a person with AIDS can always be artificially inseminated, though she might pass the disease down to her kids.
shareactually, the mother can become pregnant. The baby is supposedly safe during the first semster, but it is during the second and third that the chances are high for passing the disease on. However, as long as the mother is aware of her status as an HIV+ woman, the doctors will put her on special meds until the birth, which will be via c-section. Once the baby is born, they will be administered the same drug, and the odds of the baby will be born HIV- are very good.
shareamniotic fluids (the fluid present in the womb with the fetus) is not one of the five types of fluids (I know the movie mentioned only four, and no, the fifth is NOT vinyl) that can transmit HIV/AIDS, so as long as her OB/GYN in aware of her condition, a pregnant woman who is HIV+ has a good chance at a perfectly healthy baby. She just shouldn't breast feed. As for the getting pregnant, un-protected sex with someone who is HIV+ is never advisable, because there is definitely a risk involved for the un-infected partner, however, IVF is safe for mother, father, and baby!
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You meant to say The Chance The Baby is Born WITHOUT HIV is very good if they put the child on the same meds as the mother?
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