re: HIV+ and TTC

Quoting snglemama:" people can live very long, normal lives now with HIV."

I am not saying they can't, I was just going off what she asking.

Quoting TantricLemons:" The recommendations for breastfeeding have actually changed, it is recommended that HIV pos women do actually bf now."

oh wow, i thought taht was a big no no. and why alot of african babies got HIV? idk ive never really studied HIV, the only little bit i did was why Medical MJ was good for patients with AIDS..

i guess BM doesnt carry the virus? or does the antibodies cancel it out? do you know why its okay now?

Quoting ☮ Phuket:" oh wow, i thought taht was a big no no. and why alot of african babies got HIV? idk ive never really ... [snip!] ... patients with AIDS.. i guess BM doesnt carry the virus? or does the antibodies cancel it out? do you know why its okay now?"

there is still a lot of research happening
but here is one of the articles
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120614182751.ht
basically along with the drugs breastfeeding is recommended, though some medical organizations still need to catch up with the science (CDC)

new guidelines
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2009/world_aids_20091130/en/index.html

If I wanted a kid, I would have one.

Quoting snglemama:" people can live very long, normal lives now with HIV."

   

There are so many ethical debates like this... to me, sickle cell is something that I would think would be something more controversal than HIV. So many people can live without much of a problem when they are HIV+ on medications. Sickle cell, however, is a life with a lot of pain and blood transfusions that medications can't really help much.

I would TTC when I was ready. There are so many ways to prevent transferring HIV to a baby.

There are ways to have HIV negative children while being HIV positive. I would look into that route before not having children altogether.

I would adopt. HIV isn't a death sentence anymore. It doesn't have to progress to AIDS.