{"id":16,"date":"2023-11-01T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T09:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/new\/guides\/hiv-pregnancy-and-womens-health"},"modified":"2025-07-31T11:48:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T11:48:55","slug":"pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy","title":{"rendered":"HIV, pregnancy and women&#8217;s health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18081 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pregnancy-2023-banner-1024x448.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pregnancy-2023-banner-1024x448.png 1024w, https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pregnancy-2023-banner-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pregnancy-2023-banner-768x336.png 768w, https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/pregnancy-2023-banner.png 1408w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/>This guide explains what to do if you are diagnosed with HIV in pregnancy, and what to do if you already know you are HIV positive and decide to have a baby<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/order\/\">Order a free printed copy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Produced by i-Base with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.4mmm.org\/\">4M Mothers Mentoring Network<\/a> (email: <a href=\"mailto:info@4mmm.org\">info@4mmm.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4mmm_logo-300x95.jpg\" alt=\"4M network - my heath, my choice, my child, my life\" width=\"300\" height=\"95\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4mmm_logo-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4mmm_logo.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/introduction\">Introduction<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/background-and-general-questions\">Background and general questions<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/just-diagnosed\">If you have just been diagnosed with HIV<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/becoming-a-mother\">Can women living with HIV become mothers?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/hiv-drugs-and-baby\">Your HIV treatment will protect your baby<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/how-is-hiv-transmitted-to-a-baby\">How is HIV transmitted to a baby?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/hiv-testing\">Are pregnant women automatically offered HIV testing?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/are-the-meds-safe\">Is it really safe to take HIV medicines during pregnancy?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/pregnancy-and-hiv\">Will being pregnant make my HIV worse?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/medical-words-used-during-pregnancy\">Medical words used during pregnancy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/additional-info\">Additional info<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/protecting-mothers-health\">Protecting and ensuring the mother\u2019s health<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/transmission\">How is HIV is transmitted to a baby<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/transmission\">How and why does vertical transmission happen?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/in-utero\">Transmission during pregnancy (in utero)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/labour\">Transmission during labour and delivery (intrapartum transmission)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/breastfeeding\">Transmission from breastfeeding<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/planning\">Planning your pregnancy<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/conception\">Conception<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/what-to-do-when-one-partner-is-hiv-positive-and-the-other-is-hiv-negative\">How to become pregnant when one partner is HIV positive and the other is HIV negative<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/help-with-conception\">Can I get help if I am having difficulty conceiving?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/is-fertility-treatment-available-to-hiv-positive-people\">Is fertility treatment available to people living with HIV?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/prenatal-care\">HIV care and treatment during pregnancy<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/prenatal-care\">What is antenatal care?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/do-all-hiv-positive-women-need-to-use-art-during-pregnancy\">Do all women living with HIV need to use ART during pregnancy?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/already-on-treatment\">What if I am already taking ART when I become pregnant?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/what-hiv-drugs-will-i-take\">What HIV drugs will I take?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/late-diagnosis\">What if I only discover I am HIV-positive late in pregnancy?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/what-about-if-my-hiv-status-is-only-discovered-when-i-am-in-labour\">What about if my HIV status is only discovered when I am in labour?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/should-i-carry-on-taking-art-after-my-baby-is-born\">Should I carry on taking ART after my baby is born?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/side-effects\">Should I expect more side effects when I am pregnant?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/tests\">Screening and monitoring<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/tests\">Will I need extra tests and monitoring?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/ois\">Prevention and treatment of other infections<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/ois\">Opportunistic infection prevention and treatment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/vaccine-use-while-pregnant\">Vaccines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/hepatitis-b-coinfection\">Hepatitis A and B coinfections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/hepatitis-c-coinfection\">Hepatitis C coinfection<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/tb-coinfection\">TB coinfection<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/treating-recurrent-genital-herpes-during-pregnancy\">Genital herpes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/can-i-have-a-vaginal-delivery\">Delivering your baby<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/can-i-have-a-vaginal-delivery\">Can I have a vaginal delivery?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/caesarean-section\">Caesarean section (C-section)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/can-i-have-a-vaginal-birth-if-i-have-had-a-caesarean-before\">Can I have a vaginal birth if I have had a C-section before?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/why-is-a-caesarean-sometimes-recommended-if-you-are-hiv-positive\">Why is a C-section sometimes recommended if you are HIV positive?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/when-should-i-have-a-planned-caesarean-section\">When should I have a planned C-section?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/what-if-my-waters-break-before-my-planned-caesarean-section\">What if my waters break before my planned C-section?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/will-a-caesarean-section-now-stop-me-having-a-vaginal-in-the-future\">Will a C-section now stop me having a vaginal in the future?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/what-else\">What else do I need to remember for the birth?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/babys-heath\">HIV drugs and the baby\u2019s health<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/will-antiretrovirals-affect-the-baby\">Will HIV drugs affect the baby?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/prematurity\">Prematurity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/can-hiv-drugs-cause-birth-defects\">Can HIV drugs cause birth defects?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/what-about-anaemia\">What about anaemia?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/what-about-bilirubin\">What about bilirubin?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/will-my-baby-be-monitored-for-these-symptoms\">Will my baby be monitored for these symptoms?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/after-baby-is-born\">After the baby is born<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/after-baby-is-born\">What will I need to consider for my own health?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/hiv-negative\">How and when will I know that my baby is HIV negative?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/will-baby-need-hiv-drugs\">Will my baby need HIV drugs they are born?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/contraception\">Will I need to use contraception after the baby is born?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/feeding-your-baby\">Feeding your baby<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/bottle-feeding-and-free-formula-milk\">Bottle-feeding and free formula milk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/sometimes-people-ask-me-why-i-do-not-breastfeed\">Sometimes people ask me why I do not breastfeed<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/adherence-tips\">Tips to help adherence<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/nausea-tips\">Tips to help with morning sickness or drug-associated nausea<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/swiss-statement\">Appendix: the Swiss Statement<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/feedback\">Feedback<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/quotes\">Quotes<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/references\">References<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Credits<\/h2>\n<p>Polly Clayden wrote this guide for HIV i-Base.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the advisory board of HIV positive people, activists and health care professionals for comments and the people who shared their stories.<\/p>\n<p>Funded by The Monument Trust.<\/p>\n<p>Artwork copyright: Keith Haring Studio.<\/p>\n<h2>Disclaimer<\/h2>\n<p>Information in this booklet is not intended to replace information from your doctor. 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