Q and A

Question

Can positive people marry and have a family?

I’m positive, whereas my partner is negative, can we marry and have a family? Will I be negative if I take medication?

Answer

Thanks for getting in touch.

If you want to get married as well as have children, then yes, you can. Your HIV shouldn’t be a barrier to this. HIV is now easy to control and once on effective treatment, and your viral load is undetectable you can’t transmit HIV to a sexual partner. Please see here:  https://i-base.info/u-equals-u/  Therefore you can have kids.

As you’re interested in having a child, you may find the following helpful: https://i-base.info/guides/pregnancy

With regards to becoming negative, your HIV is controlled by taking ARVs.  If you were to stop taking meds, your viral load would rebound and your HIV would no longer be under control.

22 comments

  1. Simon Collins

    Hi Bwiimi – thanks – great question. The answer is yes. HIV treatment – called ART – reduces viral load to undetectable so that the baby can stay proteced during pregnancy and at birth and now have HIV.

    This guide has mre info:
    https://i-base.info/guides/pregnancy

  2. Bwiimi

    Hello, can two people living with HIV who are both HIV positive partners get married and have negative children?