{"id":10395,"date":"2015-02-26T13:08:29","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T13:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=10395"},"modified":"2015-05-07T11:26:12","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T11:26:12","slug":"i-have-a-high-cd4-count-do-i-have-to-take-arvs-to-get-pregnant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/10395","title":{"rendered":"I have a high CD4 count, do i have to take ARVs to get pregnant?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>It is great that you are thinking about having a baby. I will try to answer your questions one by one.<\/p>\n<p>Usually in couples like yours the positive partner would start treatment. This is so that your viral load becomes undetectable. Your viral load is the amount of virus in your blood.Once your viral load is undetectable you can conceive naturally. This means by having sex without a condom. If you get pregnant you will have to continue\u00a0taking ARVs. This is still\u00a0necessary if you have a high CD4 count. This is because it helps prevent the baby from becoming positive. It is also good for your health!<\/p>\n<p>The decision wether or not to continue to take ARVs after birth depends on several things. This includes what your CD4 count was when you started treatment. It also has to do with how you feel about carrying on treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Your husband will not have to start taking ARVs. The fact that you will be on treatment will protect him from HIV transmission.<\/p>\n<p>Many people with HIV now have HIV negative children. You should also tell your doctor or clinic that you are planning to have babay. They can help you with information about how to do this.<\/p>\n<p>You can find more <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\">information about HIV and pregnancy<\/a>\u00a0on our website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am HIV positive and my husband is HIV negative. My CD 4 count is 1919 I have not yet started treatment. We want to have a baby. I want to know if I have to take the ARVs even though my CD4 count is high? If I take it do i have to continue taking it even after the baby is born? Will my husband also take ARVs?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,19,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-pregnancy","category-sero-different-couples"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}