Thanks for getting in touch, and congratulations on the birth of your baby.<\/p>\n
The chances of transmitting HIV to babies is dramatically\u00a0reduced if a woman’s viral load is undetectable at delivery. In most cases this happens within 1-3\u00a0months of starting meds. Sometimes it might take longer if viral load was very high when starting.<\/p>\n
Because you started treatment early in your pregnancy, it is very likely that your viral load was undetectable. However, without knowing your results, I\u00a0cannot be sure of this.<\/p>\n
When you gave birth did you have a vaginal delivery? If you did, was this supported by your doctor? If it was, then this may be an indication that your VL was undetectable.<\/p>\n
You being on treatment is important as this will also protect the baby while you are breastfeeding.<\/p>\n
It is also good that your baby is taking meds as this will give extra protection.<\/p>\n
This means there is a really good chance your baby will not have HIV.<\/p>\n
The meds for the baby will help this and then testing is the only way to finally find out.\u00a0Unfortunately, it takes a while for the testing to show this.<\/p>\n