{"id":1912,"date":"2010-05-20T16:44:25","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T16:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=1912"},"modified":"2010-05-20T16:44:25","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T16:44:25","slug":"will-my-cd4-count-increase-after-i-give-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/1912","title":{"rendered":"Will my CD4 count increase after I give birth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for your question.<\/p>\n<p>During pregnancy it is usual to see a drop in your CD4 count. The amount the CD4 count will drop varies but is usually around 50 cells\/mm3. Once you have given birth, your CD4 count should go back up again. However, if your CD4 count drops below 200 you could be vulnerable to opportunistic infections (OIs).<\/p>\n<p>For more information regarding CD4 counts and pregnancy please follow this <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/pregnancy-and-hiv\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For general information about \u2018HIV, Women\u2019s Health and Pregnancy\u2019 please follow this <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\">link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a CD4 count of 286 and I am pregnant. Will my CD4 count reduce after giving birth? I am currently taking PMTCT treatment but I will soon to start ARVs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-cd4-and-viral-load","category-pregnancy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}