{"id":8713,"date":"2013-02-25T11:10:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T11:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=8713"},"modified":"2024-10-14T09:18:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:18:46","slug":"we-had-unprotected-sex-is-my-boyfriend-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/8713","title":{"rendered":"We had unprotected sex, is my boyfriend at risk?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your email.<\/p>\n<p>If you are on treatment, and your viral load was undetectable when you had unprotected sex, then the risk of your boyfriend being infected is very low. When your viral load is undetectable then there is very little virus in your body, and this makes it more difficult for HIV to be transmitted. You can read more about this in our <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/testing\/viral-load\">testing and transmission guide.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If your boyfriend is circumcised this can also reduce the chance of him being infected. Again you can read about this in our <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/testing\/medical-male-circumcision\">testing and transmission guide.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although the risk is likely to be close to zero in this situation the only way your boyfriend can be sure of his HIV status is to get tested. It&#8217;s also important to remember that unprotected sex can lead to other sexually transmitted infections, and pregnancy, and it&#8217;s important to be aware of both of these.<\/p>\n<p>If you are thinking about trying for a baby have a look at our <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\">guide to pregnancy and women&#8217;s health<\/a> for information about this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m on treatment like for two years then I met a guy last year August and he said he wants a baby. I didn&#8217;t tell him about my status until early this year cause I notice that during sex he removed the condom penis so we had unprotected sex for sometimes. Now what are the chances of him been HIV positive and how does me been on treatment gonna affect him as he is circumcised. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,23,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-hiv-transmission","category-sero-different-couples"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8713","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24832,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8713\/revisions\/24832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}