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Suggest three reasons why women of these ages are pregnant and HIV positive​

Answer 1

Answer:

Women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Australia, or women whose partner has HIV infection, may wish to have children but feel concerned about the risk of transmission of the virus to themselves (if their partner is HIV-positive) or to the baby.

If you are living with HIV or your partner is HIV-positive, you can plan pregnancy or explore other ways to have children, depending on your wishes.

Talk with an HIV specialist doctor before you become pregnant. The right specialised treatment and medical care can reduce the risk of passing HIV to your unborn child to less than 1%. 

Without treatment, up to 35% of babies born to women living with HIV may contract the virus.

Medical advances have made the risk of HIV transmission to a baby very low. For a woman who is HIV-positive, you may have extra concerns such as:

●Worries about passing on HIV your baby. 

●Feelings of grief – such as not being able to breastfeed. (Mothers who are HIV positive are advised not to breastfeed their baby.)

●Concerns about the safety of the treatment you will receive during pregnancy and the treatment your baby will be given after birth.