If a HIV+ woman became pregnant, would the baby be born with the virus?
Until recently the chance of a positive woman having a positive baby was about 1 in 4. A women thinking about pregnancy with access to new drug treatments can reduce the chances of having an infected baby to almost no risk at all (around 2%). For some women this is still too much of a risk, for other women it is not. Every woman has the right to make her own decision about babies. In countries where fewer facilities are available, there has been some success in reducing the transmission rate by use of a small dose of drugs during labour. Mother -to-child transmission (MTCT), also known as vertical transmission, may occur – Before birth – During Birth – After birth through breastfeeding A woman can minimize the risk of HIV being passed to her child by certain interventions.
