If you have AIDS and find out you are pregnant or think you may be pregnant, you should let your health care provider know as soon as possible. Some AIDS medicines may harm your baby. Your health care provider may want you to take different medicines or change the doses.
It is also possible to give HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, to your baby. This is most likely to happen around the time you give birth. For this reason, treatment during this time is very important for protecting your baby from infection. Several treatments can help the virus from spreading from you to your baby. Your health care provider can recommend the best one for you.
Your baby will also need to have treatment for at least the first six weeks of life. Regular testing will be needed to find out if your baby is infected.
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HIV during Pregnancy, Labor and Delivery, and After Birth(AIDSinfo) - Links to PDF - http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/ContentFiles/Perinatal_FS_en.pdf
Also available in Spanish http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/ContentFiles/ElVIHDuranteElEmbarazoElPartoYDespuesDelParto_FS_sp.pdf
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HIV, Pregnancy and AZT(American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/women/pregnancy/illness/093.printerview.html
Also available in Spanish http://familydoctor.org/online/famdoces/home/women/pregnancy/illness/093.printerview.html
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HIV and Pregnancy(American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) - http://www.acog.org/publications/patient_education/bp113.cfm
Also available in Spanish http://www.acog.org/publications/patient_education/sp113.cfm
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Pregnancy and HIV(New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center) - http://www.aidsinfonet.org/fact_sheets/view/611?lang=eng
Also available in Spanish http://www.aidsinfonet.org/fact_sheets/view/611?lang=spa
- Treatment Regimens for HIV Positive Pregnant Women(AIDSinfo) - Links to PDF - http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/contentfiles/DrugRegimensPregnantWomen_FS_en.pdf
- HIV Testing and Pregnancy(Dept. of Health and Human Services) - Links to PDF - http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/contentfiles/HIVTestingandPregnancy_FS_en.pdf
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JAMA Patient Page: Preventing HIV Infection in Infants and Children(American Medical Association) - http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/296/3/356.pdf
Also available in Spanish http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/data/296/3/356/DC1/1
- Delivery Options for HIV Positive Pregnant Women(AIDSinfo) - Links to PDF - http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/contentfiles/DeliveryOptions_FS_en.pdf
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ClinicalTrials.gov: AIDS and Pregnancy
(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/term=HIV+%5BCONDITION%5D+AND+(pregnancy+OR+perinatal)+%5BTREATMENT%5D
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Coming to terms with complexity: a call to action for... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18687458&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Antiretroviral treatment of adult HIV infection: 2008 recommendations of the... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18677028&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: CD4+/CD8+ T cell ratio for diagnosis of HIV-1 infection in... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18676551&tool=MedlinePlus
- AIDS and Pregnancy -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=(pregnancy[mh]+OR+pregnancy+trimesters[mh]+OR+disease+transmission,vertical[mh])+AND+(acquired+immunodeficiency+syndrome[majr]+OR+HIV[majr]+OR+hiv+infections[majr]+OR+hiv+seropositivity[majr])+AND+english[la]+AND+humans[mh]+AND+(jsubsetaim[text]+OR+jsubsetk[text]+OR+jsubsetn[text]+OR+guideline+[pt]+OR+clinical+trial[pt]+OR+patient+education+handout[pt])+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus
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Glossary of HIV/AIDS-Related Terms(AIDSinfo) - http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/Glossary/GlossaryDefaultCenterPage.aspx?MenuItem=AIDSinfoTools
Also available in Spanish http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/ContentFiles/SpanishGlossary_sp.PDF
- ACOG's Physician Directory(American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) - http://www.acog.org/member-lookup/disclaimer.cfm
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AIDSinfo(Dept. of Health and Human Services) - http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/
Also available in Spanish http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/infoSIDA/
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NIAID Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/about/organization/daids/
- Mother-to-Child (Perinatal) HIV Transmission and Prevention(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/perinatal/resources/factsheets/perinatal.htm
- Pregnancy and Childbirth(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/perinatal/index.htm
- Other In Utero TORCH Infections(Children's Hospital Boston) - http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site474/mainpageS474P0.html
- AIDS - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/aids.html
- AIDS and Infections - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/aidsandinfections.html
- AIDS Medicines - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/aidsmedicines.html
- AIDS--Living with AIDS - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/aidslivingwithaids.html
- Female Reproductive System - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/femalereproductivesystem.html
- Immune System - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/immunesystem.html
- Pregnancy and Reproduction - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/pregnancyandreproduction.html
- Women - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/women.html
The primary NIH organization for research on AIDS and Pregnancy is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - http://www.niaid.nih.gov/