Should HIV positive women be allowed to have children?

I am HIV positive and have been told by people that a HIV positive women shouldn't be allowed to have children.

I currently take meds and the chance of my child being born with the disease is less than 5%.

Oh please to all that say that there is a strong chance hiv will be passed to the baby prove it! Post links!
I am a hiv positive father who has a hiv negative baby borned from a mom who is also hiv positive. We new the risk of less then 0.5% and we toook the risk. IUf you are not diagnos with Aids you could live long enough tosee your baby get married and even have children. Good luck.

For people who think positive people shouldn't have children read what the CDC has to say about the rate of transmission @ http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/... The chances are very low that the child will contract the virus from the mother. Report It

Do you want to run the risk of passing the disease on to your baby? Only you can answer that question.

In my opinion, no. Why put the child through that.

Every sane woman should be allowed to have children.
That said, I did give only my simple answer to your question.

No it's not fair to the child to get HIV too.

no. and neither should families on welfare

true the illness is passed on do not think you or anyone else can afford those medications.

why not... only 30% wll be having chance of tranmitting infection..

It's a risk and you have to decide if you want to pass it on to your child. Glad to see you are being responsible about bringing a child in to this world, unlike so many other women these days. Take your time to research it and then make the right decision for you and your family. Good Luck and remember; you can always adopt.

These day people don't die from HIV, they live with it. This is a question that you have to address with your doctor, because he knows all about your condition. You may be able to have a healthy baby, and live a long happy life. Don't listen to people on here, listen to your doctor, and there are parents out there raising children with a lot worse conditions then HIV.

Oh that makes me mad! People cannot decide for you; yes, there is the risk, but it is your right to have children. If you have a C-section, theoretically, since the baby does not pass through your vagina, it should not become infected. Furthermore, you could feed the baby formula to not pass on HIV through breastfeeding. If you have doubts on whether you want to run the risk, you could also adopt, which would be a very nice act. However, I stand by what I said: it should be your right to have children.

If an HIV positive woman has a child, there is a strong likelihood that the child will be HIV positive as well, since the fetus shares your blood and immune system during his/her development.

Also, realistically, even if by some miracle the child does not have HIV, there is a very good chance that you will develop AIDS and die young, leaving the child motherless.

If you're really willing to bring an HIV positive child into the world and then leave them an orphan, then go for it. But I won't have a lot of respect for you.

I would go over all the risks and complications with a doctor first, I would want to make sure that my baby could have a happy healthy life. It is a known fact that HIV doesn't always pass on to the child. I think if you are willing to take the every aspect into consideration then go for it. Your life is yours and not anyone else's. Do what you want. If all else fails there is always adoption. Good luck.

no i dont think its fair to the child. imagine them growing up and not being able to experience life as it should be and fear of being picked on or even feared. plus no grandkids or hard to find a partner. i think its best not to...honestly. im so sorry, but that desicion is up to you.....but its not right. maybe adoption would be an option so its not passed on if you really want kids...there is the chance the child will not get it, but still a chance it could. you need to decide that with your doc and see what the best route is and how not to pass it on if you get lucky. im sure there is ways around this.

It's a tough call. I think it would be kind of a selfish act because the child very likely will lose its mother early in life, though with proper treatment HIV positive people live a lot longer today than 20 years ago. The risk of passing on HIV are pretty small these days. I think it would be unfair to burden a child with all that would go along with having an HIV positive parent.

There will always be that lunatic fringe who rant and rave about the reproductive behavior of others. Tell them it's none of their business - because it isn't.

well to help you out, in Guyana the are some medications for women who are hiv positive and pregnant, when you use these pills it helps to prevent hiv virus to pass down from mother from child, so your new born won't be hiv positive, if you are insteresting i can tell you then name of da pills

Whoever told you that had no right to.

You are equally entitled to have children if you want them. Do you know all the risks? Are you prepared for the fact that your child could be HIV positive? Can you live with that? If your child is HIV positive, will you feel guilt over that?

I think this is a decision that you should talk over with your doctor, give a lot of thought to and choose wisely. I can't tell you what to do. I can't really even advise you. I don't think it's a matter of being "allowed to"...I think it's more of a "can you really, honestly deal with it" issue.

Good luck in whatever choice you make.

EMT