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- The primary NIH organization for research on HIV/AIDS and Pregnancy is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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HIV/AIDS and Pregnancy
If you have HIV/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 HIV/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 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 and Pregnancy(AIDSinfo) - PDF
- Also available in Spanish
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Overviews
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AIDS/HIV(National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- HIV and Pregnancy(American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) - PDF
- Pregnancy and HIV(New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center)
- Also available in Spanish
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AIDS/HIV
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Latest News
- Breast-Milk Compound May Shield Babies from HIV(08/17/2012, HealthDay)
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Treatment
- Anti-HIV Medications for Use in Pregnancy(AIDSinfo) - PDF
- Safety of Anti-HIV Medications during Pregnancy(AIDSinfo) - PDF
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Prevention/Screening
- One Test. Two Lives. HIV Testing during Pregnancy.(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF
- Also available in Spanish
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Specific Conditions
- HIV-Infected Women and Their Babies After Birth(AIDSinfo) - PDF
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Related Issues
- Having Children(AIDS.gov)
- Preventing Transmission of HIV during Labor and Delivery(AIDSinfo) - PDF
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Videos
- HIV/AIDS Prevention - Mother to Child(Healthy Roads Media)
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Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: HIV Infections(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: HIV/AIDS and Pregnancy(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: HIV Infections
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Journal Articles
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
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Dictionaries/Glossaries
- AIDSinfo Glossary(AIDSinfo)
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Directories
- ACOG's Physician Directory(American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
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Organizations
- AIDS.gov
- AIDSinfo(Dept. of Health and Human Services)
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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NIAID Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
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Statistics
- Mother-to-Child (Perinatal) HIV Transmission and Prevention(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Children
- Children and HIV(AIDS.gov)
- Children and HIV(New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center)
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Patient Handouts
- Anti-HIV Medications for Use in Pregnancy(AIDSinfo) - PDF
- HIV Testing and Pregnancy(AIDSinfo) - PDF
- One Test. Two Lives. HIV Testing during Pregnancy.(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF
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