pregnancy and childbirth

What’s your Problem

Graham Stocks — Thu, 26 May 2011 16:48:07 -0700

Doctor Louise answers readers' questions. In this issue she discusses positive male fertility and lack of libido.

News from IAS 2010

Graham Stocks — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:09:07 -0700

Adrian Ogier gives a round up of treatments news from the Vienna Conference.

Family Planning NSW launches revised Women & HIV Factsheets

Graham Stocks — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:45:30 -0700

The revised Women & HIV Factsheets were launched on March 10th and are now available as PDF files for easy and free downloading. Written in plain English, the factsheets have a fresh look with colourful images and an attractive new design.

Common Threads

Graham Stocks — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:37:30 -0700

For women living with HIV, the decision to have children can be one of the most difficult choices they make. For women who are diagnosed HIV positive at the time they are becoming mothers, those decisions can be especially urgent and confronting. In her book, KARALYN McDONALD shares the stories of several women who have dealt with the twin realities of pregnancy and diagnosis.

Treatments news from the IAS Conference

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:52:42 -0700

A roundup of HIV treatments developments from the IAS Conference in Cape Town.

Feeding your new baby

Jill Sergeant — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:37:28 -0700

HIV positive women are advised to bottle-feed their babies to reduce the risk of HIV transmission.

Pregnancy

Jill Sergeant — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:30:21 -0700

Many women with HIV both in Australia and worldwide are choosing to become mothers. You are able to reduce the chances of your baby acquiring HIV to below 2% by taking ARVA medication or other substance which is active against retroviruses such as HIV., considering an elective caesarean delivery, and by not breastfeeding. Without these interventions, the rate of HIV infection from mother to infant is between 24-30%.

Parenting Issues for Women with Disabilities

admin — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:44:27 -0700

Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA), the national peak body representing women with all types of disabilities in Australia, has recently published a Policy Paper entitled ‘Parenting Issues for Women with Disabilities in Australia’.

Just diagnosed and pregnant?

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:33:32 -0800

If you choose to go ahead with the pregnancy, you have a very good chance of having a baby who does not have HIV.

Having children

Paul Kidd — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:00:00 -0800

HIV positive women have the right to have a family. In fact, many HIV positive women in Australia have chosen to have children.