- Get tested as soon as possible to know your status
- Encourage your partner to get tested as well
- If you learn you have HIV, start treatment right away, for your health and your baby’s health and to prevent transmitting HIV to your partner.
- If you have a partner with HIV and you are considering getting pregnant, talk to your health care provider about pre-exposure prophylaxis (medicine people at risk for HIV take to prevent getting HIV from sex or injection drug use).
- Avoid sex with multiple partners as it can increase your viral load and put your baby at risk.
- Most HIV medicines are safe to use during pregnancy. Talk with your health care provider about the benefits and risks of specific HIV medicines when deciding which HIV medicines to use during pregnancy or while you are trying to get pregnant.
If you are trying to get pregnant, it is extremely important to know your HIV status. Having HIV doesn’t mean you can’t have children but you can transmit HIV to your baby any time during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding if it’s left untreated. Treatment with a combination of HIV medicines can prevent transmission of HIV to your baby and protect your health.
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