Years ago, a HIV+ woman always kept family planning as the last thing on her mind. The fear of transmitting her HIV to her unborn baby during pregnancy was naturally too great for most women.
It is also so, that pregnancy and HIV was too much for a women’s body to handle! But, do you know, the effect of pregnancy on HIV-infected mothers are found to be a blessing?
Yes, defying the popular belief, researchers have come up with a new theory. They have recently found that pregnancy in a HIV+ woman may eventually retard the progression to full-blown AIDS!
The study found that, pregnant women have a decreased risk of the disease’s progression and also remain healthier compared to their not-pregnant counterparts.
Yet, better news for mothers who had multiple pregnancies! The study found that such women had a lower disease progression risk than women who had undergone only one pregnancy.
So, your pregnancy can come as an added blessing for your HIV’s progression.
