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the desire to have children Do you want to be a parent? Do you ever wonder what it would be like to have your own children? Does HIV perhaps play a role in your thoughts about whether or not to have children? Whether you are a hiv-positive man or an hiv-positive woman: if you desire to have children, you can take certain measures to make sure that the chance of transmitting HIV to your partner or to the child is kept to a minimum. Thanks to the current medical advances, it is now possible - in Western countries like Belgium and the Netherlands - to reduce the likelihood of HIV being passed from the mother to the child to a 1-2% chance. More and more women and men who are living with HIV in the Netherlands and Belgium are consciously choosing to have children. By now, there are many HIV positive parents who have a healthy baby. Your gynaecologist and internist can advise you in connection with your desire to have children. They will then refer you to someone who is specialised in pregnancy and HIV.
You can find more information (in Dutch) about pregnancy in the Netherlands here: children and the desire to have children. |
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anonymous For a long time I have thought that having a kid would be not be possilble, but there are people that will take care of my child. My partner is there, my sister supports me enormously, and she would, as much as necessary, be a mother figure for our child. My partner and I have over the years, not talked much about a child: we saved each other from that. With us, the first question is how the pregnancy will go. I will use self-semination, because I will naturally not want to infect my partner. We practice safe sex and never have sex without a condom. We always weigh the risks facing us. I am going to breastfeed. The baby will also be born via caesarian section: I have to do that because of my problem with coagulation: my blood does not clot sufficiently. I think often on how the pregnancy will be, but I intend to really enjoy it. The first weeks after the birth will be difficult (waiting for the test results). My preference is for me to have girl, but that is not so important. My dream is to find a little of myself in my child.
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