Patricia wrote:
>I think that it is interesting that the government dicourages women from
>breastfeeding  if they are HIV+ but there is no such discouragement of
>getting  a woman getting pregnant or a male impregnating if they are HIV +.

Actually, from all I've read the HIV+ transmission rates are something like
4% to  children from mothers if certain precautions are taken: artificial
insemination, drugs during pregnancy, and a scheduled c/section at term (I
should note that is still too high to risk for *my* personal tastes with
the current status of HIV treatment and non-cure).  And where I live at
least, HIV+ men are strongly counseled to get a vasectomy because everyone
knows sometimes condoms break.

-Wendey (studying LC, Breastfeeding Peer Support Counsellor in Montreal)

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