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Q: HIV danger to midwife
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engelrani
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suewil
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DarkDesire85
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A person with hiv is extremely vunerable to medical problems at normal dailly life so with child birth im sure her chances of problems to her or baby are extemelly high she and baby need to be near the doctor when she gives birth to be safer,im pretty sure this is what the problem with home birth midwives is not that they are predudice in anyway.I would hope you would explain to your friend that by lieing to the currant midwife she is putting her unborn baby in a huge amount of danger.mothers and babys are extremely vunerable to infection at birth when the mother has hiv as it effects her immune system and babys are born with their mothers immunity as you know our homes are full of germs and hospitals are extemely clean sterile places and im sure she and baby would be keep in solitude to minimise the risk of infection to them both i hope you can explain this to her and that she will listen good luck 
.Im not sure the midwife is in acctual danger as she will wear gloves but she certainlly has a right to be informed and in the end by telling her you would be helping your friend aswell
.Im not sure the midwife is in acctual danger as she will wear gloves but she certainlly has a right to be informed and in the end by telling her you would be helping your friend aswell
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DarkDesire85
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hi again you question had me wondering alot about more possible reasons why she cant have a home birth so i did some reasearch and it seems the answer above is pretty much right but the sites i have found also have much more info for your friend i cannot paste any links so just search for (can you have a home birth if you have hiv)i hope you get some good information to help your friend one important fact i found is that the baby is most likely to become infected with HIV during delivery so if your friend was to have a cesarian she would greatly reduce the chances of infecting the baby there is also some medication she can take to reduce the chances of infecting the baby i realise she doesnt like taking it but if it spares her baby a serious illness i would hope she will at least consider it. i really really hope you can help her because i did see an article saying that in canada if a mother refuses to allow anti hiv drugs to be administered after the birth she can be forced to by the authorites not sure if this would apply to your friend as i dont know your country or your laws on the subject
one important fact i found is that the baby is most likely to become infected with HIV during delivery so if your friend was to have a cesarian she would greatly reduce the chances of infecting the baby there is also some medication she can take to reduce the chances of infecting the baby i realise she doesnt like taking it but if it spares her baby a serious illness i would hope she will at least consider it. i really really hope you can help her because i did see an article saying that in canada if a mother refuses to allow anti hiv drugs to be administered after the birth she can be forced to by the authorites not sure if this would apply to your friend as i dont know your country or your laws on the subject
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DarkDesire85
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