Natural Conception May Be an Acceptable Option in HIV-Serodiscordant Couples in Resource Limited Settings

Many HIV serodiscordant couples have a strong desire to have their own biological children. Natural conception may be the only choice in some resource limited settings but data about natural conception is limited. Here, we reported our findings of natural conception in HIV serodiscordant couples. 

Between January 2008 and June 2014, we retrospectively collected data on 91 HIV serodiscordant couples presenting to Beijing Youan Hospital with childbearing desires. HIV counseling, effective ART on HIV infected partners, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) in negative female partners and timed intercourse were used to maximally reduce the risk of HIV transmission. Of the 91 HIV serodiscordant couples, 43 were positive in male partners and 48 were positive in female partners. There were 196 unprotected vaginal intercourses, 100 natural conception and 97 newborns. There were no cases of HIV seroconversion in uninfected sexual partners. 

Natural conception may be an acceptable option in HIV-serodiscordant couples in resource limited settings if HIV-positive individuals have undetectable viremia on HAART, combined with HIV counseling, PrEP, PEP and timed intercourse.

Full article at: http://goo.gl/jqW5xt

By:

Lijun Sun, An Liu, Jianwei Li, Ying Shao, Jiangzhu Ye, Zaicun Li

Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China

Fang Wang

National Center for Women and Children’s Health, China CDC, Beijing, 100081, China

Ruolei Xin

Beijing Center for Preventive Medicine Research, Beijing, 100013, China

Yunxia Zhu

Department of Gynecology, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China

Danqing Chen

Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310006, Zhejiang Province, China

  

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