HIV AND PREGNANCY
February 18th, 2010 | Published in OUR BLOG
We would like to welcome Lolisa as one of our newest additions to Hope’s Voice, as well as congratulate her on her new addition. Lolisa is an strong, beautiful women who we know will be a inspiration for young people and HIV positive mothers everywhere who are planning to start a family. Please see below for more information about HIV and pregnancy.
In the words of Lolisa:
“When a friend first told me of Hopes Voice, I thought it would be a great chance to get a new job doing public speaking. After finding out more about the organization and meeting the other speakers, I found a not only a new job but a new family. Coming to Hopes Voice as a new mother I felt that I was not only welcomed but my son and my partner were welcomed along with me. Being pregnant in the summer of 2009 was the best summer that I could have ever asked for. Just being in New York City with my partner and my family, I knew that my son would be born to be loved way more then he would ever be able to imagine. One of the biggest Challenges of being HIV positive and pregnant was having to take medication everyday. During my pregnancy I was prescribed to take five different medications for my HIV. Im not sure if the baby just didn’t like the pills or if it was a mind thing for me but every time when I tried to take the medication I would throw them back up. It seemed like the more I tried to take the medication, the more it came back up. Swallowing the pills became such a struggle for me that my partner who is not HIV positive actually took the pills for me. Despite the fact that he took the pills to encourage me, I still had trouble taking them myself. On Tuesday September 22 2009 at 12:18 pm I was more then happy when my son was born HIV negative.Everyday I look at my son and as he smiles, so do I as I think of how much light he has brought to my life.”
HIV AND PREGNANCY RESOURCES
http://www.thebody.com/index/treat/pregnancy.html
http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancycomplications/hivaids.html
