What Every Pregnant Woman Should Know about HIV and AIDS

What kind of treatment is
available?
Doctors have recently learned that the
drug AZT can greatly reduce your chances
of giving the AIDS virus to your baby. In
one study, AZT was shown to reduce
transmission by 67%. You may want to
discuss the possibility of this treatment
for yourself and your baby with your
health care provider. If you want to know
more about AZT and pregnancy, you can
call the CDC National AIDS Hotline and
ask for a free copy of "You, Your Baby,
and AZT". It will explain more about how
to increase the chances of having a
healthy baby.
How can I get an HIV test?
Ask your health care provider for more
information about HIV testing, or you
can find HIV testing sites near you by
looking in the white pages of your
telephone book under County
Government Offices, Health & Human
Services. You can also call your state
Department of Health.
The best way to protect your
baby from HIV infection is to
protect yourself