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Growing Your Family
Getting ready to have a child

Contents

Growing Your Family

Introduction

What you should know if you are living with HIV and you want to get pregnant

Preparing for pregnancy

Ways of getting pregnant

Ways to prevent passing HIV to an HIV-negative man

What you should know if you are a man living with HIV who wants to have a baby

Ways to prevent passing HIV to an HIV-negative woman

Having a baby with a surrogate

Adopting a child

Getting ready to have a child

Get connected to healthcare and other services in your community

Take care of your own health

Find out more

Acknowledgements

Getting ready to have a child

As you consider your options for how you will go about having a child, there are some things that you can start doing to get ready.

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