HIV Mother Case Study
Updated: 10:29pm UK, Monday 04 March 2013
Sky News talks to a mother with HIV in the wake of the apparent cure of an HIV-infected baby in Mississippi.
Following a routine sexual health check-up in January 2010, Amanda Mammadova discovered that she was HIV Positive.
She had no reason to believe that she had contracted the disease and merely thought it was time to get checked out.
When she was told she was positive, she was convinced she would never have children again. So when she fell pregnant she said that whilst she was overjoyed, she was also filled with fear.
"As a mother the last thing you ever want to do is pass HIV onto your child or cause your child any harm," she said.
But after doctors advised her how to minimise the risk to the baby, and told her that the chances of the child being positive were minimal, she felt more comfortable.
However, Ms Mammadova thinks the latest news from America could potentially have a huge impact on those diagnosed as HIV positive and their attitudes to having a family.
"It's going to make a huge difference to people, the fact that this baby has come back as negative, as potentially cured. It means that you can still have a family, that you can still have a happy life have children … it's a huge thing," she said.
Ms Mammadova and her husband, who is HIV negative, hope that results from the US case will not only change the outlook of those who are HIV positive, but also go some way to address the social stigma that she says surrounds the disease.
"I see so many people who think their life is over … they're young and they can't have children because of their HIV. So this story will go some way to show them they can have children and they can have whatever they want."
The couple now face an agonising wait until April, when their daughter Saabira will be tested to see whether she is HIV positive or not.
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