Category: General Health
Question: Can a spouse that has been on antiretroviral religiously for the treatment of HIV for about 2 and half years have sex with her spouse to conceive without infecting the husband
Answer: Thanks for this question being on Antiretrovirals for 2 years or more religiously is not the good thing to look for what matters is what is the viral load of this spouse If this spouse has undetectable viral load then we will agree that she has been using her drugs very well and has been doing well Recent research tells us that when the viral load is undetectable the risk of transmission is 0 What we do advice at this stage is for the husband to still use condom regularly but for them to plan for when they want to have a child and time sexual contact where they wont use condom The chances of being infected are almost zero  

Another method we use to prevent transmission is for the husband to wear a condom that the tip has been cut off so that when he ejaculates the sperm goes into the woman 

I will advice overall that you intimate your managing doctor of your plan he will be in the best position to guide you along these
Thanks