View 2: Assisted conception in couples with HIV infection

View 1: Assisted conception in couples with HIV infection.

IInfertility centres are increasingly dealing with couples with HIV who strongly want to be parents. Preconceptional counselling and reproductive assistance for such couples have significant ethical and practical implications for the couple and the carers. This article addresses the ethical and practical issues concerned in assisting them to limit negative consequences, both for the couples and...

Conception in Hiv-discordant Couples

Is natural conception a valid option for HIV-serodiscordant couples?

The remarkable reduction in HIV-related morbidity and mortality as a consequence of the widespread use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has led to a growing number of HIV-infected persons and their partners requesting counselling regarding the chances of reproduction. A thoughtful medical evaluation of the couple, which should entail HIV status, screening for genital infections a...

Infertility treatment for HIV-positive couples: far from immaculate conception.

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2003: 29(4) Introduction The issue of infertility diagnosis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive couples is medically and ethically complicated. Studies show that although many in vitro fertilisation (IVF) units in the UK screen patients for HIV, only a handful are prepared to treat couples if one or other partner tests positive ...

Safe conception for HIV-discordant couples: insemination with processed semen from the HIV-infected partner.

OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to evaluate the safety of semen washing with intrauterine insemination (SW-IUI) for achieving pregnancy when the man is human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected and the woman is HIV negative. STUDY DESIGN We conducted a retrospective analysis of 635 HIV-discordant couples enrolled in a SW-IUI program and followed up 367 Italian women. We computed pr...