Your Pregnancy

HIV+ & AN INSPIRATION!

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Healthy baby boy: Lumi's birth was prophesied.

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Happy family: Nozi and Skhu waited for their pregnancy to happen “in God's time”, and it did!

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“WHEN WE STARTED TRYING FOR A BABY, WE OBVIOUSLY STOPPED HAVING PROTECTED SEX. I WAS STILL ON MY ARV REGIMEN, BUT MY HUSBAND HAD TO GO ON PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS TO PREVENT EXPOSURE FROM HIV.”

“After 4 years of trying, we finally fell pregnant. I had always wanted to have a child before I turned 35 because I was aware of the pressure that comes with having a baby when you are older. I had read about the risks that come with so-called ‘geriatric pregnancy’.

“My other concern is that my husband is much older than me, in his late 40s. So how would he feel about being a father so advanced in age?

“While Skhu insisted he had no issues with being an old dad like Zuma, I had my issues with it.

“When we started trying for a baby, we

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