HIV mother

 

had a busy oncall last night at work

i was in charge of the obstetric OT

giving spinal and general anaesthesia for c section operation..

a lot of emergency cases being posted after midnite

not something i was looking for

coz honestly ,

after midnite

half of our brain has already shut down

and people become a bit cranky when they stay awake after their usual sleeping hours

occay , nothing new there

just another day at work...

at 4 am , came a case of HIV mother  , already in labour

for my readers info ,

HIV mothers are not allowed to go thru normal delivery

because we want to reduce the risk of mother to baby infection

all HIV mothers must be operated to make sure there is some chance for the baby to be HIV free

plus , all HIV mother must not breastfeed their baby as well...

so my patient , still a teenager

already has one baby when she was 14 years old

and she came for her second baby with her second husband

she claimed she got the HIV from her first husband... when she was 13

since then she was on medication for her HIV

nevertheless , for her 1st baby 4 years ago.

the baby was delivered manually...

hence , we were not sure of the status of her 1st baby...

could be a HIV positive ... and hopefully not

it was a sad story ..

and crazy as well

not sure about her second husband HIV status

but her husband claimed to be HIV negative

which is impossible

then before the operation started

i popped the big question to the couple..

do u still want more children after this????

u are HIV positive... and giving birth to another children..

well .... not the best idea

since u are struggling with ur disease

how are u gonna take care of the baby

what if ur baby turned out to be HIV positive as well?

pity the baby right?

we gave all the meds available on earth to make sure the baby delivered last night not infected

but the risk is still there

and we would not know the result of the baby HIV status immediately...

it's such a complicated situation

SHOULD people who are HIV positive   conceived babies?

what will happened to their baby?

they cant breastfeed them

and when the baby grows up .. what would he or she felt , when he found out he got HIV from their parent...

God goodness..

this is beyond my imagination

nite2 guys