Yes it is possible for a couple who are both HIV positive to produce a child who is HIV negative using Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV.
The child is not infected at the moment of conception as sperm and ova do not carry the HIV virus and they are what create the foetus. The baby is usually infected during pregnancy as the mother exchanges blood with her child through the placenta. It is during the delivery that the risk of infection of the child is highest due to exposure to maternal blood and vaginal secretions. The baby can also be infected by the mother’s milk, which contains HIV during breastfeeding.
Mother-to-child transmission of HIV can greatly be prevented through regular testing of pregnant mothers. Free ARVs are given at the hospital to the HIV positive mothers during pregnancy, labor and delivery, after delivery and to the newborn babies for the first few weeks of their life. There are should also be no breastfeeding of the baby.
Dear friend, the truth is that a an HIV seropositive couple can ably have a child that is HIV negative.
It all calls on the couple to seek medical attention as early as possible during preganancy. It is called prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV
(PMTCT).
During contraception there is no way the virus can enter the embryo because there is no blood contact. Know the following also.
There are many women and men who learn of their HIV seropositivity and still want to have a child. If these people are HIV seropositive, pregnancy is not advised, but it is difficult if not impossible to preventa willing couple from a having wanted child. No rational argument can suppress this desire that the life-threatening illness exacerbates.
There is need to assess and consider the clinical and immune status of the mother, the serostatus and health status of the partner, and the likelihood of family members raising the child. Then the counselor must evaluate the partner’s clinical and immune status. The risk of HIV transmission to the woman increases with the degree of immune suppression of the partner.