Additional info

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Other i-Base guides

This guide is about HIV and pregnancy. Other important aspects of HIV treatment and care are described in detail in the other i-Base guides, including:

• Introduction to combination therapy
• Guide to changing treatment
• Avoiding and managing side effects

These free guides provide additional information on the basics of using and getting the best out of your treatment. They also further explain words and phrases introduced here that still may be unfamiliar or confusing, including CD4, viral load and resistance.

We hope that you will use all of these guides together.

• Your clinic may have copies.
• Order copies online.
• Call the i-Base office on 020 7407 8488 for a free copy.

Information support service

i-Base provides a specialised free HIV treatment phoneline

0808 800 6013 – 12-4 pm on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

If you want to talk to someone about HIV treatment and pregnancy, please give us a call and we will try to help.

• We also offer an information service by e-mail: questions@i-Base.org.uk
• We also have an online question and answers service.

Other useful contacts

• Positively Women –- 020 7713 1020 .
• International Community of Women (ICW).
• WORLD.
• Body and Soul –- 020 7383 7678.
• Project Inform.
• British pregnancy and treatment guidelines from BHIVA.
• US pregnancy guidelines. from NIH.

Your clinic will have a list of local support services.

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This is the web edition of the i-Base guide HIV, pregnancy & women's health. This guide is available in UK clinics. You can order free printed copies or download a PDF version (364 Kb). There are also several translations.

Information on this website is provided as a guide only. All treatment decisions should be taken in consultation with your doctor or other healthcare professional. Authors and credits. Full section index. Glossary.