The women on the show were from Johannesburg, and I would say not very wealthy, though not impoverished. The doctor said he would perform a caesarean on all mothers with HIV+ but the hospital cannot support/accomodate this. I wondered if there was a greater risk of transfer at birth if the woman had intervention, episiotomy etc, which would be likely if the hospital had high intervention rates. How does the baby avoid contracting the virus whilst inside? surely they share bodily fluids, does the amniotic fluid not carry the virus?
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