HIV infection can be children, although the way of maternal transmission is the spread of HIV, but now the medicine proved that HIV infected mothers after pregnancy through effective blocking mother will usually be the vertical transmission rate dropped to 3%.

Tolerable.An infected mother gave birth to the baby, four out of three will not be infected. If the mother of antiviral drug taking a course before delivery, caesarean section, and not to breastfeed, likely she gave birth to infants infected with HIV can be reduced to ten percent. Many women have no access to antiviral drugs and caesarean section, and the issue of breastfeeding is complex: if a baby is not affected by breastfeeding, so the risk of diarrhea died increased greatly, because of the lack of resistance from the milk, can not afford to buy milk substitutes, some even clean water. In many countries, do not have to be breastfed or social. If the mother eat a balanced nutrition, including a variety of vitamins, can reduce the risk of infection. The infection on women's diseases, including sexually transmitted diseases should be timely treatment, the use of condoms during pregnancy, these are very important. At the same time to avoid the implementation of artificial amniocentesis and vaginal expansion surgery can reduce the incidence of infection.