[trnews71]

Just my questions to all that might be better educated than me in this subject.

The little girl that we are trying to bring home...her mom was HIV pos, she used drugs, drink and I guess some other stuff. Well, Thank God the baby girl has always been negative. My mom has been a little concern telling me that the virus might show up later in life. Does anyone know what are the chances?

Thanks in advance

[BrandyHagz]

Trn,

Please check out http://www.thebody.com for a VAST amount of information about HIV, child birth and the transmission rate.

Some of the information I found said this, "If a non-breastfed baby is negative through 6 months of age, infection is extremely unlikely. "

[angelkisses0102]

Depending on the situation (not beastfed), I have been told once the baby is 18 months old and continues to test negative...they are *safe.*

I can give you the name of a forum member who can help you alot...PM me and I will tell you her name...

[trnews71]

Thanks Brandy and Karen! I appreciate your info!

[findshane]

Just curious, I saw you post under Estonia and HIV positive mother, are you considering a child from Estonia whos mother is HIV positive or somewhere else?

[trnews71]

Yes, we are actually looking into 2 little girl..one from Russia and another little girl from Estonia and yes the mom of the little girl from Estonia was HIV pos. So far the baby is Neg but that is what the IA doctor is trying to help us with.

Originally Posted by findshane

Just curious, I saw you post under Estonia and HIV positive mother, are you considering a child from Estonia whos mother is HIV positive or somewhere else?

[findshane]

Hello,
If you are speaking of [EDITED]in Estonia, she is HIV POSITIVE. We were going to adopt her but asked for an updated test. The results are posted on [EDITED]under her name. The october results show she is still HIV positive at age 4. We were shocked as we were about to put our paperwork in to hold her. Please make sure you send that information onto your IA specialist. I told the agency that he results mean she is positive, as well as having swollen lymph nodes, if you get a doctor to interpret that medical info. They have her listed as healthy, I guess she technically isn't sick, but she does carry the HIV virus. Sorry.

[trnews71]

I guess it is a small world after all! :-) Yes, this is the little girl and yes we have seen the updated information. Last we know she has been negative to the virus. I had one IA doctor take a look and I was told this will be consider a high risk adoption. So far IA doc just requested us to get her measurements since birth. You could be right about her carying HIV but we decided to wait and see what the IA says. I am a bit confused because I though that HIV pos children are not allowed to leave their countries...I don't know!

Quoted from Agency "she is not an HIV carrier...so she cannot infect others...as she does not have HIV."

Originally Posted by findshane

Hello,
If you are speaking of [EDITED]in Estonia, she is HIV POSITIVE. We were going to adopt her but asked for an updated test. The results are posted on [EDITED] under her name. The october results show she is still HIV positive at age 4. We were shocked as we were about to put our paperwork in to hold her. Please make sure you send that information onto your IA specialist. I told the agency that he results mean she is positive, as well as having swollen lymph nodes, if you get a doctor to interpret that medical info. They have her listed as healthy, I guess she technically isn't sick, but she does carry the HIV virus. Sorry.

[findshane]

You can adopt HIV positive children, you just need special permission from INS.
email me privately please milesjazzy@yahoo.com

[BrandyHagz]

For confidentiality purposes, I’ve edited one post and one quote on this thread. Please remember that the names of children along with their health information shouldn’t be shared publicly on this forum.

If you’d like to share information on specific children and their health status, please take the discussion private.

[trnews71]

Thanks Brandy! Sorry!