Sally, Who Is Pregnant, Tests HIV-Positive

Multiple Choice

Sally, who is pregnant, tests HIV-positive. When her daughter Jesse is born, she does not have the HIV virus. Sally's doctor is most likely to tell her

A) she should breast feed her daughter so she can benefit from natural immunities to infection that breast milk often provides.
B) she should not breast feed her daughter, as she might transmit the HIV virus through her breast milk.
C) she and her daughter are very fortunate, and she need no longer worry about transmitting the virus to her.
D) since she did not transmit the HIV virus to this child, it is unlikely that she would transmit the virus to another child, should she become pregnant again.