Our journey to treatment adherence is just that; a journey. Everyone's journey does not look the same and that's ok.
Finding out I was HIV positive when I became pregnant with my daughter was devastating. After deciding to continue with the pregnancy, I spent the next nine months terrified I was going to transmit the virus to my baby. That was my motivation for taking my pill every day. While it was good I was taking it, there was nothing but complete fear behind it. I was terrified that if I missed a pill, I would get sick and give the virus to my baby. I didn't really understand how the medication worked.
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