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I'm devastated. Could my husband have brought HIV home?

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I have a 4-year old son and I am 5 months pregnant. About one month ago on my regular clinical visits, I turned out to be HIV positive. The doctor talked to me at length and encouraged me to tell my husband. Up until today I have not had the strength or courage to tell him about this. I have never been unfaithful to him and we tested negative several years ago. I am depressed and worried about who is going to take care of my children when we are dead. The biggest problem remains telling him about this. Knowing him, he will claim that I am the one who infected him especially because I travel a lot for work and he does not like this. He has even influenced his family to talk me into resigning because of his insecurities. Please help me deal with this. I know he will put all the blame on me and chase me away. {Leah}

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