Health concerns coloured the reproductive intentions of most of the women and some of the men. Many HIV-infected women and men were firm in their desire not to have children. Both women and men feared infecting a partner or their baby and were anxious about leaving either living or future children as orphans. Women and men were concerned about their ability to financially support their children, given their illness. Women who had given birth to an infected child expressed mixed feelings about becoming pregnant again. At the same time, in common with uninfected women and men, many.
