Your baby has grown to weigh 6 to 10 pounds (on average). To accomplish all of these productive changes, your body needs approximately 300 extra calories per day during your 2nd and 3rd trimester of pregnancy. Every woman should discuss her individual nutritional needs with her health care provider.
Practice Essentials. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a blood-borne virus typically transmitted via sexual intercourse, shared intravenous drug paraphernalia, and mother-to-child transmission (MTCT), which can occur during the birth process or during breastfeeding.
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. AIDS is a series of opportunistic infections that occur when the immune system is weakened by the HIV virus.HIV is a blood-borne pathogen and is transmitted through the exchange of bodily fluids, specifically, blood and semen.he most common routes of transmission are unprotected sex with an infected person and exposure to infected blood and blood products, where the blood comes in contact with broken skin. There is no cure for HIV or AIDS, so prevention is the best course of action.