The journey to
motherhood among pregnant women living with HIV/AIDS is considered perilous in
most of the countries of Sub- Saharan Africa. Carrying a pregnancy implies to
follow biomedical norms recommended by campaigns on prevention of
mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV.
These
recommendations consist of attending first antenatal care from the first
trimester of the pregnancy, as well as adherence and compliance to antiretroviral
therapy (ARTs) to prevent transmission of HIV during the
pregnancy, as recommended by the World Health Organization and the Ministry of
Health of Mozambique.
Moreover, women
are recommended to give childbirth at a health facility, to adhere to ARTs for
the newborn, to practise exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of
life and to adhere to lifelong ARTs for their own health. However, HIV infected
women also face stigma and discrimination in their communities, contributing to
a limited or lack of access to adequate health services and stress
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