AUSSIE REAL LIFE
Christabel is spreading the word about the reality of living with HIV
Christabel Ndlovu, 42, Melbourne, Vic
Cradling my newborn daughter, Nia*, I was completely in love with my beautiful baby.
When I’d fallen pregnant to my then boyfriend it had been a shock, but Nia meant the world to me.
But I was about to get some terrifying news.
A neighbour called around, and what she said changed everything.
‘There’s a chance you have HIV,’ she told me, explaining someone I’d had a relationship with had an ex who’d just died from AIDS
