Post by Libby on Jan 31, 2009 21:12:15 GMT
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1131343/Mother-octuplets-worked-IVF-clinic.html
The woman who gave birth to octuplets had previously worked in a fertility clinic, it has been claimed.
Thirty-three-year-old single mother Nadya Suleman-Guiterrez gave birth to the eight babies, despite already having six children all under the age of seven, The Sun reports today.
A neighbour said her other children were also born using IVF and that all 14 were by the same sperm donor, the paper says.
This comes as doctors warned that the octuplets' birth in America is a 'medical disaster'.
Sean Tipton, a spokesman for the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, said: 'A pregnancy resulting in this many babies clearly is not a medical triumph'.
Miss Suleman is said to be a 33-year-old divorcee studying for a masters degree in psychology.
Her doctors at the Kaiser Permanente hospital in California said she refused the chance to reduce the number of embryos.
The news came as Miss Suleman - who now has a grand total of 14 children - spoke for the first time, saying her babies are 'miraculous'.
But as more details emerged about her massive family, she became caught up in an ethics row over how an apparently single mother - whose family had allegedly been in dire financial straits - was able to get fertility treatment.
A source told CBS News that the family declared bankruptcy and abandoned a house a little over a year and a half ago.
However the report gave no more details.
It came as neighbours raised questions over whether her children will have a father in their lives at all.
Miss Suleman’s mother also confirmed the octuplets were indeed the result of fertility treatment - and said her daughter had had the opportunity to abort one or more of the foetuses, as is common with multiple pregnancies, but turned it down.
Yesterday a 'stunned' fertility specialist slammed whichever clinic did the implantations.
The hospital where the octuplets were born - Kaiser Permanente in Bellflower, California - has said by the time the woman came to them she was already three months pregnant.
During an interview on CBS's The Early Show, Michael Tucker, scientific director of Georgia Reproductive Specialists, said: 'As the story's unfolded and it's gone from the potential use of just fertility drugs, or misuse thereof, to actual, apparently, IVF (in-vitro fertilization) with transfer of embryos, this is just remarkable to me that any practitioner in our field of reproductive medicine would undertake such a practice.'
The host asked Dr Tucker, who has a doctorate in reproductive physiology.
'Had she walked into a fertility clinic and said, "Listen, I've got other children, the oldest seven, the youngest two," is there any ethical responsibility on the clinic's part to say, "I'm not going to treat you," or, "You know what? This is not a good idea"?''
Dr Tucker's reply was unequivocal: 'I'm stunned, actually, that a clinic would proceed to treat a patient in this circumstance.'
He added a woman of her age should be receiving two embryos maximum, adding: 'To have had eight transferred is somewhat - is extremely irresponsible.'
Read the rest of the article by clicking on the link above ~ surely the questions to be asked are why does an already single mum of 6 children all under 7 years old warrant costly IVF treatment and then be permitted to carry 8 babies. She now has 14 children under 7 years old with no father in their lives, all living together in a small bungalow. Apparently the family are known to have had financial problems. A strange case indeed?! Also she used to work in an IVF treatment centre, was there preferential treatment too i wonder?!
The woman who gave birth to octuplets had previously worked in a fertility clinic, it has been claimed.
Thirty-three-year-old single mother Nadya Suleman-Guiterrez gave birth to the eight babies, despite already having six children all under the age of seven, The Sun reports today.
A neighbour said her other children were also born using IVF and that all 14 were by the same sperm donor, the paper says.
This comes as doctors warned that the octuplets' birth in America is a 'medical disaster'.
Sean Tipton, a spokesman for the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, said: 'A pregnancy resulting in this many babies clearly is not a medical triumph'.
Miss Suleman is said to be a 33-year-old divorcee studying for a masters degree in psychology.
Her doctors at the Kaiser Permanente hospital in California said she refused the chance to reduce the number of embryos.
The news came as Miss Suleman - who now has a grand total of 14 children - spoke for the first time, saying her babies are 'miraculous'.
But as more details emerged about her massive family, she became caught up in an ethics row over how an apparently single mother - whose family had allegedly been in dire financial straits - was able to get fertility treatment.
A source told CBS News that the family declared bankruptcy and abandoned a house a little over a year and a half ago.
However the report gave no more details.
It came as neighbours raised questions over whether her children will have a father in their lives at all.
Miss Suleman’s mother also confirmed the octuplets were indeed the result of fertility treatment - and said her daughter had had the opportunity to abort one or more of the foetuses, as is common with multiple pregnancies, but turned it down.
Yesterday a 'stunned' fertility specialist slammed whichever clinic did the implantations.
The hospital where the octuplets were born - Kaiser Permanente in Bellflower, California - has said by the time the woman came to them she was already three months pregnant.
During an interview on CBS's The Early Show, Michael Tucker, scientific director of Georgia Reproductive Specialists, said: 'As the story's unfolded and it's gone from the potential use of just fertility drugs, or misuse thereof, to actual, apparently, IVF (in-vitro fertilization) with transfer of embryos, this is just remarkable to me that any practitioner in our field of reproductive medicine would undertake such a practice.'
The host asked Dr Tucker, who has a doctorate in reproductive physiology.
'Had she walked into a fertility clinic and said, "Listen, I've got other children, the oldest seven, the youngest two," is there any ethical responsibility on the clinic's part to say, "I'm not going to treat you," or, "You know what? This is not a good idea"?''
Dr Tucker's reply was unequivocal: 'I'm stunned, actually, that a clinic would proceed to treat a patient in this circumstance.'
He added a woman of her age should be receiving two embryos maximum, adding: 'To have had eight transferred is somewhat - is extremely irresponsible.'
Read the rest of the article by clicking on the link above ~ surely the questions to be asked are why does an already single mum of 6 children all under 7 years old warrant costly IVF treatment and then be permitted to carry 8 babies. She now has 14 children under 7 years old with no father in their lives, all living together in a small bungalow. Apparently the family are known to have had financial problems. A strange case indeed?! Also she used to work in an IVF treatment centre, was there preferential treatment too i wonder?!
