Octuplet Doc Has Another Patient Pregnant With Quadruplets

The doctor who helped Nadya Suleman get pregnant with octuplets has implanted at least 7 embryos in another patient. According to the LA Times, a woman in her late 40s underwent in vitro fertilization at the octuplet doctor, Dr. Michael Kamrava's West Coast IVF clinic.

The woman is reported to be 5 months pregnant and is hospitalized. Furthermore, the woman does not have insurance and was transferred to a county hospital where she will remain until the births. That could be two or three months and could run into hundreds of thousands of dollars that taxpayers will end up paying.

This new case has fueled the controversy over the ethical standards of Kamrava's practice and whether the fertility industry needs more regulation.

The American Society for Reproductive Medicine has guidelines limiting the number of embryos that can be transferred depending on the woman's age and other circumstances. The guidelines calll for the allowance of 2 embyos to be implanted, and in some cases 3 - but no more.

Since the American taxpayers will end up footing the bill for the medical treatment of the mother and infants, the American public has a right to know what the heck the medical establishment is going to do to prevent this in the future. It is estimated that the costs to raise these children throughout their lifetimes could end up in the millions.

It's interesting to note that Dr. Kamrava's latest successes come at the most inopportune time. Before the birth of Nadya Suleman's octuplets, his success rate of live birth in women under 35 was only ten percent.

Maybe he finally got the knack of it!