Suspending his license would be too good for Dr. Michael Kamrava, in my opinion. I believe he should be on the hook for paying expenses to care for these children. This feeling was made even stronger when I read this article, Octuplet mom, doctor benefited from alliance.

Now, I’m not one to believe everything I read, but many things written in this article make a lot of sense, such as Ms Suleman’s high birth rate boosting Dr. Kavrava’s so-called success rate. Of course, this could be wrong and Dr. Kavrava does have colleagues who are defending him and say that this isn’t so.

What do you think? Should Dr. Kavrava be held somewhat responsible for the births? Did he act irresponsibly, judging by the information that we have?

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Tags: pregnancy blog, octoplet mom, nadya suleman, octopulet doctor

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More bad news for octuplet mom’s fertility doctor

1. Twins: definitely NOT identical
2. Quintuplets – still newsworthy, but no longer rare
3. Worried about delivering your twins?
4. Sextuplets for a woman in Germany
5. Impoverished Egyptian septuplet’s family – a failure of infertility treatment?
6. Twins – great source for researchers
7. Preparing for a multiple birth
8. Pregnant with multiples – surviving bedrest
9. Two women: twins each = quads 22 hour apart
10. Give the whole baby-making thing a rest already

What do you think about some of these posts?

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Tags: pregnancy blog, multiple births, octuplets, sextuplets, quintuplets, pregnant with multiples, pregnancy surviving bedrest

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10 most popular multiples posts

The latest news to come out looks into whether this extra large family, done in such a fashion is really a mental disorder or an obsessive compulsive disorder that is causing her to want to have so many babies.

Rather than rewriting what’s been in the news, here’s a link to a story that discusses it: Grandma: Octuplets mom obsessed with having kids.

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Tags: pregnancy blog, nadya suleman octoplets, octuplets mom, 14 children, 14 kids

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“Too many” kids result of obsessive syndrome?

News reports say that she had 8 embryos implanted and all 8 took so Nadya Suleman is now the mom to 14 children, 8 of whom – if they all survive – could develop serious medical issues because of their premature births.

Now, there is discussion everywhere about this issue – should a 33-year-old woman who already has 6 kids, 6 young kids, have assisted fertility? Should the doctor have implanted 8 embryos, which is considered  no-no in the fertility treatment field? Did the fact that the mom declared bankruptcy not too long ago color how you feel about the whole thing? What about news that she’s a single mom?

How do you feel about it? Here are some news reports that may help you understand the issue a bit better:

New mom of 8 was already a mother of 6

California octuplets case dismays fertility experts

Family in octuplets case had financial woes

What do I think? I think the doctor who implanted the embryos should have his or her license suspended – not for providing fertility treatment, but for flouting the guidelines and putting both the mother’s lives and the babies’ lives at risk.

I think the mother may have a few other issues than just wanting "one more girl" because embryo transplantation doesn’t guarantee that you’ll have a girl.

I think that stories like this bring out the best and worse in people. Some people are crucifying the woman for her choices. Others want to help.

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Tags: pregnancy blog, Nadya Suleman, octuplets, california octuplets, octuplet family 14 kids, fertility treatment, transplant embryos

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Mom of octuplets has 6 kids already: Your input wanted

A California couple was expecting to have septuplets, but when the Cesarean section was done, doctors found just one more little one hiding in the uterus after delivering baby number 7.

The 6 boys and 2 girls seem to be doing well – 2 are on ventilators. Born 9 weeks early, they weigh between 1 pound 8 ounces (680 grams) and 3 pounds 4 ounces (1.47 kg).

The mother says she plans on breastfeeding all of the babies. While I’m a huge proponent of breastfeeding, I’m just wondering how she’s going to manage. But if she can, more power to her!

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Tags: pregnancy blog, octuplets in california, octuplets born

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Surprised octuplet mum plans on breastfeeding all of them

Little did I know that this type of extreme difference is really not common. And in the case of one couple in the United Kingdom, this happened twice.

You can read here about how a mixed race couple had two sets of twins, all girls, but both sets have on dark one like their dad and one light one like their mother: British Couple Has "Black-and-White Twins" Twice

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Tags: pregnancy blog, twin, nonidentical twins, fraternal twins, black and white twins

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Twins: definitely NOT identical

A pair of first-time parents have joined the super-multiple club as they welcomed their quintuplets (4 girls, 1 boy) on December 27. That’s one heck of a Christmas present! Born at Staten Island University Hopsital in New York, were said to have been named Allesia Louise, Amanda Frances, Ella Lilliana, Emily Ann and Matthew Sabatino, according to news reports.

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Tags: pregnancy blog, quintuplets

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Quintuplets – still newsworthy, but no longer rare

Click here to read more.

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Tags: pregnancy blog, deliverying twins, twins, c sections, cesarean sections, infections of the uterus, APGAR

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Worried about delivering your twins?

While the babies were early and are tiny, each weighing around 2 pounds, news reports say that the hospital where they were born has a 90% success rate with such tiny patients. Sadly, this is unlike what it was for the woman in Iraqi who had sextuplets this past August. Two of her babies died because of lack of adequate medical equipment (Egyptian woman has septuplets; Iraqi woman has sextuplets).

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Tags: pregnancy blog, premature babies, sextuplets, fertility treatment

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Sextuplets for a woman in Germany

I received the book Chaos 2 Calm, by Tonia Tomlin, to review for Womb Within. Tonia is a professional organizer who took that training and brought it to her parenting for her twin daughters. After putting pen to paper (or more likely, turning the computer on), Tonia came up with this book that she calls “the moms-of-multiples guide to an organized family.”

If you would like to see my review, just click on the video below:

Would you like to win a copy? Ok, simple rules for this one.

Write in the comment section why you need to be more organized to help care for your baby or babies. Either tell us a story to show us how disorganized you are, or what you think organization may help you do.

For example, the husband of one of my friends is so disorganized, that when he got their four children (all different ages) ready to go out, he forgot the baby behind. Yup. Luckily, it was only a few moments before it was noticed.

So, tell me your organization story or weaknesses, in terms of baby care, and you have a chance of winning a copy of the book. The contest is open until Monday, October 6, at 11:59 EST. After that, I’ll take all eligible entries, enter them into a randomizer at randomizer.org, and come out with the winner.Good luck!Edited to add:
Please be sure you know what you are trying to win. LOOK at the review. It’s a book for PREGNANT WOMEN or MOTHERS OF MULTIPLES. The book helps mothers (and fathers) prepare for the care of multiples and life with them. It does NOT cover how to keep your laundry room organized or your papers or anything like that. 

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Book review and give-away: Organizing yourself for multiples