- Is the doctor really responsible for what most people who know anything about infertitily and pregnancy realize is a possible outcome?
- How are these girls going to feel when they learn about this case when they're older?
- Can't we take responsibility for our decisions rather than trying to blame and to seek compensation for said decisions from others?
Friday, October 12, 2007
Stupidity abounds around the world
When I saw the headline, "Mom sues after IVF brings 2 babies instead of 1," I thought to myself, "This can't be right." I read on and learned that yes, a woman is indeed suing the fertility specialist for implanting 2 embryos in her uterus instead of 1, resulting in her giving birth to twins rather than a single child. I really, really want to scream at this woman. She surely realized the odds of having multiple children when she underwent IVF. I don't know much about Australia, but surely her doctor told her about selective reduction if she only wanted one child. I would imagine a woman who had to conceive through IVF would be thrilled with 2 children rather than 1, but then, I am imposing my feelings on a woman I've never met. This story pisses me off for a number of reasons.
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That's unbelievable. Best case scenario when there are two embryos is that there are two babies. That's kind of how reproduction works. It may be in the interests of the mom (because it's lower risk) to have a singleton, but that's the risk you undertake when you put two in. Two increases your chances of IVF working, but also obviously your chances of twins (or triplets or quads, because those embryos can divide!). This is why we only implanted one... and I sometimes still worry if I'm carrying twins!
You might find it interesting to read the perspective of Jody (of Raising WEG -- she's an ABD mama like us, only the had TRIPLETS six years ago!), her post about the issue is here.
I mean "she had" (and not "the had")
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