2009-02-13

David Goodhuer

AHN Reporter

Miami, FL (AHN) -- The doctor who helped 34-year-old Nadya Suleman become pregnant with eight babies is also responsible for a 49-year-old woman preparing to have quadruplets, the Los Angeles Times reported.

That woman went to Dr. Michael Kamrava seeking just one baby, but she is five months pregnant expecting four babies after Kamrava implanted her with seven embryos months after he helped Suleman. The woman is hospitalized with no insurance, the Times reports.

The case not only raises questions and concerns over Kamrava's practice, it also raises concern about the need for more regulation in the fertility industry, Kirk O. Hanson, an ethics professor and executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, told the Times.

There are no laws about how many embryos can be transferred to a woman, but the American Society of Reproductive Medicine does establish guidelines based on a woman's age and other circumstances. Members of that organization are looking into both cases involving Kamrava.

The woman having the quadruplets asked the LA Times not to identify her. She has three grown children from a previous marriage, but wanted another child with her second husband, who is in his early 30s and doesn't have any children.