Anonymous Mom, No Dads, + 14

[OnyxCougar]

Originally Posted by DanaC

A doctor isn't a mechanic.

A doctor is absolutely a mechanic, except the vehicle is a human body, the most sophisticated, complex machine ever designed.

You don't just pay your money and tell him what to do. He has to make a judgement call as to whether he is assisting or harming his patient by continuing. Someone who is addicted to plastic surgery can sit and listen to all the advice in the world and then decide to have surgery that is unnecessary and potentially harmful. It's entirely the doctor's decision as to whether he wishes to be complicit in that self-harm.

She paid her money, and they performed the procedure. They SHOULD NOT make a decision to treat based upon THEIR idea of acceptable.

Wanting to have babies is all very well. Implanting large numbers of embryos at a time and risking a potentially dangerous multiple pregnancy was a very dubious course of action for a doctor to take.

Again, I believe that's a standard procedure, which is why all these women are having four, quints, sextuplets, etc.

[morethanpretty]

Originally Posted by OnyxCougar

Again, I believe that's a standard procedure, which is why all these women are having four, quints, sextuplets, etc.

Actually Onyx that is why the method of her fertility treatment is so controversial. The people who're having four, quints, sextuplets, ect are on fertility meds, making them release multiple eggs at once, and thats how they end up being pregnant with so many. Her embryos were implanted, 8 (or perhaps a few more) were purposely implanted. That is not normal for this type of fertility treatment. They implant 1-3 embryos at a time. Depending on if the embryos look like they are doing well and are goin to develop.