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Chattanooga Fertility Doctor Weighs in on Suleman Octuplets

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The interest and the outrage just won't go away in the controversial octuplets case.

Nadya Suleman is waiting for her eight new babies to come home to join her six other children.

She will have to raise them without a job and without a husband.

And we may see a lot more of the family.

The T-L-C network has contacted Suleman about a reality series based on the family.

But ongoing threats against the new mom have cost Suleman her publicists.

The Brentwood, Tennessee couple representing her quit this weekend after receiving hundreds of death threats.

Suleman, herself, went into hiding as police investigate the threats.

They haven't seen this many since the O-J Case.

But Suleman's mother re-surfaced this morning on the CBS Early Show.

The retired teacher is already caring for six of her grandchildren.

 ( Maggie Rodriguez,) "Do you resent her already for giving you this?" ( Angela Suleman,) I did but you know you can resent your daughter for just so long and then you see that she's trying so hard to take care of these children and she's a good mother."

You can see part two of the Angela Suleman interview tomorrow morning on the CBS Early

Meanwhile Suleman's case continues to bring out strong opinions on the streets of Chattanooga.

It has fertility experts scratching their heads and questioning the ethics of the field.

Angela Grambart , Parent, "To me it seems like its irresponsible."

Grambart, Parent, "How does somebody that can't afford their own home that has to live with their parents and depend on other people for their support how do they expect to be able to raise that many children."

It's paying for Nadya Suleman's 14 children that has most people seeing red.

The single unemployed mother had six children by invitro fertilization or IVF before getting the procedure again winding up with eight more.

"It's almost unheard of to have this kind of outcome from IVF."

Dr. Ringland Murray with Tennessee Reproductive medicine says doctors need to be vigilant about following the American Society for Reproductive Medicine's guidelines of two embryo's for young women, and consider one.

Suleman's doctor implanted six apparently because of his clinic's low success rate.

Dr. Murray, "The chances of this happening are low but the more embryos you put back, obviously you bring it into the sphere or possibility and it should never have been in the sphere of possibility. "

Dr. Murray says Suleman's doctor should be looked at.

Dr. Murray, "It's worth investigating if for nothing else to send a message to other doctors to be careful because we're watching."

He thinks this case goes a long way to justifying mandating insurance coverage for IVF which would allow limiting the number of embryos.

And eliminate even the possibility of a case like Nadya Suleman's.

Wanda Couch, "Yes m'am I'm upset with it. I don't think it's fair. If they're not able to take care of them they shouldn't have no more than two but to have 14 no m'am that's ridiculus."




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