January 26, 2022 marks the 13th anniversary of the most famous case of the birth of octagonals who managed to survive after birth. They were six boys and two girls born in the United States on January 26, 2009, thanks to a cesarean section. Their mother, Nadia Suleman, 34, was already raising six children, becoming the mother of 14 children without the support of a father.
All of Suleman’s children were born through IVF, and she claims her doctor, who transplanted 12 embryos, misled her.
As a result, the doctor was stripped of his license for ethics violations, and Suleman’s case led to tighter controls on IVF in the United States.
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