A FERTILITY doctor implanted a dozen embryos in the pregnancy that gave Nadya Suleman octuplets, a California state attorney said, a number that another doctor said was unheard of and surpasses Suleman’s assertion that only six embryos were implanted.

A fertility doctor implanted a dozen embryos in the pregnancy that gave Nadya Suleman octuplets, a California state attorney said, a number that another doctor said was unheard of and surpasses Ms Suleman’s assertion that only six embryos were implanted.

THE editor of a US medical journal who published an article saying foetuses probably do not feel pain until late pregnancy has been swamped by “horrible, vindictive” emails.