Definitely worth reading:Octomom and the Embryo Transfer Debate

Though single embryo transfer has been a hot topic debated in the infertility world for quite some time, it has been thrust into the spotlight by Nadya Suleman’s octuplets, the result of a six embryo transfer. Slate had an article this week asking “Pregnant Pause: Who Should Pay for In Vitro Fertilization” that doesn’t truly answer that question, but instead discusses the pros–but not the cons–of a single embryo transfer. If Slate is taking a pregnant pause, I’d like to fill the silence.