The fertility doctor who assisted Nadya Suleiman, a 33-year-old California woman who recently gave birth to octuplets and who now has a total of 14 children, is now not only being harshly criticized by the medical community, but also faces a state investigation from the Medical Board of California.

The identity of the doctor was not revealed by the medical board. He helped Mrs. Suleyman give birth to six boys and two girls on January 26. The woman already had six other children. When asked why she has so many children, the single mother said she wanted to have lots of kids because she had a lonely childhood.

 "We're looking into the matter to see if we can substantiate if there was a violation of the standard of care," board spokeswoman Candis Cohen said about the Medical Board’s ongoing investigation.

The doctor helped Mrs. Suleman conceive all her 14 children through in vitro fertilization (IVF). The same sperm donor was used for all the 14 children and the donor wasn’t the woman’s ex-husband, Marcos Gutierrez. However, most members of the medical community were outraged of this case wondering why the doctor let the mother have so many children through IVF.

In a TV interview, Suleman said six embryos were implanted for each of her pregnancies. Two of her embryos split and resulted in two sets of twins.

"Those are my children, and that's what was available and I used them. So, I took a risk. It's a gamble. It always is," the woman said.

Although there is no law to limit the number of embryos that can be placed in a mother’s womb, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine recommends that a woman aged 35 should have no more than two embryos implanted by IVF.