Do you remember the viral sensation that was Octomom? In just a few years, she had six kids… and then she got pregnant with octuplets — all via IVF.
And then it was revealed that she did it all selfishly so that she’d become famous and wouldn’t have to work.
But it didn’t work. She ultimately put her fourteen children through years of struggles and hardships. If you’re wondering what she’s up to now, you won’t believe the truth about what really happened to Octomom.
Octomom, or rather, Nadya Suleman, is the only woman to ever have octuplets who all survived. And now, her octuplets are the longest surviving octuplets in history.
But there’s actually one thing that most people don’t realize: Even though Octomom was known for having eight kids at once, she actually had SIX kids before that — meaning that she has 14 kids total.
Octomom Had 14 Kids Through IVF While Unemployed
The story of how she had them all is seriously strange, because she had them all via IVF, with no father in the picture. You can’t help but wonder: Who was the biological father of all these kids? Do they all have the same dad? Did she even know the dad, or rather, dads?
The answer is honestly bizarre…But that’s not even the craziest part…
The craziest part, at least in my opinion, is that there was only one doctor who did the treatments so that she could have all fourteen children. Yes, one doctor agreed to this over and over again. Even though Nadya’s circumstances were not great for bringing any children into the world — let alone 14.
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First of all, she was obviously a single-income household. But then you have the fact that she allegedly wasn’t even a single-income household, because she was supposedly unemployed when she got pregnant with the octuplets.
Allegedly, she was just living off of student loans, a settlement of $80,000 from hurting her back at a previous job, and an inheritance of $60,000.
And she was funding these procedures with this money too…You can’t help but wonder: Why in the world would a doctor sign off on this woman having 14 babies?
Octomom’s Fertility Doctor Actually Lost His Medical License
Well, the answer was eventually revealed when the doctor lost his medical license just two years after the octuplets were born. But what happened? Why did the doctor lose his medical license?
Was it just with Nadya, or was he doing this with multiple women?According to the investigation, for a woman who’s 33, which was Nadya’s age at the time, the normal amount of embryos to have implanted is two.
And for Nadya, he did 12 — six times the normal amount. The board that did the investigation said that it revealed that he did not use his best judgment when practicing medicine, which is why he lost his license.
Normally, a doctor would avoid numbers of that size because it can cause issues not only with the mother, but with the babies. And considering that she was a single mother to six at the time, I just really can’t believe that he thought putting her life at risk made sense.
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But I guess that explains why he lost his license and fled the country. According to a few doctors who know him, he’s teaching his fertility practices in another country now, but has stayed completely out of the public eye. Nadya claims that he lied to her and told her that she lost six embryos, which is why he transferred another six.
But he testified that Nadya insisted on the 12 — and many people corroborated his story. She even allegedly told him that she would look into other options if too many of the embryos became viable. But there were way more risks involved in that, and obviously she didn’t do that.
Because it was pretty clear that she wanted a reality show…I mean, look at the facts…
Did Nadya Suleman Become Octomom to Chase Fame?
In 2009, shows about big, wild families of multiples were going crazy on TV. Jon and Kate were at the height of their fame. Because 2009 was also the year that they got divorced, and everyone tuned in as this family of multiples crashed and burned before our eyes.
It really seems like Nadya thought she would end up in the same boat. We know that she wasn’t employed, so you can’t help but wonder if she saw the opportunity for fame and money thanks to them and all the other multiple families on TV.
The only difference was that nothing took off for her like it did for all the other families we know and love, and the people who paid the price the most for her decisions were her children.
Because things took a drastic turn after she had the babies and couldn’t afford to take care of them, especially when she pretty much faded away from the tabloids.
She tried for years to stay relevant in pop-culture, but it just didn’t work. As crazy as she was, it’s almost like she was TOO crazy to keep making headlines. People got used to how crazy she was. She got tons of plastic surgery to look like Angelina Jolie, she went on every talk show under the sun, but she just couldn’t keep the fame alive.
Allegedly, things got so bad that she got into exotic dancing and even made adult content and started boxing. All to make money to support her 14 children…
That she allegedly only had so that she’d become famous…
There’s got to be a screw loose, right?According to her dad, that’s the case…
He went on Oprah after the babies were born and revealed so much about the situation. He said that it originally all started because she found out that she would probably only be able to get pregnant via IVF, so she started down that road immediately.
Octomom’s Father Exposed Her on Oprah
According to her dad, Octomom asked a friend to father all her children, but I’ll get into the truth about that in just a second. He also revealed that at the time, Nadya hadn’t made a house payment since May 2008, and that her house was on the brink of foreclosure. On top of all this, he and his wife were raising Nadya’s kids, because she wasn’t able to.
He talked about how her constant pregnancies had been an issue for years. What many people don’t realize about Nadyas six older children is that they’re all born very close together, which had to be rough for their grandparents who were supposedly raising them.
All of the older siblings were one year apart each, except for the youngest two, who are twins. When their grandfather found out about their pregnancy, he wasn’t too happy. He claims that Nadya’s fertility doctor called to check up on her and ask how she was doing.
Her dad let him know that she was fine, and then asked why, only to be told that she was pregnant again. While her parents were already struggling enough with the first four kids, he was so upset that he claimed he told the doctor everything that was going on with the family.
How much they were all struggling financially and personally…And the doctor claimed that he had no idea…But even though he supposedly knew this, he still did the 12 embryo transfer.
It’s just beyond my comprehension. But let’s go back to the supposed baby daddy of all 14 kids. There are so many stories about who this guy could possibly be. Nadya has claimed that all the kids have the same biological father, but she’s never revealed who it is.
Many men have come forward. But I’m going to be honest here…Some of the kids look so different that I just have a hard time believing that they all have the same biological father.
I guess it’s possible…I don’t know anything about genetics really…
Especially when we have no idea what their father looks like to begin with to compare him and Nadya and the kids…
But I just find it hard to believe…
Octomom’s Kids Are All Grown Up Now
And as for the kids, they’re honestly so grown up now you won’t believe it. Nadia did a profile with the New York Times just a few years ago, where she tried to present the family as normal, well-rounded, and vegan. Maybe that’s the case, but some of the descriptions seemed bleak.
For example, the article said that their dining room table only has two chairs, even though they’re a family of 15. I guess it’d be hard to have a dining table for fifteen, but just two dining chairs in a house of 15 can’t be sufficient.
The kids said that they eat in shifts because of it, and Nadya also admitted that she was struggling with a substance issue after the fame faded. It was so bad that she sought treatment, and friends and family had to step in to raise her 14 children.
Clearly, these kids have not had an easy childhood. I just don’t understand how so many people failed them. From the doctor, who knew how bad Nadya’s circumstances were, and how risky a procedure like that would be, to Nadya herself, who brought 14 children into the world with no way to provide for them.
These days, the kids seem to be alright, but I’m sure we’ll learn more as they get older. In the interview, Nadya said that her children know everything about her issues in the past. The youngest eight were only nine when she made this claim. I’ll say this about the kids: They all seem to be really great kids — maybe in spite of their mother, or maybe because of her.
They’ve been forced to have a lot of responsibility from a young age, especially the oldest kids, since they had to help take care of the eight little kids. And even though they seem to be great kids, I sincerely hope that they’re able to get great therapists to help unpack the things that they went through because of their mother…
