Here’s What The “Octomom” Kids Look Like Now And What Natalie Suleman Herself Has To Say About The Whole Ordeal
“All of my kids are just very humble, grounded, kind people with good hearts.”
Natalie Suleman, aka “Octomom,” gave her first interview in several years ahead of a new Lifetime movie and docuseries about the infamous tabloid figure.
You’re likely aware that Natalie gave birth to octuplets in 2009, making her total number of children 14. She’s said that she didn’t want to have so many children but that her doctor, Michael Kamrava, misled her about the number of embryos he was implanting (a total of 12). He subsequently lost his medical license in 2011.
Well, those kids are now 16, as Natalie shared in a recent family photo:
As her movie premieres on March 8, Natalie sat down with People to talk about her journey until now. Calling herself “grateful,” she said, “We are a loving family and we’re there for each other. All of my kids are just very humble, grounded, kind people with good hearts.”
Reiterating that she didn’t intend on having so many children, she said of her desire for a big family, “It’s not enough to say I wanted a big family because I was lonely. There is an amalgamation of factors. I wanted kids to create maybe a safe and predictable little world that I lacked growing up. So then of course, I projected onto my future family.”
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Instead, Natalie said that she hoped for just one other child from her last pregnancy. “I do regret not suing the infertility doctor,” she told the publication. “I definitely regret that because his insurance would’ve been the one paying, and it would’ve been some millions, and it would’ve been helpful for my family.”
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“I regret that I kind of threw myself under the bus to cover for him, and I shouldn’t have but I was grateful. I wouldn’t have had any of my kids if it weren’t for his innovative technique. No one else in the world did this type of procedure so I didn’t have it in my heart to sue him,” she continued, saying that she did struggle financially with her many children. “But I did sue the hospital because they breached HIPAA…They’re the reason why I ended up in the public eye.”
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The fine was for $250,000, as “25 employees were identified as having inappropriately accessing Suleman’s medical records. Of those, 15 employees were either terminated or resigned under pressure and eight, including doctors, faced other disciplinary actions.”
