Mom Of Octuplets: I Always Wanted A “Huge Family”

Mom of octuplets, Nadya Suleman, says she tried for seven years to get pregnant before successfully conceiving with in-vitro fertilization, “and then I just kept going in.” In an interview for the Today show, the recent mother of octuplets, who also has six other children, tells NBC’s Ann Curry: “That was always a dream of mine, to have a large family, a huge family.”

Nadya said in the interview, which airs Monday, that her desire for a large family stems from a dysfunctional childhood. “I just longed for certain connections and attachments with another person that I really lacked, I believe, growing up.” When asked what she felt she lacked, Nadya said, “Feeling of self and identity. I didn’t feel as though, when I was a child, I had much control of my environment. I felt powerless. And that gave me a sense of predictability. Reflecting back on my childhood, I know it wasn’t functional. It was pretty, pretty dysfunctional, and whose isn’t?”

Suleman, 33, was interviewed shortly after she left Kaiser Permanente’s hospital in Bellflower, Calif. Her babies – six boys and two girls – remain in the hospital all in good condition.
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  • yeah on someone els expense.
    jonjayfigueroa 2/28/09 Reply
  • Hey Nadya, how about a "huge income," a "huge brain" and some "huge therapy" to go along with your "huge family!"

    She's not a celebrity, she's infamous.
    MissieB 2/27/09 Reply
  • anyone who has had a disfunctional childhood, has never done anything as STUUUPID as this. she needs to get OVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVER herself. im going to vomitttttttttttttttt.

    joane,

    Wantagh, NY
    Anonymous 2/27/09 Reply
  • she should of thought HOW she was going to PAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY for this. Hello some consideration to the babies that are coming. she is an ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSs.

    joane,

    from, wantagh, NY
    Anonymous 2/27/09 Reply
  • The Insider is ridiculous with your reporting. Who cares if Nadya Suleman got a speeding violation and whether her kids were in the car. That's obnoxious reporting. Lots of people have gotten speeding violations in their life, and that probably...
    Anonymous 2/27/09 Reply
  • ENOUGH OF THE OCTOMOM ALREADY
    msblueyestn 2/27/09 Reply
  • share the wealth!!!! to those who doesnt wanna work but enjoy bringing innocent lives that you and me as taxpayers will burden raising these kids- hopefully it will not be another product like their mom from a dysfunctional family--very...
    Anonymous 2/7/09 Reply
  • Next she will want part of the stimulas package!
    mjsfriends 2/6/09 Reply
  • Nadya Suleman is a single 33 year old unemployed woman with six fatherless children (one of whom has autism) who lives with her bankrupt parents and intentionally had 8 more children who will probably have long term medical problems themselves due...
    Anonymous 2/6/09 Reply