‘Octomom’ Nadya Suleman Receives Death Threats, Admits She Sacrificed Her Integrity To Provide For Children

Nadya ‘Octomom’ Suleman he recalled receiving “death threats” and being sacrificed after becoming a mother for 14 years.

In 2009, the 49-year-old California native made global headlines when she gave birth to the first surviving Octuplets in history through Invitro Fertilization (IVF). At that time, Suleman was an unemployed single mother with six children.

During a rare interview with People MagazineSuleman opened up about the severe backlash she faced over her life and parenting.

“At first it was total pandemonium,” she recalled. “There were, of course, all the details of the death threats and the fear for my family’s life. And then, on the other hand, I had to continue to sacrifice my integrity multiple times in order to survive and provide for my family.”

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To support her bed of 14 years, Suleman acted in a movie for adults and worked with tabloids on stories about her life. As he spoke to people, Suleman reflected on the years of fighting under intense public scrutiny after he met his Octs.

“It wasn’t until they were maybe four years old that I finally got away from all that, the onslaught he felt from the world … and all that global scorn and condemnation, as a target of misplaced hatred,” she said.

“I could escape and finally return to the life I once knew,” Suleman added.

Suleman said she “paid babysitters” until the Octuplets were two years old, but could not afford long-term childcare.

“We were really struggling financially,” she explained. “In the end I just had to lean into my faith, my very strong faith in God. And it wasn’t until I did that that everything fell into place beautifully.”

Suleman also welcomed his six older children through IVF treatments, all 14 of whom were fathered by an unidentified sperm donor.

“I had to keep sacrificing my integrity multiple times to survive and provide for my family.”

– Nadya ‘Octokom’ Suleman

During the interview with The New York Times In 2018, Suleman said that she was “seduced” by a fertility specialist, Dr. Michael Kamrava, on the eve of giving birth to Octuplets.

She claimed that she was under pressure to agree Additional embryos During the implantation of Kamrava, who previously helped her conceive older children.

“He told me we lost six embryos. He said they were expelled from me and that’s why he wanted to implant six more,” she told the outlet.

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In January 2011, Los Angeles Times reported that Kamrava had his license revoked by the state medical board in California after he admitted to implanting 12 embryos into Suleman before the birth of the Octuplets. The board also said that Kamrava treated two other patients negligently.

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“I’m sorry for what happened. When I look back on it, I wish I had never done it, and it will never happen again,” Kamrava said during her testimony. Asked by his lawyer if he thought what he did was wrong, he replied: “At the time I did it, I thought I did the right thing. Looking back, even with all the circumstances, I was wrong.”

The New York Times later reported that Kamrava countered Suleman’s claim, saying she pressured him. He later left the country after a failed medical board appeal in 2016.

Suleman’s story will be featured in the upcoming Lifetime movie “And I Was Octomom,” which will star Kristen Lee Gutoskie in the title role and premiere on March 8.

“The film follows my journey, starting with my decision to have another IVF procedure to try to complete my family of six,” she told People. “I just wanted one more thing, to become a single mom of 14 and all the trials and tribulations and challenges and struggles I had to do to keep fighting for my family.”

After the film, Suleman along with her children, who are speaking publicly for the first time, will be featured in the documentary “Confessions of Octomom”, which will be released on March 10.

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Suleman said her octopuses, including Noah, Josiah, Nariyah, Maliyah, Jonah, Jeremiah, Isaiah and Makai, all 15, chose to participate in the documents. She also told People that her grown children — Ameerah, Calyssa, Elijah, Caleb, Joshua and Aidan — will make an appearance.

“My kids are going to share for the first time,” Suleman said. “Also, my older children speak in the public eye, and they didn’t want to. And actually, I didn’t want to either [to speak out]to be honest. “

“I’ve been saying I want to protect them and protect my kids, and now they’re older,” she said of the Octuplets. “They turn 16 and make the decision to actually do it.”

“Today, my family and I are dragging our lives,” Suleman added.

For her part, Nariyah told People that she is looking forward to the Docuseries debut.

“I’m just excited,” she said. “Our mom could finally tell her side of the story, because I feel like it was very unfair how she was terrorized and hated for just being a mother. And she had to sacrifice so much just for her children.”

While talking to People, Suleman explained why she is motivated to return to the limelight.

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“The main reasons for me in sharing my true story, my perspective, is to help people, to help women especially who are struggling with one child or none, maybe inspire them to draw out the strength within themselves that they didn’t know they had to, move forward, carry on move forward in your life,” she said.

Suleman told the outlet that she also wants to clear up public misconceptions about her life.

“I’m not that flat caricature,” she said. “I did not by octome, I’m a mom. “

Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Stanton contributed to this report.