Octomom Says Her Babies ‘Disgust’ Her
Nadya Suleman, the California mother who became known as the “Octomom” after she gave birth to octuplets in 2009, has reportedly told In Touch magazine that her babies “disgust” her, that she has suffered from suicidal thoughts, and that her financial woes are overwhelming.
CNN.com reports:
Suleman, who was labeled with the moniker “Octomom” after she gave birth to octuplets in 2009, told the publication, “I hate the babies, they disgust me.”
She went on, “My older six are animals, getting more and more out of control, because I have no time to properly discipline them.”
The single mom told the magazine that the only way she can cope is to lock herself in the bathroom and cry.
“Sometimes I sit there for hours and even eat my lunch sitting on the toilet floor. Anything to get peace and quiet,” she said….
“Some days I have thought about killing myself. I cannot cope,” Suleman tells In Touch. She says of her kids, “Obviously, I love them – but I absolutely wish I had not had them.”
The doctor who performed the in-vitro fertilization procedure that resulted in Suleman’s octuplets is currently appealing suspension of his medical license.
(image via: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/)
Categories: Celebrities, Parents News Now | Tags: Celebrities, Nadya Suleman, Octomom, suicide
133 Comments
by Mandi Crable
On July 2, 2011 at 9:22 am
Ms. Suleman disgusts me. Whether she said this or not is irrelevant. Its now in print, and now something her children will have to live with. Its time she be a real mom and realize what she’s doing to her kids. Where ever she lives, the state should intervene on behalf of the kids and remove them immediately. If they disgust her so, there are hundreds of parents out there who would be honored at the chance of being parents.
by Amber Duffey
On July 2, 2011 at 10:12 am
I feel that a mother who truly loves her children would not say she wishes she never had them. She might say that she wishes she could give them a better life, but not for them to ciece-exist.
I am a mother myself and I understand there are days that kids are going to down right misbehave, despite any discipline a parent gives them, but I cannot think of a time I wish my child wasn’t born.
I believe we have to deal with the consequences of our actions, and if she has contemplated killing herself because she is overwhelmed, she needs to do what is best for her children before they find her on the bathroom floor:/
I will keep both the children and their mother in my prayers. We all need to be loved, no matter our flaws.
by Hopeflys
On July 2, 2011 at 10:40 am
Surprise? Hardly. Octomom made a fetish video in her kids playroom using her kids toys featuring humiliation and violence against a man dressed as a baby. Brandishing a whip she chased a man dressed only in a diaper around her kids playroom yelling “you want spanky?”
by mary aquino
On July 2, 2011 at 6:14 pm
I would gladly take a couple of the babies off of her hands.
by Leslie
On July 2, 2011 at 11:49 pm
As a mom and woman, I feel sympathy for her. Imagine what it would be like to be in her shoes. Imagine your own stress as a mother, and multiply that by 50! It shouldn’t matter what happened in the past, she now has her children and no one should judge her! Shouldn’t we want her to be a better mom? She just needs several methods of help and tons of our vibes and prayers. She’s in a bad place, and I wish her the best… For her sake and her kids!
by Heather
On July 3, 2011 at 12:28 pm
I think the only reason she’s saying any of this is to get handouts from people. I think maybe she should have thought about ass this before she decided to have 14 children on her own.
by Alice
On July 14, 2011 at 12:22 pm
CPS should take the kids away from her. She’s a total wacko. If her babies disgust her that much, why did she had assisted fertilization when she already had 6 kids?? This woman is a ticking time bomb.
by Ashton
On August 3, 2011 at 3:34 pm
So when she spends hours on end in the bathroom, who is taking care of the children. Yes, I can see 14 children being stressful, but the things she is saying make me so angry. There are thousands of parents out there who have lost their babies and would do anything to have them back in their arms, and she says things like this about her children. Children should not be described as “animals”
by Sandy
On August 18, 2011 at 9:57 am
I feel bad for her. It sounds like she has a serious case of post-partum that is not being taken care of. I cannot even imagine the stress of trying to raise a child as a single parent much less multiple children within a similar age range. We all make mistakes (sometimes the same one over and over again) but that doesn’t mean we should leave that person & those around them to suffer. I hope she gets the help she and her children need in order to lead a healthy, happy life.
by Lee
On August 20, 2011 at 7:24 am
I have no sympathy for this welfare wanting trash at all, she had 6 kids already that she was getting help from the State already to take care of them. She used that money to get knocked up to have more? Why, just to get more welfare, and we wonder why the State of California has ran out of money, because of people like this….The children should all be taken away from this trash and given to good homes that can take care of them..If she is going to committ suicide, she needs to hurry up and do it so the kids can start to have a better life while they are still young…..
by Ivona
On September 14, 2011 at 9:12 pm
Nobody forced her to have the first 6 children and to follow that with an in vitro procedure which resulted in octuplets. Birth control’s available to all women. She neglected to use it. Nobody’s responsible for her childcare bills except for her.
by Xalleah
On September 15, 2011 at 9:11 pm
Postpartum psychosis is a mental disorder that can cause feelings like this. It may not be right for her to say such things, but I hope that her honesty gets her some help instead of more negativity coming her way. And I hope she gets it for her children’s sake because the way you feel about your kids effects the way they feel about themselves.
by christina
On September 16, 2011 at 5:43 pm
This IS a case for CPS if I ever saw one….if something really terrible should happen…..we are going to say the ‘writing was on the wall’ ….and nothing was done.
And furthermore….we should not condemn her! Yes she made very bad choices, but there is a lot of hope!
by Carey
On September 28, 2011 at 9:38 pm
I feel bad for everyone involved. There is no question in my mind she is suffering from postpartum depression. One birth can give you that, IMAGE eight of them. I also feel that she has other underlying mental health issues such as bipolar, ADHD and/or histrionic disorders…she is attention seeking, takes unnecessary risk, makes decisions without thinking them through, can’t sleep, anxiety, panicky, talks a mile a minute, can’t keep a line of thought….she IS a ticking time bomb and if someone does not step in, they will all be gone, I’m so serious about this, we’ve seen it happen before…someone is screaming for help and no one does anything, until it’s too late and we all just stand around scratching our heads….
by B Meaker
On October 3, 2011 at 10:57 am
Oh boo hoo, poor little you. You dumb little twit (or did I spell that wrong)? This is a situation that can be taken care of so simply that it will make your empty little head spin—-simply find an adoption agency–hopefully a decent adoption agency. There are way too many people out in the world who cannot have babies to allow you to wallow in your own stupidity and selfishness. They will be much better off in homes where there is less stress, and your health will be much better too.
by Cammy
On October 7, 2011 at 1:19 pm
SHE disgusts ME!! Adopt them out and give them a loving home if you can’t provide at least that to them… They are your children!
by cheese
On October 7, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Give them up for adoption and live in the sewers you selfish cow.
by Morgan
On October 7, 2011 at 2:48 pm
I am a single mom of 2 expecting 1 more. I can’t imagine the hardship she has to deal with on a dialy basis, but she made her bed, and now she must lie in it. After having ONE child you should now how difficult it must be to have more and especially multiples. This was not something that just happened…SHE DID THIS! Although I belive she and those beautiful children need our prayers, I believe that she did this to get money. John and Kate Plus 8 spoke to her twisited mide the way no sane person would EVER interpret. She thought wow…if I do this, people will make me rich. Well you know what hon…plan backfired….why don’t you be a WOMAN and do what you need to do to provide for the children YOU brought into this world.
I have 4 jobs that I do only on the weekends so I can be with my children when they are not with their dads to give them everything they deserve, and times are tight, but I would NEVER wish I had not had them! I would re examine MY life, and my choices, and do what I need to do because I am a REAL mother.
She knew what she was getting herself into, and although she didn’t get what she wanted out of it…she needs to be a mom…and if she can’t do it, she needs to find someone who can. I don’t believe in just giving children up for adoption, because while there are many deserving people who WANT to be PARENTS, there are also WAY too many children wanting to be love by ANYONE! And because there are so many….they don’t get that. She brought them into this world, she needs to get help for the post partum depression (which I had, so you can’t say I’m being a hypocrite…I still loved and took care of my children after having my daughter) and BE the loving, caring, hardworking mom she was supposed to be when she popped out her first money maker.
Work….be a woman….and stop putting yourself above your children at every turn of your life!
by Elizabeth
On October 7, 2011 at 8:08 pm
Then give them up to people who will love and care for them. She never should have had them, and now that the media attention and all the freebies have gone away, she’s realized the mess she’s gotten in to. I have no sympathy for her. I hope someone comes in and rescues these children before she goes Andrea Yates on them.
by Marie Beasley
On October 10, 2011 at 9:14 pm
Why do you all feel sorry for this woman This is what she wanted and now that she is not the center of attention she is doesn’t want the work. I have 4 children and One on the way and I homeschool them all. Yes they are very busy and there are days that you want to pull your hair out, but I would never say the things that she said. Not to mention she already had a house full of kids and went and did this again. She has an addiction to attention not loving her kids. she just wanted to be on tv. I have no sympathy for her but I do feel so so so very sorry for the kids. What a crappy person to have to call mom.
by Yesenia Collazo
On October 11, 2011 at 10:12 am
Has anyone contacted the authorities on her? If she feels her children “disgust her” and actually goes on record saying she “hates the babies” can someone please tell me WHY she still has custody of them , why has this very public article NOT gone to the authorities?
by angela
On October 12, 2011 at 9:38 am
she disgusts me. she is the one who had all 14 of them. i don’t feel bad for her at all. someone needs to take her kids away before we read about her doing something horrible to them.
by Rebecca Acevedo
On October 12, 2011 at 12:09 pm
CPS needs to step in and take these kids away… all of them. she wan’t a fit mother for the first 6, and I am glad her doc got his license suspended. then she needs to be put in a psychiatric ward. if not for her own good, but to keep her from having more kids!!!!
by Doris
On October 12, 2011 at 1:49 pm
One baby takes 100% of your time…so how is this helping Octomom?? If she were a good Mom, she would have known this and wised up
by Kelly
On October 12, 2011 at 2:46 pm
SHE IS A SAD LADY SHE KNEW WHEN SHE WAS PREGNANT SHE WAS HAVING 8 BABIES SO U MADE UR BED U LIE IN IT I DON’T FEEL A BIT SORRY FOR HER AS GIVE THOSE BABIES A BETTER PLACE TO GO BESIDES WITH U HER ASS HOW DO U CALL UR CHILDREN ANIMAL’S ISN’T ONE OF THEM SPECIALLY CHALLENGED IN A WHEEL CHAIR HOW U CALL HIM A ALIEN OR HER SHE’S A ANIMAL.
by Kelsey
On October 20, 2011 at 4:41 pm
This woman infuriates me. She had 6 children. Then went through in-vitro resulting in 8 more children. These innocent babies deserve a mother who loves them and can’t imagine her life without them. Not a mother who wishes her life was without them. That’s awful. There are so many wonderful people who want children and cannot have them, and this woman has so many and doesn’t want them. If I could reach through the computer and smack her I would.
by Gwyn
On October 27, 2011 at 1:58 pm
How sad. Even sadder to read most of these responses. If you have ever dealt with PPD, you would know that those are obvious signs. I truly hope that she gets the mental help she needs so that she can love her children as they deserve. Yeah she got into this situation of so many kids on her own, but I doubt she foresaw the depression she would suffer.
by logans proud momma
On November 2, 2011 at 9:35 am
seriously? sympathy for her? this woman hd 8 kids because she wanted attention… the other 6 werent doing it for her. this is so irritating because she made a decision to have 14 children, these 8 were not an accidental pregnancy there is no sympathy coming my way. i know too many girls (some family) that have children because they think it will get them attention from people and it is evident that they do not truely love their children i have watched a child from a home like this (not as many children) and she is an unhappy child always trying to get attention because she has learned from her mother that it is the most important thing. my concern is only for the children, they should not grow up feeling as though they are unloved and unwanted. her older children are old enough to feel the impact of the public and you can guarantee that other kids know whats going on… to this women i say SHAME ON YOU! of course you regret having them, it backfired and instead of the public rallying for you, we rallied against you. I am sorry lady but you need to grow up, keep your mouth shut, and love your kids.
by TomF
On November 2, 2011 at 11:30 am
She’s not exactly the first mom to think of babies as bling and attention magnets, then be repulsed by the actual child-raising process. She may be the first to endure this kind of sustained outrage from all across the culture (but mostly other women).
Yes, the Octomom is an idiot, but so are a lot of moms and would-be moms. I have plenty of smart but vain, self-absorbed female friends who toy out loud with adopting a Chinese girl or two — in the same way they toy with leasing a new BMW or hitting Nordstrom hard. Just another way to accessorize. Not so different, in the end, from Ms. Suleman.
by Rambo
On November 5, 2011 at 2:25 pm
So…where is the dad or dads of all these young un’s?..these guys need to step up to the plate and help her with her overwhelming load..making kids was the fun part, but now that they are here they need to be present and help this poor woman take care of these babies. I am a guy, but I have read that post partum stress is really bad and can have serious consequences if not treated. If two or three kids are a heavy burden..imagine 14!…While I don’t condone her choice of words or feelings, I think this poor woman was terribly unprepared for this and needs serious help.
by TD
On November 8, 2011 at 1:30 pm
One word for her: Adoption. I gave birth to a baby boy in 1991, and he was adopted by a wonderful couple that I chose. So many people who would make great parents can’t have any kids of their own, and then you have slimeballs ranging from this type to the ones who make a living by having babies. Unfair doesn’t even begin to describe it! And those kids are the ones who have to pay for it in the end.
by kelly piper
On November 16, 2011 at 9:44 am
Post partum or not, this bimbo is not fit to have children. They should all be taken away. To have six kids and then make a medical effort to have more as a single mom is insanely selfish. She was not thinking about her kids when she did it, she was eyeing welfare and/or the fame that she has shopped around for many times. The kids will grow up to be a bunch of psychopaths if someone doesn’t place them in better homes.
by HS
On November 16, 2011 at 10:50 am
The words out of her mouth are horrible. I do not know enough about her to judge her as horrible. This could be a severe case of untreated postpartum depression, or just a case of depression. To me that is what it sounds like, she says she can not cope. Maybe she is the only one surprised that having eight children all at once, when there were already six in the house caused these feelings, but she most likely needs treatment, and a support network, not harsh words, and judgement.
That help may need to be in the form of child protective services, but I feel that way not because I sit in judgement of her as a human being. I feel that way, because until the situation is under control and she is better able to cope, she could be a threat to her children, even it it comes in the form of negligence and not outright physical abuse.
by Dora Glasberg
On December 3, 2011 at 6:03 am
I do not know why she was even allowed to take those 8 babies home.
Unfit mentally and emotionally to be a mother – period.
by danielle
On December 3, 2011 at 6:23 pm
This woman had these children for attention, and in my opinion has some kind of Munchasen sydrome coupled with a narcissism disorder. She is not capable of being a mother to only one child, never mind 14. Why child services has not stepped in is beyond me. I guess they will wait until she harms some of them before they step in. She exhibits classic Munchausen syndrome..as soon as the attention wears off she comes up with some new sensational tag line to shine the light back on her.
by Baelzebub
On December 4, 2011 at 1:12 am
Ummmm She should be disgusted by her own damn face. Botched plastic surgery and colagen injections are a little more disgusting then some snot nosed brats.
by Nina De Santo
On December 7, 2011 at 4:19 pm
I wish they would take those kids away from her and allow a loving family to adopt them. Ones who will love them and realize how lucky they are to have such a wonderful gift as a child. She DISGUSTS ME!
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by Deborah Andrew
On December 8, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Maybe the Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar could adopt and raise all 14 of them. That way she doesn’t have to worry about them and the welfare checks can go back to the state.
by ADK
On December 10, 2011 at 5:55 pm
Golly shucks… 8 new kids taking up all your time Octomom… Ya think? Oh that’s right, you didn’t think you just clamored for your 15 minutes of fame.
Didn’t get your TV show?
Do society and your 8 babies a favor and adopt them out to loving families who will give each one of them complete, undivided and loving care instead of running into the bathroom to cry.
In the end Octomom, it’s not about you, it’s about the children.
by ElizabethAnn
On December 11, 2011 at 7:18 pm
I would give anything to be a parent. I’m 44, and childless due to injuries suffered at the hands of a criminal, and sustained when I was only 14. I’ve known forever that my family and friends would go on to raise families–with all the good AND not-so-good stuff that comes along with that awesome responsibility–and that I would be forever wondering what that would be like. This article makes me so sad for the children and the blatant lack of gratitude this woman has. Some people have so much and don’t even know it. Praying for her and the kids. Hopefully she turns it around.
by catherine mearns
On December 12, 2011 at 8:34 am
never have I read so many comments from so many perfect people. I am a mother of 3 grandmother of 2 greatgrandmother 2 and I have told my kids that I love them but there are times I really dislike them, grow up people are you walking in this womans shoes and, maybe if you were to drop your problems and worries and took up her load I bet it would not be long until you dropped hers and picked your own back up. The woman needs help, she is asking for it, she is being ignored and most people here are just being ignorant.
How easy it is to be blind deaf and dumb to others problems when it gives you respite from your own, be grateful it is not you.
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by Cora Moore
On December 15, 2011 at 6:18 pm
The ones who are really suffering are the kids. I am 33 years old and thank God my husband and I have had our first child. I know what it is like to be told that your never goingot have kids and long for one more than anything in the world. I have also suffered from postpartum depression and had to have a cecersan birth. I thank God everyday for my beautiful daughter. I tried ot get pregnant when I was single, but I couldn’t. I thank God now becasue looking back I was younger but I know that I couldn’t have given my child the proper care that they needed by myself. You hear terrible things in the news everyday about parents ahrming thier children, drwoning them in bathtubs, letting thier boyfriends kill them or doing other atrocious things to them. That woman needs help and she needs to get it either voluntarily or involuntarily (be committed) before those beautiful children cease to exist. Children do not ask to be born, with Gods’ help we bring them into this world. Should CPS take them I hope and pray that those 8 babies are adopted together and the other 6 go to other homes at least in pairs and later be told that there brother and sister to the rest. May God bless those children.
by Roses
On December 16, 2011 at 9:38 am
I had 2 boys, 17 months apart, and I can tell you they about done me in. They were active, curious, bright, and did i say active? And I about had a nervous break; so i can absolutely understand this woman’s plight. PLEASE tell me someone is going to intervene!!! She and her babies need help and right NOW. Right now, i feel like a bystander, watching a beautiful mother and her children about to wither up and die. They all need help .
by MaryE
On December 17, 2011 at 1:12 pm
CPS needs to get every child out of that home. How long before she kills them? Then everyone will be crying about how we didn’t see this coming. All the money handed out to her was spent on plastic surgery on herself, not her children.When she’s sitting on the bathroom floor, who’s taking care of the babies? Selfish B_ should be locked in solitary, get all the peace and quiet she wants
by Lily
On December 20, 2011 at 9:49 am
Where are her doctors? Her kids’ doctors? Shes obviously not shy bout sharing such feelings, so it would surprise me that she didnt say anything to the doctors, unless the doctors dont even care to ask “how are you doing?” anymore! why havent her doctors treated her for her severe depression???
hope her doc and the kids’ pediatrician sees this and treats her post-partum depression immediately. If those kids need cps to step in temporarily, then so be it. It’s better than reading that one has been hurt by her hand.
by tina
On December 21, 2011 at 2:46 pm
I have to say this is what is wrong with Americans to much freedom of speech, if what is said is true. The woman is not stupid she knows how almost all feel it was not a wise choice. But, If she is suffering. The thing to do is not post so much negativity. Downing her. If anything be more positive, offer suggestions, options, creative things to do with them all as a mother. ETC…But, you know she reads online. This would do nothing but push her down more and more. So one day God forbid something does happen to all those with so much negativity… Maybe you’ll have what you want.
by Twilight
On December 22, 2011 at 6:49 pm
I feel that this is an admission that she can NOT take care of these children. They should be removed immediately. Not properly “disciplining” or basically not doing anything to guide and raise the elder six children is Neglect. I understand she is overwhelmed as well she should be. She CHOSE to have all of these children, all 14 of them, thorough artificial insemination when she neither had a job or any other means for raising and taking care of any child. Come on CPS! Take the kids away from her NOW and make her get her tubes tied before she does it again! These children are accruing so many mental problems due to this psycho mother of theirs and her selfishness. Oh wait, CPS will wait until she decides to go off and kill the babies and children before they do anything. That is the way it works doesn’t it? And another thing………LOOK at her! Is she still getting plastic surgery with the free money she is getting to take care of these children? If that is the case then she had plenty enough money to hire a nanny or two to help her, idiot woman! NO this is a complete ploy for more money so that she can nip and tuck more of her body and take care of her own selfish wants forgetting about her children’s needs!
by Twilight
On December 22, 2011 at 7:27 pm
I noticed on here that some people didn’t realize that ALL of her children were through In-Vitro. She had used her welfare money to have it done multiple times. The father’s of all these children are anonymous donors who sold their sperm.
Octo-mom, if you really cared anything for these children at all, you would realize that raising and providing for them is beyond your ability. Please adopt them out to homes that can give them the amount of love and attention they deserve. That is the BEST thing you could ever do for them at this point. I have one wonderful son and he is a hand full all by himself, but I love him dearly. I can not imagine taking care of so many babies at once. There have been many mother’s over the centuries who have given up their own babies not out of lack of love, but from knowing that it was the best thing for the children. From my perspective you really bit off much more than you could chew and now it is time to think of them, not yourself. You made a series of terrible judgement calls and I for one would be more supportive of you if you made such a decision as adopting your children to better homes for their own good. I would have to say that the thing that upsets me the most about your bad judgement calls is that you continue to make them and are not appropriately dealing with the problem at hand, that problem being you can not adequately take proper care of these children!
I am not perfect either but I make sacrifices of my own wants for my one child to have what he need s and even non necessary things like his Christmas presents. I wear clothes that have holes in them because I have not bought clothes for myself in years, I have sold some of my belongings during a pinch so that we can provide for our son. When the going gets tough a mother who truly loves their child will ALWAYS put their children FIRST! I am not perfect, but I live by this rule.
by JUDY OLIVER
On December 22, 2011 at 11:23 pm
I THINK I HAVE THE ANSWER TO HER PROBLEMS, THE DOCTOR THAT DID THE ATRIFICIAL INSEMINATION SHOULD HAVE TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT FOR AT LEAST THE LAST 8 CHILDERN, HE KNEW SHE ALREADY HAD 6 CHILDREN BUT DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE PROCEDURE ANYWAY. HE KNEW SHE DIDN’T WORK, HAVE A JOB OR WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT SO MANY CHILDREN. SO, FOR MONEY (PROVIDED BY THE STATE FOR THE FIRST 6 CHILDREN)HE DID THE PROCEDURE ANYWAY…..WHAT HAPPENED TO “DO NO HARM”, I THINK THAT IS PART OF AN OATH THEY RECITE WHEN THEY BECOME LICENSED?
by Responsibility First
On December 23, 2011 at 8:20 am
People like her are the reason socialism does not work. Those who are enabled at the expense and accountability of others do not take seriously the implications of bad judgment or bad behavior.
It is time to stop rewarding people with welfare – it’s almost like holding working people at gunpoint and stealing money. Having babies w/o the means to take care of them is one of the most neglectful things one can do and then to force total strangers (society at large) to provide for their needs is beyond reprehensible.
We need to stop rewarding these behaviors. Solution:
On WOMEN: Forced DNA testing to determine paternity. No social benefits without this. Those who ask for society to take care of their needs should be forced to have a tubal ligation (no more children) and THEN will have to repay all the dollars society if forced to spend to provide for them in the form of community service (@minimum wage) until the debt to society is paid off.
On MEN: The fathers will contribute to the payment in order to reduce the amount of money being stolen from society at large. Split the community service (@minimum wage) with the mother. And yes, forced vasectomy or jail.
This would be a step in the right direction to reduce the self-made, self-inflicted poor in this country.
What amazes me is that there is an increased burden on hard-working people in this country that makes it almost impossible to achieve/strive toward a quality of life that is better than being poor.
by Diagoras
On December 24, 2011 at 1:15 pm
This shows that the modern trend of having fewer children at ages when we’re more mature to handle the responsibility is the right direction. Most parents can’t handle more than 4. The fewer you have, the more resources you can give to the few you’ve got. And I don’t just mean financial, I also mean in terms of energy and attention. When it comes to being a good parent, it is quality and not quantity that matters. Because I think if we’re all honest with ourselves, we have to admit that anyone would be stressed and feeling negative about having to care for 14 children, 8 of them babies! Having fewer is better!
by Gale
On December 25, 2011 at 6:20 am
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by wzrdrcr
On December 25, 2011 at 9:57 pm
Just further proof population control a must the chinese have it right with the one baby a person law.
by Ahria
On December 29, 2011 at 12:19 am
She needs help, obviously. Christians and pro-lifers should be out in force volunteering for the twenty-one years required to take them to American adulthood. Why should babies be taken away to be given to those who can’t have them when people should be helping her keep them. Yes, she made her bed, but where is the village . . .
by Rachel
On December 30, 2011 at 10:37 am
First off at wzrdrcr, you are an idiot! Second it is hard for me to feel sorry for her because she did this to herself. She didn’t naturally get pregnant 14 times! Obviously if she already had 6 children she had no problems getting pregnant but went and got invetro anyway because she thought it would make her famous! She should be ashamed of herself for saying these things about her children. What is that saying you reap what you sow? The only ones I feel sorry for are her pour children who have a crazy mother who doesn’t want them!
by molly cruz
On January 1, 2012 at 1:55 pm
Ms. Suleman made history, but unlike the Dionne Quintuplets and several other multiple births, because of her ethnic derivation and status as single has had nothing but denigration, when she should have been helped instead. She didn’t know all the embryos would hatch, they rarely do. So either send her money or lay off. She has enough to worry about without all this ill will, which is no doubt affecting her emotionally as well as her children. Nothing would make these hen-peckers happier than to see her fail or have a breakdown. I never read so much hostile tripe in my life. What’s done is done, and it is amazing, surely at least Guinness World Records should reward her, and the rest of us should tend to our own foibles. They are a pretty bunch actually. The state should provide her a nanny or two. So, shut up, haters. what makes you so great?
by Carl
On January 1, 2012 at 2:17 pm
I would very rarely say this in most cases, but CYS had better step in to protect these babies, or there may be another Andrea Yates senario brewing………….
by aspkin
On January 1, 2012 at 7:56 pm
I am a longtime eBay retailer, Four weeks ago I got suspended. My health care provider even prescribed drugs, because i just couldn’t control the stress any longer.
by Skully Anderthal
On January 2, 2012 at 8:04 am
Octomom,well she is in drastic need of ongoing therapy,period! However theraputic prayer can be for the person doing so it will not do anything for Octomom.Thousands have and still are using prayer and nothing changes for she and only she can change her mind set.Then only can change occur in her life.The babies are the real tradgedy for they deserve stability,love,and care.Octomom is bankrupt in all areas of her life and has no management skills and as a result the babies suffer from a lack of just about everything.She chose to be irresponsible and became a household name and now all she has is shame.I truly feel sorry for the children but not for her for she has yet to get it!
by Jennifer
On January 3, 2012 at 11:37 am
I cannot believe that this mother still has these kids. I mean if i said i had suicidal thoughts CPS would be all over trying to take away my babies. These kids are not safe. She absolutly makes me sick!
by becky
On January 8, 2012 at 10:13 am
I feel sorry for her kids, but not for her. She chose to have all these kids, if she couldn’t handle her older ones, why in the world would you have more? I think she wanted to get famous, which she did and thought she would get money which she didnot and now doesn’t want to deal with them. I hope she does the right thing and lets people who can’t have kids adopt them.
by Fern
On January 9, 2012 at 3:59 am
She seems like she’s suffering from quite severe post-natal depression.
by Firebird
On January 9, 2012 at 8:58 am
SHE ISN’T SUFFERING FROM POST PARTUM DEPRESSION, SHE’S SUFFERING FROM POST PUBLICITY REJECTION! This woman is an insult to women the world over. She is, without doubt, a despicable, disgusting creature. People complain about teens having babies, but at least the vast majority of them take good care of their children and give them unconditional love. This woman only loves herself and is more than happy to parade her ‘disgusting’ children in front of the media to facilitate her craving for money and publicity. Her ‘disgusting’ babies should be removed from her immediately and given to loving, caring couples desperate for a baby of their own. She should be deeply ashamed of her actions, her selfishness, her lack of love for these beautiful children, her lack of compassion and for her unrelenting complaints about lack of money. For God’s sake woman, YOU already had six children, YOU decided to have more… what the hell is wrong with you??? Stop bitching, stop complaining, do the right thing and hand your children over and, in the meantime, STOP WASTING YOUR MONEY ON PLASTIC SURGERY AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR KIDS!!!!! STOP HAVING FETISH PARTIES WHEN YOU SHOULD BE TAKING CARE YOUR CHILDREN. It’s funny how you don’t feel like suicide when that’s happening. Next time you’re in the bathroom contemplating suicide because of your children, try remembering whose fault it is that you have so many! I have absolutely no sympathy for you at all. There are many people in this world suffering from severe depression for many different reasons, they get help for it and struggle on. Your depression (if that’s what it REALLY is), is self-inflicted, I think they also call it self-pity! Here’s a thought… hand over your children, get yourself a job and pay your own way in the world instead of wasting taxpayers money and STOP whining!!! YOU ARE DISGUSTING AND YOU MAKE ME SICK!
And to Molly Cruz, I’m not a hater and what makes me so great is that I have a sense of right and wrong, scruples, principles, ethics… also known as a conscience, something Octomom clearly hasn’t!
by Ozzi
On January 10, 2012 at 5:51 am
Give the babies up for adoption at least. The older kids are going to be problems for anyone who adopts them now, but let them go too.
She needs psychological help before she kills them all.
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On January 11, 2012 at 8:36 pm
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by steve
On January 18, 2012 at 6:47 am
I’m in Afghanistan at the min, and I would gladly fight the Taliban any day of the week, than look after 8 screaming babies, I don’t know how my wife copes with 2 kids. Women are amazing, that why I love being married to one lol
by Eddy James
On January 24, 2012 at 8:23 am
That Dr should be forced to pay child support for all 8 for the next 25 yrs,Just what was he thinking any way? She already had 6 kids.
by Stephanie
On January 31, 2012 at 12:28 pm
you Frikkan attention whore, you shouldn’t have had children, you just wanted to be frikkan famous and now your infamous and your children are suffering from your selfishness and your fame whore ass. They deserve a mother who will love them and a mother who will never say they hate them… look at their faces, how the hell can you say you hate them? I love those babies and I don’t even know them… you know why? because I am a natural mother and I LOVE all 4 of my children, even though 2 of them are my step children… FEEL free to send your children MY way and I will show them how it feels to be LOVED and WANTED!
by Brooke
On February 1, 2012 at 2:32 pm
I feel bad for the children. I doubt there basic needs can be met, let alone love, affection, and encouragement. They will grow up feeling like a burden and feeling unloved. Regardless of what you think of her, someone needs to help those 14 children!
by Marcus
On February 3, 2012 at 5:00 am
She’s just grumpy cuz she hasn’t had REAL sex in like years.
by SarahE
On February 11, 2012 at 7:42 pm
I have 5 boys, all with varying degrees of autism from 13 to 2 years old. I was on birth control for 3 of them, that failed. I have had times where I’ve been very frustrated with their behavior. I’ve had times when they were babies when I had to put them safely in their cribs and walk out of the room for a few minutes when they were colicky to gain my composure. My husband worked all the time and was rarely home for the youngest 3 so I was pretty much on my own. First and foremost, yes she made a mistake, but WHY ON EARTH if you had children with special needs (I know one if not 2 of her older kids are autistic.) Would you CHOOSE to have 8 MORE!?! Not to mention the 8 will all be infants at the same time. Yes I agree she needs help but maybe she deserves some consequences too! It’s not fair that all the consequences are on the children who are obviously allready being neglected! I don’t nessesarily think CPS jumping in and snatching all the children out of the home is a good idea, but they do need to be involved in this case! I think the court should appoint someone to supervise her parenting, make sure she is seeing a psychologist, and someone to monitor her budget to be sure the states money is being spent on the children’s needs. Obviously she will never be able to get a job as long as the 8 youngest are still in her household she should be forced to Work IN the home taking care of those kids like every other stay at home mom in the world. That being said, as much as I don’t agree with her motives let’s not critisize someone who is forced to be on welfare to take care of their children, because let’s be real the best of us are only 1 step away from financial ruin at any given time.
by SarahE
On February 11, 2012 at 7:46 pm
Also the doctor that did the in vitro needs to not only lose his liscence but also sell off all his assets to pay back the state for the children’s current and future care because as crazy as the mom seems to be HE was the one that knew better, there would be no “octomom” if it wasn’t for him!!!
by BBlaw16
On February 13, 2012 at 8:26 am
There was an old lady who lived…
by Jessika
On February 13, 2012 at 8:41 am
This woman absolutely disgusts me. She chose to have more children after already having 6 that she could not take care of with out state funding. Women like this is why the country is running out of money, because there are to many of them milking every state for whatever they can get.
I understand postpartum depression, I suffered from it myself. It is hard to deal with. Never once did I wish I didn’t have my child. I was more upset because I felt I couldn’t do enough for her, because she cried so much as a child.
Children are a wonderful blessing and if you can’t or don’t want to take care of them properly you should look into finding a way to give them a better life, even if it means putting them up for adoption. And never if you can’t take care of the children you have intentionally go out and try and have more.
by jinxed13
On February 14, 2012 at 10:27 am
First of all, Octomom wasn’t “forced to be on welfare to take care of her children,” she forced the taxpayers to support the children and her on welfare because she chose to have in vitro fertilization without having any means or intention of supporting herself and the children by any means other than welfare, housing subsidies, and Medicaid. It has been the liberal policies that have turned millions of healthy individuals into what they call “victims of society” when in reality, it isn’t society that is victimizing them, it’s the policies and politicians (not to mention, bad decisions made by the individual) that is making people like Octomom victims.
If you’re on welfare, you get a bigger check for every child you have. If you get housing subsidies, you get a bigger residence as your family grows. Paid maternity isn’t the reality of the working taxpayer who doesn’t get raises in pay for every child they have, nor do they get a bigger residence provided to them as their family grows, unless they provide the bigger residence for themself via their working for an income to support their family. Just stop and think what the welfare payments would be for 14 children, and then it isn’t too hard to understand how Octomom has had the money to have numerous plastic surgeries.
Octomom says her financial woes are overwhelming? Well, the people who are paying higher and higher taxes to support programs that encourage irresponsible breeding, are having overwhelming financial woes, too, and are finding it hard to support their own families, let alone, hers. For those who said that the state should pay for nannies for the children, it isn’t the state that would be paying for her nannies, it is the taxpayer. The overwhelming majority of taxpayers can’t afford to pay for a nanny and don’t have one, so it’s pretty outrageous for anyone to suggest that Octomom be provided with nannies paid for with our tax dollars.
Octomom was looking for fame and also a way to avoid working to support herself, and decided that making babies was a great income generating career. The downside was that chidren are time-consuming and often exhausting, needing around the clock parenting. I’m sure the doctor was looking for fame as an infertility expert, too. There is something radically wrong about government policies that would allow a person to have in vitro fertilization and get welfare, subsidized housing, and subsidized medical care.
It isn’t ethnicity that is driving the disgust people have had with Octomom’s decisions and behavior, it is disgust with politicians and policies that make pregnancy an income generating career for women (and men, except in this case the sperm donors didn’t know that their sperm was going to be used by a woman to garner welfare) who don’t want to work to support their children. It’s not ethnicity that is driving the disgust people have had with Octomom’s decisions and behavior, people are also disgusted with a doctor who chose to accommodate her desire for in vitro fertilization knowing that she was supporting the other 6 children she had with welfare and other taxpayer provided subsidies. He also knew her age and with his education and experience, should have had the good common sense to know that facilitating a pregnancy in a young, single woman with 6 children and no means of support except for welfare, was bound to create problems in the future for both mother and children. He should have referred her to a psychiatrist instead of providing in vitro fertilization.
She and the doctor made really bad decisions and the taxpayer is stuck with the bill. The children are stuck with a mother who doesn’t have any job skills, little to no common sense, little desire to actually parent the children, and unreasonable expectations that her childbearing history would result in fame and fortune. With the household these kids are growing up in, I’m sure that the taxpayers will be paying to support at least some of them for life as without proper discipline and guidance, it is likely that one or maybe more of the kids will commit crimes that land them in jail or prison. This is a sad situation and it is the children and the taxpayers who are the victims of Octomom’s ridiculous decisions.
by Meg
On February 17, 2012 at 9:05 am
I can understand her as a mom. It can really be stressful and when we are sad because we are not getting any much help, we say things that can be hurtful. I cannot really blame her since she consulted a psycho doctor who injected so many embryos to her. I suggest her to relax and try to manage her kids properly. I’m sure she can handle it as long as she knows how to do it.
by Anon
On February 17, 2012 at 12:39 pm
Amber- it is not unloving to be honest with yourself and in hindsight admit you wish you didn’t have kids as long as you are taking care of your children.
by Erin
On February 18, 2012 at 10:15 am
Go ahead and kill yourself! then the babies will be taken and seperated, and given decent homes. The life they lead apart cannot be worse then the life you’ve provided them.
by Angela
On February 18, 2012 at 10:18 am
This woman makes me sick she is a selfish ugly person. The children (who did not asked to be born) should be given new homes before this sick twisted thing gets any more ideas. Children are a gift from god and should be cherished every single day, some people try for years and can’t have any. Shes not got post natal depression shes a very good liar and should be sterilised.
by calmond
On February 18, 2012 at 2:12 pm
I am shocked at how cruel so many of these comments are. Yes, this woman had more babies than she can handle and clearly it was a mistake and yes, now she is suffering postpartum depression as a consequence of that (postpartum depression generally occurs when women feel they don ‘t have the support and abilities necessary to raise their children) but to wish for this woman to kill herself and to say that she disgusts you is so cruel. Whatever you may think of this woman, I think the commenters here are much worse.
by Christi Emerson
On February 18, 2012 at 2:37 pm
Does this woman not realize that everything she says publicly will one day be read by her children? All they have to do is google their mother. I will bet anything that one day her children will abandon her when they realize that the only reason they exist is because their mother wanted publicity.
by Liz
On February 22, 2012 at 8:51 am
Set aside all the judgement I’m reading in these comments, is anyone doing anything about this? CPS needs to step in and make sure these children are taken care of, she is an admited unfit mom and this is a dangerous situation for these children. Someone needs to check up on them before she ends up like Andrea Yates.
by Rebecca
On February 24, 2012 at 10:33 am
by molly cruz
On January 1, 2012 at 1:55 pm
Ms. Suleman made history, but unlike the Dionne Quintuplets and several other multiple births, because of her ethnic derivation and status as single has had nothing but denigration, when she should have been helped instead. She didn’t know all the embryos would hatch, they rarely do. So either send her money or lay off. She has enough to worry about without all this ill will, which is no doubt affecting her emotionally as well as her children. Nothing would make these hen-peckers happier than to see her fail or have a breakdown. I never read so much hostile tripe in my life. What’s done is done, and it is amazing, surely at least Guinness World Records should reward her, and the rest of us should tend to our own foibles. They are a pretty bunch actually. The state should provide her a nanny or two. So, shut up, haters. what makes you so great?
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Have you lost your mind? She should be helped by people sending her money, or Guinness World Records should reward her, the state should pay for her to have a nanny or two? She purposely had invtro, with no job and receiving welfare, no husband and 6 kids already. So that is why so many people are outraged by her. She chose to do this. She walked into the Dr ‘s office and asked for the procedure. She had gotten a settlement for something I can’t rememver, and instead of using that money to support her 6 kids, she got plastic surgery to try to look like Angelina Jolie, and had invtro. She made her choice and now she can’t stand the consequences. She should be evaluated by mental health professionals, and the kids should be adopted out, so they have a chance at a real future. Handouts and rewarding her bad choices will only enable her and keep her on this path of distruction she is on. Help her in other ways, like treatment and job training.
by Ryan
On March 1, 2012 at 10:07 am
Child Protective Services should be involved. Does she have an open case in her area?
by Ryan
On March 1, 2012 at 10:12 am
by molly cruz
On January 1, 2012 at 1:55 pm
Ms. Suleman made history, but unlike the Dionne Quintuplets and several other multiple births, because of her ethnic derivation and status as single has
had nothing but denigration, when she should have been helped instead. She didn’t know all the embryos would hatch, they rarely do. So either send her
money or lay off. She has enough to worry about without all this ill will, which is no doubt affecting her emotionally as well as her children. Nothing
would make these hen-peckers happier than to see her fail or have a breakdown. I never read so much hostile tripe in my life. What’s done is done, and
Sorry, I just read through some of these posts. Are you serious Molly Cruz? This is racially motivated? You obviously did not know that this woman already had something like 6 children with no job, income, or partner before embarking on this endeavor. Stop dropping the race card every time an ethnic person is called out for doing something stupid. Accepting stupidity from ethnic minorities is in itself the worst kind of racism.
P.S., I myself am Hispanic.
by Ryan
On March 1, 2012 at 10:17 am
Forgive the multiple posts, but I must comment after reading the posts. I think a personality disorder is a more appropriate label to stick on this individual.
by katie
On March 1, 2012 at 12:49 pm
If she is SO overwhelmed, which I cant imagine it is, then why doesn’t she give the babies up for adoption. I know it would be hard, but they would have better lives and she can do a option adoption where she can be in their lives still. I would never say my children disgust me, that is horrible. But with all the media attention, doesn’t she have some money?? Give her a reality show or something, then im sure she could afford help, like a nanny or two. Im sure she never thought she would of had eight at once. Maybe sh wanted 7 or 8 kids total, but not 14! I get frustrated with my 3 sometimes and need that mommy alone time every once in a great while, i can imagine her. Best thing to do would be open adoption, if she loves them but she cant provide and she cant handle it, that would be the more loving thing to do for them.
by Joe
On March 1, 2012 at 2:00 pm
If she couldn’t support all those kids then she should have thought about that before hand already knowing she was going to be a single mother. It’s not the kids fault. She brought them here into the world and now she needs to fig it out. No hand outs and no one should feel bad bc it was her decision and she knows it. There’s no reset button so make it work
by Monica
On March 5, 2012 at 5:16 pm
Why are so many women defending her for doing this to herself ON PURPOSE? All on her own? She already had 6.
If you feel sorry for her, you are an ignorant lazy hack.
by KitWood
On March 6, 2012 at 1:58 pm
Please! Let,s get together and HELP!! The local churches/Houses of Worship in her area should coordinate efforts to rescue Octomom and her children. Each church take one day a week (more if not enough churches/Houses of Worship) and provide the family with daycare when older children are in school. Provide a noon meal, diapers, baby food, etc. and let Octomom go hide alone for a while. As she gets better, provide a part-time job and maybe teach her to write a website online that others can pay to read.
Relief from stress, hope for the future and physical care can do wonders. Religious people, get together and MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A CARING, WAY IN THIS WOMAN’S LIFE!!! So many of the public feel that Christians talk a lot but wimp out when it comes time to WORK! Show the world that we can make a difference, even in this poor, confused Octomom’s life.
Hope and pray that this time next week she will start receiving help, if not sooner.
PS She should be included in all decisions so she can be a part of the solution, rater the problem.
by Leah
On March 6, 2012 at 6:50 pm
Octomom should have thought about what the consequences would be if she had in vitro fertilization without anyway to support herself. She should also have had a psych consult prior to undergoing a procedure that could result in multiple pregnancies. Social Services need to be involved. She sounds like she is crying out for help & possibly having a mental breakdown. These kids are in danger & need to be rescued
by unclesmrgol
On March 7, 2012 at 10:59 am
Every child a wanted child. She could just take the kids over to Planned Parenthood. They’ll know what to do.
by rosanne krisanda
On March 7, 2012 at 11:12 am
these babies and older kids need to be taken off her–she is mentally ill..please someone do this before she is on the news again for something horrible…
by d
On March 8, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Even a licensed daycare would never leave one person alone with 14 children, let alone 8 babies at one time!!
by Bert
On March 12, 2012 at 10:42 am
I will supply the bullet but I bet she doesnt have the guts. Do your kids a favor and disappear.
by itslikemusic
On March 12, 2012 at 12:09 pm
“omg please give me attention, please, i need attention, give me attention.”
by Sandy
On March 13, 2012 at 9:53 am
Why feel sorry for this woman? Because she’s a human being who is clearly overwhelmed and terrified and in a very dark place. This doesn’t mean we can’t feel bad for her children and take any necessary steps to secure their comfort and health, but focusing on your moral outrage only serves to make you feel smug and superior. As a society we need to be better than that. (Most parents reach a point of exhaustion where they wonder if they should have ever had a child, especially if they have colicky babies or multiples or children with special needs. They just don’t say it to national media.)
by Calvina Edwards
On March 13, 2012 at 1:13 pm
This woman disgusts me.
Get a job and stop whining. Deal or give them up.
by Jennifer
On March 16, 2012 at 2:41 pm
Somebody needs to take these kids away before something tragic happens. After a mother kills her children, we all say “why didn’t somebody do something before she snapped”. Well, here you go!
by Happy2BMe
On March 16, 2012 at 10:21 pm
Sounds like somebody’s got a case of BUYER’S REGRET. She thought she was going to pop out 8 kids and then make some money off of them. That’s what she really thought was going to happen, and when it didn’t turn out that way, she got pissed. She thought she was going to be another Kate Gosselin. WRONG! WRONG!
You would be surprised at how many mothers who hate their kids. Those who really lose it end up killing them. Those who don’t kill them survive by either abusing themselves to numb the pain or abuse the kids. Some women are NOT MEANT TO HAVE A KID. Nadya is one of those women! TOO BAD,SO SAD, NADYA. I have no sympathy for her. BED.MADE.LIE.
by Big Vajayjay
On March 19, 2012 at 11:10 am
Her vajayjay disgusts me.
by quetip
On March 20, 2012 at 10:12 am
This clearly irresponsible woman needs ALL her children handed over to social services. She had no means of providing for them before she decided to have another 8 children after her other 6… so she has no right to complain about the financial burden when she choose to be a single mom to a litter. Where is the common sense? So many people are desperate to be parents once. They plan for their childrens needs, they sacrifice so that child always come first, and they want to give their love to another soul…NOT with the mentality that they need to create a person that will be forced to love them for the rest of their life. Children are NOT here for us, it is the other way around.
by Voice of an unwanted child
On March 20, 2012 at 10:53 am
My mother became pregnant at 14 and had me at 15. Everyone begged her to adopt me out, but she refused because she wanted to be loved (her own parents loved her dearly, but my mother has severe mental problems). I lived with my mother in her parents home until she married at 18 and left me behind. After her abusive husband demanded she ‘take possession’ of me so that her mother wouldn’t be able to nag them about my care. I was removed from my grandmother (and only caregiver until then) and after I was found beaten in my crib and left w/a broken hand, my stepfather’s mother took me to stay with her for the next 2 years…until she shot herself. I then went back to my mother’s mother until I was almost 8. At that point I was ripped from my home and the people who loved me and forced to live w/my mother, her husband, and their two sons. I was molested for 9 years that I remember, constantly beaten, always belittled, and treated like a slave cleaning house, cooking meals for six every day, writing checks and walking them to the utility companies, disciplining my little brothers, all the work that a mother does in the home. In return I was raped regularly while my mother would take a handful of pills and leave the house to ‘party’ knowing what her husband and his friends would do to me. I begged for many years to not stay there and the mantra of the home was that I was going to do what I was told to do because I belonged to them. My mother took special pleasure in emotional abuse and I was told daily that I was evil, I ruined her life, I could not really be her child, I was possessed by evil (because my grandmother was Baptist and I was a faithful child), I was always the target of anything that went wrong. My mother used to tell me she wished she’d killed me before I was born and I used to agree. Leaving an unwanted child in the home does lifelong damage to that child. I had four suicide attempts by 15, 3 more after. My state requires parental consent to mental health services until 16, as soon as I turned 16 I tried to commit myself and found out I was not the problem. I spent six years in therapy for anger management and other coping skills. I was so badly damaged that I was told I’d never have children, yet was blessed w/two sons, both extreme preemies, and never wanted to see my child hurt and struggle so much, so I had my tubes tied at 20 because I knew even then that I could not provide for more children and didn’t want my health problems to haunt my children. I can tell you I spent many angry years knowing that I was not wanted, not loved, and not welcome in my family. When I moved out at 15 to finish school and work for college, I knew my entire life would depend on what I could do for myself. My heart goes out to any child who is ‘unwanted’ because I know that they are the most special of God’s blessings because as life goes on He is the only parent we have. Removing these children from parents like this is not punishing the parent, it is rescue for the child! Get your thinking straight.
by Allison
On March 20, 2012 at 8:04 pm
Well said, “Voice of an Unwanted Child.” I don’t know what more anyone could say after that. Absolutely all children need a stable, loving, home where they are protected, cared for, and loved. I cannot fathom withholding that from my own two sons. My heart breaks to hear about your childhood, and story makes me think of a Bible verse: “For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the LORD will take me in.” (Psalm 27:10)
I can’t imagine who a single mother could possible provide that sort of home for 14 children, and especially when EIGHT of them are all toddlers. But the fact of the matter is, what’s done is done, it isn’t right, but lets deal with the present now rather than the past. The bottom line is not her, it’s these precious children. I do hope the community and even CPS if need be, get involved for the best interest of these little ones. That said, it sounds like she’s facing some major depression, and who wouldn’t be under those circumstances? She needs professional help.
by Charissa
On March 23, 2012 at 9:57 am
Octomom disgusts me. I think she should be put in jail for saying and thinking such a thing. I can’t imagine how a single mom would be able to take care of that many children, however, she gave birth to the little dears. At least put them up for adoption and make sure they all go to very loving families! But to say your children disgust you is extremely trashy and low.
by Robin
On March 24, 2012 at 11:25 am
Yeah…right….
by ashley
On March 26, 2012 at 9:26 am
Okay people enough with the bashing… I am very sympatheic towards her and to me it looks like she is suffering from an extreme case of postpartum… she needs some serious help and I cant believe nobody has stepped in. Im sure in her right mind she doesnt really feel that way about her kids but when you suffer from postpartum you feel a lot of different irrational emotions that you cant control. I am definatly going to try to remember to keep her in my prayers.
by Gina K.
On March 26, 2012 at 10:06 am
Really? She couldn’t think before she brought 14 children into the world as a single mom that it would be tough!!!! I have one child, and find it hard to spend time with him between school and both my boyfriend and I working. She made her bed, and now she has to lie in it.
by stephanie
On March 31, 2012 at 8:27 am
Why is ‘octomom’ getting so much attention from people? women way back when had lots of children too, my own great grandmothers had 14 and 19. I really think we should focus more on those women that didn’t have their children for selfish reasons, and not on ‘octomom’. I personally believe she just wanted fame, and she got it, it’s just negative. she probably just says things to get her name back in the news when she’s feeling bored. I also agree she should give the kids up for adoption they would be much better off. I myself have done that and the baby is much better off, she’s with a couple that can provide for her and they love her a ton, as do I. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do, and it would be for ‘octomom’ too, but she needs to think about the children not herself. If she can’t take care of them financially and most importantly emotionally then she should hand them over to the state, it would be more responsible then what she’s doing now.
by Augie
On March 31, 2012 at 10:43 am
Just two words…NUTBAG !
by Sue
On April 3, 2012 at 7:54 am
OK, so what are the authorties going to do about it? This kind of reporting drives me crazy. Finish the story! I can inmagine having so many small children is difficult but is her family or friends helping? One person cannot do this alone. Its difficult with 2 children never mind eight! Perhaps she should put them up for adoption. She is mentally ill.
by JoyR
On April 19, 2012 at 1:04 am
ok, it has been 9 months since this article was written and many blogs written about what should have been done and/or not done, and what should be done and/or not done. but what has happened since, did CPS step in, did anyone investigate, did she herself do anything for herself and the babies, and i mean all the babies.
Just by her statement and the fact that she made it public, to me, meant she knew she needed help, and it was in desperation that she cried out for some.
so what was done, does anyone know?
by Evie Oglesby
On April 19, 2012 at 3:43 am
my boyfriend and I working. She made her bed, and now she has to lie in it.
by armywife8605
On April 19, 2012 at 6:27 am
So when is Children’s Service doing to step in..I hate stupid articles that whine about ignorant people and what or how they treat their kids but nothing is ever done about it..if she was a normal non famous parent she would of had those babies taken from her or at least an investigation opened.
by hay there
On April 19, 2012 at 7:51 am
This is obviously “old” news….
1 she IS an angelina Jolie-wanna-be!
Angelina is in the news…
Octo mom is just an everyday person. how can she get in the news like angelina? she comes up with an idea…have more than 6 kids at once! Well, she got her wish to be in the news. Not get a career in the movies, but 2 be in the news. Because she has no money to speak of… all this is on the tax payer. She got a free house.
2 when those babies were born, the state should have taken them away then and adopted them out. she she NOW give them up for adoption. But she WONT….WHY?? Because in her sick mind, she can still get some kind of attention out of them for her self!
3 she IS sick and those babies sheoud be taken away and given to good families. and Octomo should be TREATED for her sickness. For doing and going Above and beyond to do things to get any kind of attention… is sick.
Hello… she got plastic surgery- on someone elses dime- to look like angelina jolie.
she got 8 kids- on someone elses dime- to get in the news…. like angelina jolie.
that is going to EXTREMES to BE like angelina jolie. U gotta be SICK to Want to be and have the life of Another Person!
I do not know about anyone else, but doing family searching I have found that my Great, Great Grandmother had 10 KIDS! She did just fine. Her mother befor her had 12. And My Mother in law had SEVEN Boys (yes, ALL boys) and Several mis-carriages and a pair of still-born twins. One would have been the daughter she had wanted. These people didnt think having kids was going to be a cake-walk, they didnt have the help of the Neighborhood OR the Gift of a free house. BUT they were all mentally stable and wanted their kids. I think now that she has said she feels at times she could kill herself, they should swoop in and take all the kids and commit her until she is well enough to car for the 1st 6 she started with and adopt out the rest. It can b open adoption where she can visit them, or just cut the cords clean and make it closed adoptions. depends on how she would be if she were to get treatment. But the State of Cal. WONT Do A Thing! Why??? It’s NOT a Children issue-they dont care too much about the kids. Its a CASH Issue… The state is Broke! If it’s NOT a CASH Issue, they would have removed the babies a LONG TIME AGO! That’s why Oct mom dosent get treated…on some one elses dime. Because Cal Dosent have any more dimes.
by Sean
On April 19, 2012 at 10:56 am
Suicidal and Neglecting Her Children-> Child Welfare
- Put her on a 3 day mental hospital hold already.
by nancy
On April 20, 2012 at 9:49 am
post partum depression??? give me a frggin break…the ‘ babies ‘ are 3 yrs old! anything to call attention to herself…that is all this is. for every ‘interview’ she gives, she gets paid. everybody needs to ignore her, then she’ll go away
by Lulu
On April 20, 2012 at 10:51 am
Um, Nancy, this article is old. It is dated July 2011, but who knows when the interview was done. The picture looks like it is a year or 2 old.
by Diane
On April 20, 2012 at 1:57 pm
There are a lot of people who would love to have children but can’t. She should put them up for adoption… all 14 kids!
by Maryann Garza
On April 27, 2012 at 10:20 am
That’s why some people say, “Becareful what you wish for.”
by soulwoman
On May 3, 2012 at 10:36 am
people please stop judging. the babies are at stake here. she made a mistake–who hasn’t? she needs some serious help.
by Mayra Motcz
On May 4, 2012 at 11:34 am
At this point, she should look into finding help and better caring parents for these babies. Her children’s does not deserve to be treated like this from her.
by Rocky
On May 11, 2012 at 11:02 am
Enough of “Octoass”. Do us and your offspring a favor and follow through on your suicidal ideation.
Moron!
by rbmeoe
On May 11, 2012 at 11:16 am
“Some days I have thought about killing myself…”
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Please go with that thought!!!! It will be the only way any of those 14 children will have a chance for a normal life!!! With you and your delusional, self-centered, egomaniacle, ugly butt out of the way, maybe these kids can be put in decent homes where THEY will be the focus of attention, NOT their horrific excuse for a mother!! YOU disgust the rest of the world, and it would be a far better place WITHOUT YOU IN IT!!!!
by MSm
On May 13, 2012 at 1:32 am
You may feel overwhelmed and kids will be gross at times with tons of poop and boogers but NEVER ever say you don’t want them to be alive.
You can handle this Nadya and if you can’t ask for help! If you really want to permanently be away from your kids then allow them to be adopted out to safe healthy families. If you actually don’t want to lose your family then get some help for yourself. There’s no shame in being overwhelmed. It happens. But do not hurt yourself or those blessings of children you have… I myself would be more than willing to be a nanny or respite caretaker for you to get a break, and recollect yourself. Or if you choose to adopt out I’d be happy to help you with that process in getting them into safe homes. I pray you can remember how much you love these little pieces of the future you are in charge of!
by stacy
On May 14, 2012 at 10:05 am
This woman clearly thought this would make her rich for having these kids and now that she is not she does not want them ! There are so many people in this world who can not have kids so give them up for adoption and give them a normal life and happy life .
by Raccman
On May 19, 2012 at 11:52 am
The “lady” should now have all the children removed from her care as she is not fit to raise or care for them ! The children “DISGUST” her ? Isn’t that too bad ! The “lady” disgusts THE WORLD !
by KLE
On May 20, 2012 at 11:38 am
Every mom has had days when she hated being a mother. Suppose this is what she meant? Every mom whos ever changed a poopie diaper or cleaned up vomit has felt a little disgusted. We’ve all gone in the bathroom, shut the door and cried. Careful…we dont want the govt. to have the power to come take our kids away based on comments we made. Unless shes found to be an unfit mother..neglectful, abusive..dont wish Children and Youth Services on her. Shes in over her head and she knows it. She has to know itd be best for the babies to let loving families adopt them. But she cant let them go. Shes going to crash and burn. Its just a matter of time.
by Claire
On May 22, 2012 at 2:11 pm
I am extremely worried for her children. But what will be done about it? What will the next headlines about her be? It’s horrible to say, but her depression could lead to a murder-suicide situation. Articles are posted for readers to interpret… But will anyone step up and do something?
by Catherine
On May 22, 2012 at 2:47 pm
Yes, I have days where my children frustrate me, but never have I said they disgust me and I wish they weren’t born. This isn’t about punishing her for making these statements anyway, it’s about protecting these children from someone who is clearly capable of doing them harm, whether emotional or physical. This woman has a lot of issues–as made obvious by her incessant ploy to have child after child after child via in vitro….when she knew she was incapable of supporting them! She is a drain to state resources, yes, but scarier than that is that it is highly likely that she is not using her resources to give the children all that they need. Those poor children are not getting the love and nurturing and emotional support that they deserve and need to grow into healthy adults. That is the bottom line. Something should be done, but as someone else stated above, CPS will not likely get involved until there is an obvious sign of neglect or abuse. Legally they cannot, so unfortunately something bad may have to happen. Hopefully it will just be something like a neighbor witnessing her leaving the children alone without a sitter or something–it’s enough to report neglect with the octuplets as young as they are.
by Debbie
On May 22, 2012 at 3:52 pm
what a loser she is. she thought these kids would be a get rich quick deal and not that they have not done that shes done with them!!!!!