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Nadya Suleman - Octuplet Mom Won't Receive Freebies

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Baby obsessed mom to octuplets Nadya Suleman, has been counting on receiving free baby supplies to help her raise her new brood needs to start looking elsewhere.

The public backlash for her situation: single mother with 14 children, professional student, fertility treatment addiction, is going to make it difficult for her to win public sympathy.

A Hollywood publicist said that, "I think it's a calamity, I don't see, the way this is shaped, how you can say much about it in terms of something favorable."

He said, "Makers of diapers, formula and other products would probably want to steer clear of her."  He suggested she lie low for now and concentrate on crafting an image as a responsible parent.

Should the TLC networks follow through on the offer to give her a show or do you think the backlash form the public is going to strong?

What do you think? Should she get donations form corporations or is she an irresponsible person?

I say person and not parent because I don't know what kind of parent she is. She obviously loves kids and wants to have a zillion of them, but does 14 at one time make her irresponsible?

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Comments

 

Danni said:

The woman is a disgrace.  TLC cameras will make matters worse for her litter.  The Gosselin's kids will turn out OK only because their parents are sane.

February 6, 2009 11:35 AM
 

Sabrina said:

I think this is sooo sad.  And why no one closely evaluated this woman is well....bull shit!  I don't think people should support her and these children, it was a very irresponsible move on her part.  My personal opinion is, the the 8 children should be taken away from her, and adopted out to couples who cannot have children or families that can afford to take care of them, and give them the life they deserve.  Ofcourse some of the babies will be special needs so they are going to require extra care, can this selfish bitch really provide this for them.  Negative, I think she is a disgrace.  I'm a single mom to an incredible little boy....and I struggle to make ends meet.  What the hell is this gal going to do?? I'm wondering if this wasn't a publicity stunt on her part.  And even the thought of her doing that is sick and twisted! She's a freak!

February 6, 2009 12:19 PM
 

JAMES said:

To think that any major companies would REWARD this sort of irresponsible behavior is an abomination and any company that does support her I will personally BOYCOTT and tell EVERYONE I know to do so as well.  This woman is not even EMPLOYED and has some DELUSION that when she finishes "school" huh? that she will be handed some sort of dream job that will enable her to take care of all these children. She's been on DISABILITY for 4-6 years now? why not get the JOB 1ST? or go to SCHOOL 1ST? This woman belongs in a mental or addiction REHAB as she is CLEARLY UNSTABLE.  If anyone of any note is reading this. PLEASE, PLEASE Don't encourage POOR UNEMPLOYED/WELFARE MOTHERS to do such a thing. These children chould be removed from the home, placed in FOSTER CARE and the mother should have her TUBES TIED. With all the things wrong with the ECONOMY today, how can we let this happen? Who failed this woman?

February 6, 2009 12:46 PM
 

Kate said:

Sometimes you have to forget what the mother did and instead think of the children.  As they should not be purnished for the dislike people have for their mother.  Also she is healthy and the baby are heathly so why are people hating.  So all of you need to remove negative thoughs from within yourself as sometimes judging people is not how to live life.   She loves children, left her have children.  What about parent that don't love their kids is that not worse.  Also if she had the 8 kids at different times you guys won't be hating soo much.  Think of the Kids and Find happiness in your own life. Hating on people will only make you sad and not better as you would have stressed yourself out. Live long be happy and focus on what makes you happy and stop hating.

February 6, 2009 2:58 PM
 

MiAsSchu said:

Kate, since you're so loving, I suggest you write a huge check and send it to Nadya "I can't work, but dang it, I can have fourteen Kids" Suleman. That way, you can show your huge compassion and not make her accountable for her poor choices and selfishness. Make sure to give alot, too. Be really, really positive.

Me, I think that if she gets any book deals or film deals, she should have to pay back the State or Feds for the million dollars plus thesae premature babies cost. If you can't afford kids, can't support them, you shouldn't have them. It's not the job of everyone else to raise her kids, not even corporations. She's a totally self-absorbed jerk. And funny how she has the money for a nose job, lip job and other facial work. Money for plastic surgery but not for her kids. Really?

February 6, 2009 6:35 PM
 

MiAnSchu said:

Kate, since you're so loving, I suggest you write a huge check and send it to Nadya "I can't work, but dang it, I can have fourteen Kids" Suleman. That way, you can show your huge compassion and not make her accountable for her poor choices and selfishness. Make sure to give alot, too. Be really, really positive.

Me, I think that if she gets any book deals or film deals, she should have to pay back the State or Feds for the million dollars plus these premature babies cost. If you can't afford kids and can't support them, you shouldn't have them. It's not the job of everyone else to raise her kids, not even corporations. She's a totally self-absorbed jerk. And funny how she has the money for a nose job, lip job and other facial work. Money for plastic surgery but not for her kids. Really?

February 6, 2009 6:35 PM
 

Glendaler said:

Absolutely irresponsible.  There is absolutely no way for her to raise these children without public assistance and taxpayer money.  Humans were not meant to have "litters" of children.  The doctors who made this pregnancy possible should have their licenses revoked.

February 6, 2009 9:09 PM
 

Rhonda said:

I too will boycott any company who gives handouts to this nut.  Here's the thing.  Go to college, then find a partner, and then MOVE OUT OF YOUR PARENTS HOUSE, then have 14 kids.  I watched part of her interview with Ann Curry today.  She had the audacity to criticize other parents, saying she was going to be there for her children.  Great.  Just pay your --- hospital bill and we can be done with her.

February 7, 2009 12:28 AM
 

Laura said:

I watched her interview as well, my impression of her is totally immature, looking for a free ride in life at the expense of her children.  I agree, the children shouldnt have to suffer because their mom and a fertility doctor are idiots.  They should go to homes and parents who can take care of them!!! Does she even have cribs for them?  A vehicle to take them to thier medical appointments?  Oh wait, shes waiting for someone to GIVE those things to her.  Not cool!

February 7, 2009 9:29 AM
 

Mock said:

I am a responsible adult I have my own family to take care of, I do not need an irresponsible basket-cases like this one draining more of my money out of the system.    I make decisions on a daily basis based on what I can afford and cant afford, how do I get repaid for making the right decisions some village idiot goes out and does something beyond stupid and me and my family has to flip the bill.  We need a little natural selection in this country or else these people like her are going to drag the rest of us into catastrophe.

February 7, 2009 9:33 AM
 

Angela said:

Nadya was admitted in the hospital at 23 weeks into her pregnancy for bed rest.  So she spent just over 2 months in the hospital before being released and yet this "good mother that loves her children" still has not been home to see her 6 other children???  She did have time to have a mini makeover and get her nails & Lips done.  This is so wrong on so many levels however most opinions of what to do now would lead down a very slippery slope...  Not sure there is an answer to this situation.  Just my opinion.  

February 7, 2009 2:02 PM
 

Alan said:

Completely irresponsible. I couldn't care what she wants and why -- when it comes to children this may as well be categorized as premeditated child abuse (and neglect for the first 6). Anyone that has a family of any size knows that once all the short-term attention is gone it is the children that are going to suffer here. You put together 1% of the population with insecurity issues with the 1% of the medical profession that will do anything for money and you end up with a situation like this. I will be completely surprised if any significant corporation goes anywhere near this situation. As a previous person already indicated, I will be boycotting products from any firm that does go down this path. So sad.    

February 7, 2009 2:27 PM
 

Nan said:

If TLC offers her a show I think people ought to boycott them for being so stupid and giving credence to the idea this woman obviously had that she could use babies to get rich quick.  She's a sicko.  A total sicko.  If TLC supports her they are fools and should be ashamed of themselves and scorned by the public.  

Those poor poor babies.  They have to grow up with a self-centered lunatic mother who used them ruthlessly.  She even said it herself, "They were there so I used them." USED.  SICK.

February 7, 2009 3:40 PM
 

kathleen said:

In your plastic surgery mess of a face octuplet mom!

You are not getting freebies and donations like you counted on!

Oh I am sure you will still pimp your babies out enough to make some money!

You should never have opened your mouth. You sounded like a complete loon in your interview with Anne Curry! You insulted regular parents! It is obvious you have had extensive surgery....trying to look like Angelina Jolie!

You have no means of supporting these children and if you do make some money, you better pay back the tax payers of California!

I would love to know.......who paid for the invitro?

Who paid for your plastic surgery?

I hope you get brought on on some kind of dissability fraud!

February 7, 2009 5:31 PM
 

Mary Fay said:

This woman risked the lives of 8 children, all of whom were born prematurely and will forever be at risk for the health consequences of not being taken to term. Why did she do this? Why was she allowed to do this? All I can say is that her doctors are as crazy as she looks.

February 8, 2009 2:06 AM
 

wichitaks said:

She's should be jailed for child abuse.

February 8, 2009 4:02 PM
 

Eileen said:

Let me send her a check first then you can execute me.  

February 8, 2009 8:17 PM
 

jillian said:

I’m upset that this single and unemployed woman intentionally brought so many children into this overcrowded world.  What makes me even angrier though is that for the past 10 years Nadya Suleman has been receiving disability payments (for a work related back injury in 1999) and though she’s been deemed “completely unable to work”, she’s felt well enough to undergo IVF treatments and have 14 children during this time.  Her doctors even advised her earlier not to get pregnant since this could worsen her back condition.  She told a workers’ compensation judge in 2001 that her condition was so disabling that she spent most of the day in bed and had been unable to care for her first child.  

This woman Nadya Suleman possibly lied to the Disability Judge and physicians about her condition and then used her disability payments for IVF treatments.  This makes me really angry.

February 8, 2009 10:12 PM
 

Stephanie said:

This woman is not a good mother as she claims, I used to live by her and could hear the kids getting yelled at. Not sure if it was by her or grandmother. Her two older kids would wander off, I would worry about them getting lost or worse.

February 9, 2009 7:20 PM
 

Dorothy said:

I think many of you are just making assumptions and reading tabloids too much. This is a hard working woman. She worked hard enough to save enough money (probably in the realm of $10,000) for the IVF while she was a single mom raising 6 kids. She is currently unemployed because she is going to college. Plenty of people do that... even single moms. She said in her interview that she is NOT receiving any welfare.

So what is the problem? She wants a lot of kids, plenty of people feel the need for a large family. Being single is not a reason to chastise her for wanting a large family, as long as she can provide for them. Finishing college is a good start for that. But if she can afford invitro 7 times (her first six kids and then the 8), then she obviously has something good going on for her financially.

February 9, 2009 9:28 PM
 

Dorothy said:

And yes, she was receiving disability checks, but I understood that to be a settlement for an on-the-job injury that was paid to her in installments... not what you typically call disability, where you are just getting checks because you can't work. She was working until December 2008. I would fully expect to get paid if I got injured on the job, and so would any of the rest of you. You just want to find something to criticize her for because you think 14 kids as a single mom is wrong. That is a matter of opinion. I know plenty of people with one kid who neglect their kids, and plenty with 8 who are excellent parents. Also, I know plenty of married people who have spouses who play absolutely no role in the raising of the children.

Stop judging.

February 9, 2009 10:03 PM
 

k said:

TLC needs to quit glamorizing multiple birth families that go from rags to riches while their children are shown half-naked, sitting on the potty, or having their "meltdowns". These families want people to feel sorry for them but atlas we see the fruits of the "love offerings". How many women watch these shows on TLC and start themselves on fertility drugs with the same thoughts of "God will provide" (meaning freebies)? And why have these women stated they were trying for "just one more"? Do some research, these women seem to have the same narcissistic  behaviors and tendencies. Some even seem to share in the love of plastic surgery. Sadly the children seem lost in the shuffle because the mothers crave so much attention themselves.

February 9, 2009 10:09 PM
 

grandma of 8plus1 on the way said:

This woman, Nadya, should be ashamed of herself!  To have 8 more children that she can't support is inexcusable.  Her parents are largely supporting her other 6 kids, and now to shoulder them with 8 more babies is down right criminal.  She may love babies but that doesn't mean you have to have fourteen, when you really can't support them!!!!  That's not loving your children. She's SO IRRESPONSIBLE!!!  According to her mother today, on Good Morning America, she doesn't pay anything towards the living expenses for the 6 kids left in the grandparents care.  She buy them exspensive toys or non-essential things.  Her doctor should also have his head examined!!  Little tidbit of info, It cost my daughter/son-in-law $20,000 just three years ago when for IVF procedure. (one beautiful grand baby was born).

February 9, 2009 10:48 PM
 

kanta said:

i don't think she loves kids at all. i think she lover her.

February 10, 2009 4:07 AM
 

Caroline Smith said:

I hope she goes to jail for all the fraud she has committed.  She is a sick individual and needs a lot of mental help.  As soon as she is diagnosed with a several mental condition, those kids all of them should be taken from her and put in wonderful loving homes like some of the readers in this column who are looking to love a child.  I have known people who have used the system and still do.  They live on the edge and are criminals.  She knows all about using the system.  She should have been one of psychiatric patients where she worked.  She is living in an unrealistic world.  Oprah please don't put her on your show so she can capitalize on this - please please don't.  She is trying to dupe the entire public and now not too many people are believing her.  There are always a few churches that will send her money and food and diapers, etc.  So, she can stay home and get more plastic surgery (lipo next, I bet) and write a book or two.  We are in the middle of the Second Great Depression and we need every penny.  If you send her your hard earned money you are only going to help her use the system.  Let's stop it now....speak out.

February 10, 2009 10:14 AM
 

BSjustBS said:

She's a liar and a deadbeat.  Her kids should be taken away and given to people who cannot have kids.  This whole story disgusts me and when I see it on TV I have to change the channel because it makes me puke.  Give her nothing.  No support for you.  I will boycott any company giving her anything free.  Sucks to be those kids.

February 10, 2009 10:16 AM
 

Mary Rose said:

She is a con.  Look in her eyes.  She had no husband and dreamed of being Angelina Jolie (who, by the way does not need financial assistance).  She makes me sick with those lips and her nose like Angelina.  Who paid for the nose job and the lip job?  She will have more work on her body at whose expense?  She believes her lies and she wants you to believe - why not?

February 10, 2009 1:30 PM
 

Andy said:

Dorothy, she IS receiving welfare. $490 a month and SSI payments for a couple of her kids who are disabled. Except she doesn't consider it "welfare" because they are from programs designed to help people who need it. Yea ok crazy lady, and it's not called "plastic surgery" right. Because it was done by a doctor it was a medical necessity!

February 10, 2009 2:59 PM
 

Fred said:

This is nothing but a cheap publicity stunt for her to get a TV show.  Is her insurance company going to pay 100% of all the bills for all 8 children?  No insurance company does that.  She has already talked to Diane Sawyer and that pig Oprah Winfrey for money to get her show ($2 million I believe).  I know it is her right to have as many as she wants but to have 14 is not right for her to make money on the deal.  Her mother has even stated that she may be mentally disturbed.  And what doctor in his right mind would use in vitro in a woman who can has no infertility problems?  That doctor is negligen4t.  But is he all part of this publicity stunt?  I'd start with him and see where SHOW ME THE MONEY started.  BOYCOTT every company that donated even a cent to this fraud.

February 10, 2009 6:27 PM
 

Marianne Mastrianni said:

She could never have afforded the $l00K for the fertilization treatments. She probably had a relationship with the doctor and bartered her love for his service.  I would not be surprised.  She is manipulative and I would think she probably has a record of some kind if someone can check misdemeanors and felonies please.  God, please don't let anyone send her one diaper.  Please try to not mail her anything.

February 10, 2009 7:12 PM
 

Sharon Swarz said:

She is getting $l,900 a month for her kids from the government and $490 for the food stamps. She probably begs, borrows and steals from the world.  I hate to be lied to but she probably does not want kids - her own kids look awful on tv and have problems.  They have her mental issues I am sure.  Please tell your friends to pass it on to the whole world that she is an imposter.

February 10, 2009 7:15 PM
 

Joanne said:

She sounds like she has spent a lot of time on drugs like Xanex, etc. Her mind is somewhat fried and gone. She reminds me of the people who come out of drug rehab and jail and they are taught how to use the system and she is dreaming very big as to how she can use her babies for a Hollywood life.  She had to have gone to sleep one night and said I am going to make my body a baby making machine and my picture and all my babies will be on the cover of People too (for a cool Million).  Oprah should be shot to put her on.

February 10, 2009 7:19 PM
 

Janie O'Rourke said:

Sometimes we feel threatened by our thoughts as to whether we should think ill of an individual.  How could a woman with l4 kids do anything evil?  She has and will do bad things.  It is much like threatening your thoughts to do something to help her (much like a silent extortion) as opposed to doing nothing and feeling guilty forever.  I can tell you that in her heart and mind lie the mind of a dangerous individual.  Look in her eyes and see the mastermind at work to get what she can from each of us.

February 10, 2009 8:56 PM
 

Bruce said:

I looked her up online and did a little investigating and would like to find someone out there to go the extra mile and find out about her criminal background.  Her name/s are

Nadya S. Suleman (age 33) out of Whittier, California and her other name is Nadya S. Guttierrez and she lived in Placentia, California.  Is there someone in records in California can verify her criminal background to the press?  Those kids need to be picked up by the authoritiies.  

February 10, 2009 9:12 PM
 

Angela said:

Regardless of her intentions, there are still 14 little children who need to be fed and nurtured.. they should not pay for their mother's decision.. I believe they should be helped.. for the children's sake.. where is the compassion for these innocent little ones???

February 10, 2009 11:10 PM
 

Seth said:

Are you people kidding me! I am pro-life and I am still shocked that the pro-choice supporters have not stepped up and said this woman chose to give life when you choose to do the opposite. Is this not what your entire argument is based on the right to kill a child or bring it into this world? Everyone, it seems would have been much happier had she chosen to abort some or even all of her children. Should we not celebrate the miracle of life brought into this world especially in this dark time in our history? Of all the things our money goes to I cannot think of anything more worthy than a human being choosing to bring life into this world with love in her heart and the desire to raise a happy family in the name of our lord and savior Jesus Christ.

With all of your negative comments, and bogus accusations about Angelina Jolie, I question the choice you made to bring children into this world. If it takes a village to raise a child we are all in big trouble with the behavior you people have been displaying.

I chose that the money my taxes go to for the needy go to her and all of yours can go to the bums, dead beats, and druggies.

I know you will go buck wild with your oh so important slams about my comment so I will wait for you to go look in a mirror and reflect… let me guess flawless right…?

February 10, 2009 11:58 PM
 

betty said:

I think people are forgetting about the babies.  They didn't ask to be here.  I think the corporate powers that be should give her all the free stuff she needs to care for these babies.  Poor babies.  So many of them.  Be nice if a builder donated a home.  I realize people hate the idea of her getting a free ride, but the children are what count.  Hook that woman up!  I can tell you from experience being on board of directors for homeless shelters that there are countless people who get aid and free stuff and work the system that really don't deserve it.  It is epidemic.  Regardless of her situation, the children need the help.

February 11, 2009 12:03 AM
 

bree said:

Tell ya what, she is a welfare sucker/disability fraud and if I have to pay her bills, by golly, I AM GOING TO JUDGE!!!

February 11, 2009 8:35 AM
 

bree said:

This "great mother" calls herself a virgin (c section) and calls a penis "man flesh"....come on!!!  Who needs this mental case for a mother!  Jeeesh.

The babies do matter and need care, take them away from psycho lips and give them to GOOD homes!  Hell, the grandparents don't want to raise them!  They are tired!!!

February 11, 2009 8:37 AM
 

bree said:

Jesus is spinning in his grave

February 11, 2009 8:38 AM
 

jolly said:

California, get out your vasaline

February 11, 2009 8:45 AM
 

Kate G. said:

It scares me to see that's so many people's reaction is "Spread those babies around, find them new homes!". We're not talking about a little of puppies you just pass out to other families! Yes, this story sickens me but the crazily prevalent response of licensing people to have children, mandating any woman to have her tubes tied, or telling anyone how many children they can have if they are unmarried borders on Sci-Fi, cultish extremism! No matter how bat-shit crazy this woman is, you cannot unmake these babies. They are here. They will have to be supported by someone, loved by even more and raised to stop the cycle of filling their emptiness with acquiring more THINGS! We cannot forget that what we now call fertility mania started to give loving, nurturing COUPLES a chance to have a family. The more visible these children stay, the better chance the authorities have of making sure they are safe. A visit from Social Services to make sure her children are cared for and safe could make all the difference. I hope it's not too late for her first 6 children to get the professional assistance their disability money should have purchased. Forget donating diapers, are their any willing Special Neeeds Teachers out there? I pray there are.

February 11, 2009 2:46 PM
 

Andy Nguyen said:

Amen Kate G.!  I can't believe the venom in some of these comments.

How many of you with six kids already would have eight more kids just to receive a measly $2000 in aids and $500 in food stamp a month?  (That's $30K a year for a family of fifteen.)  Having babies is not brushing your teeth.  Pause and ask _WHY_ would this woman do this?  Maybe she's insane.  Maybe she hopes that the kids will bring lots of freebies.  (Would _YOU_ have eight more kids on top of six kids already betting that you will get freebies?  I know I wouldn't.)  Maybe she really REALLY love kids.

How many of you claim to be Christian and go to church and have "JC is my copilot" bumper stickers?

Why is everybody so ready to crucify her?  Are you all Republicans?

February 12, 2009 10:12 AM
 

Republican said:

I am a Republican. What does that have to do with it? I do believe in Jesus and believe that He is the only way to salvation. But I don't think that it is for me to condone or condemn someone who professes this same belief, based solely on their post on this website, Andy Nguyen.

I am still not sure I think that this woman made a good choice, but with the information I learned, I understand some of her reasoning and it is sad that so many of you don't have your facts straight and are refusing to try to get them straight. Before you go any further with the posting and the hate-mongering, do your research. The best way to speak out about this issue is to first have all the information. You owe it to yourself to get both sides of the story, before you jump to conclusions and make up your mind.

And yes, regardless of your opinion about their mother, don't punish these children. They deserve to live.

Why is everyone so against her? Because she is single? Because she already has 6 other children? Is she really that different than the other "mega-families" out there?

Also, try looking into the facts about her life before this latest pregnancy. The media is spinning this story with some serious bias! Look at the facts!!

Note: I am not saying that she made a good choice. I am still on the fence about the woman herself. But I don't think that I have any right to judge her until I put myself in her place and at least attempt to understand where she is coming from!

Think about it...

February 12, 2009 4:24 PM
 

Lisa DeMuesy said:

For all of you in support of the crazy decision this Nadya made...........She lives in Whittier, Ca and I'm sure would love to have you there to help clean, cook, drive etc. not to mention PAY FOR ALL THE EXPENSES THAT WILL ARISE.

Go ahead, volunteer your time and WALLET so the rest of us can focus on raising our own families this day and age.

February 12, 2009 6:05 PM
 

sUmOnE said:

Ok some of the comments were really unecessary, but i do ask myself what she was thinking when she decided to go through with the ivf procedure.. First off she can't take care of her first six children. Her mother stated she provides for those children and all the bills. Nadya doesn't help pay not one bill. So what is she doing with the money that she recieves from the government(welfare/ disability)? What she should of done is gotten herself together by going to college getting a degree and learned how to care for her six children and then could of went through with that ivf procedure when she was ready to care for eight more children. I think that would of been the best decision. How old is she? Thirty something I believe. By now shouldn't she have her own place and not be relying on her parents.

Maybe she did decided to have that many children to get help or aid from the government or freebies, but that doesn't matter. What matters is helping these poor children, so I think she should get some type of aid for those kids to be able to survive and make it through. They have no fault whatsoever for the decision she made. I'm not criticizing her i'm just pointing out the facts. I wish her and her children the best of luck.

February 13, 2009 1:28 AM
 

Not Nadya said:

You all have to chill out. You have no way out of this. You'll be supporting my litter too soon enough.

Nothing you can do about it.

I find her inspiring.

February 13, 2009 4:08 AM
 

stephanie wright said:

i dont think she should get hand outs she made this choise i think she should be investicated  by child wealfare i dont even think her wealfare system should be helping her wealfare is for people who need help not for people who get ivf for attention or freebies but for people who really need it bottom line u shouldnt have kids if u cant take care of them

February 13, 2009 10:27 AM
 

Shalene said:

I don't agree with her having so many kids without having some kind of plan. Not to say she is a bad mother, but I think she will ahve her older kids raising or help raising. It's not right. You can't have kids in hopes of getting handouts. That is not how life works. Who was the doctor that helped her with this?? Maybe he should be the one supporting the kids and leave welfare up to those who need it.

February 13, 2009 4:21 PM
 

Susan said:

The American Kennel Club has recognized a new breed of dog.  It is named the Suleman.  The breed requirement is that each time a pregnant dog has a litter of puppies, there must be a minimum of eight puppies per litter.

(And, we ALL know what a female dog is called ...)

February 13, 2009 4:50 PM
 

jack jack said:

Seth - your kind-hearted approach is ignorant.  It's not about pro-life or pro-choice.  It's about the fact that she chose to take invitro fertilization already having six kids she couldn't provide for.  That's called "irresponsible."  I can be as angry as I want about this because she is treating human life as a ticket to stardom.  What do you call that?  The fact that I appreciate life directly segues into my concern about the children she brought into this world.  She's not a stable-minded woman.  What kind of life are these 14 children going to have?  Seriously?  The even bigger issue is how she was allowed to do this.  It brings up a new breed (pardon the pun) of ethical concern about where our rights as humans end.  Do we have the right to create as many children as we want, full well knowing we can't adequately provide for them?  And what if every woman decided to do this?  This is morally wrong and inexcusable behavior.  If any assistance is to be given, it should only be for the sake of the children that had no choice in being born.  And only for basic needs - baby food, diapers, etc.  I wouldn't pay this woman a single dime otherwise.  I think she should be ashamed of her money-grubbing, media-whorish behavior.  One day her kids will hate her.

February 14, 2009 5:42 AM
 

Briana said:

I believe that a doctor has already diagnosed her with paranoia, depression and more.  If that be the case, I believe case workers in California should examine her mental stability to take care of l4 children when, in fact, she is not mentally stable to take care of herself.  She must have gotten that Worker's Compensation settlement of $l65K and spent 40K on her face and skin and about $l00K on her invitro --- more or less.  Anything else she probably stuck in a safety deposit box because if she had it in her account then she would not have gotten disability checks from the government.  She even hid all that money from her mother and her mother lost her house.  What a great daughter.  I wonder what she is getting her for Valentine's Day?? Nothing, I am sure.  Maybe a key to the safety deposit box with all the money she has been hiding.  She has to have taken a lot of drugs in her life as her mind is gone to pot.

February 14, 2009 10:53 AM
 

John said:

How do I know all you positive thinking people posting notes on this site are not actually Nadya herself or her so called friends.  They must be as sick as she.  She had to have sat in that mental hospital she worked in for l0 years reading movie magazines on her break.  Working in there so long she became as sick as they are.  She had access to meds as well as I think she may have experimented with them too.  How can you know the mind of a sick individual like this one?  She could wind up taking out life insurance policies on them too for the sake of money.  I put nothing past her now.

February 14, 2009 11:34 AM
 

Elynn said:

Andy N.  what does democrat or republican have to do with it.  This woman is selfish, and sick!  I am in the middle of the road but that doesn't matter...you think democrats think this is ok for her to be living off tax dollars?

Who does she think she is having this many kids with no way of supporting them...BTW she gets about 500 in food stamps and about 2300 in disability for the kids she already has...she doesn't have a job or a home but she wants to finished school...who's going to watch the kids while she does this?

However her fingernails are PERFECTLY MANICURED AND FAKE...HER LIPS, CHEEKS, CHIN, AND NOSE ARE FAKE...all of that surgery would cost in the ballpark of 30-40k...where did she get the money for that?  Now she is begging for donations on a website?  This is a great lesson for your children...Have babies, but glom off the government and others to take care of them...think of yourself and nobody else because everything will work out...WHATEVER!  Oh and she has a publicist...who is paying this woman or is that coming from tax dollars to?  

She is media whore...book deals, donations from a website and now all this publicity...

Her other children will never have a childhood because they will have to grow up way too fast to help take care of her mistakes.

February 14, 2009 1:04 PM
 

Sarah said:

I believe when we received the comments from "Not Nayda" that it was actually her writing her comments here.  Don't let any of the sway your mind in any way.

February 14, 2009 4:10 PM
 

Wanda said:

I just heard that Nadya's (Natalie befeore she changed her name) PR company just dropped her.  They were receiving death threats.  She hired another one.  She is not getting many freebies (diapers, gifts, etc), so I am proud of you Public - keep up the good work and let her GO TO WORK FOR IT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.  She is a freeloader and never wants to go back to work after those 9 years in a Mental Institution(Ward).  How can the public hate so much?  She brought it on herself.  She must think we are stupid to think she could live like a parasite.  Somehow, I think the book deal will earn her a lot of money.  Maybe you all could do me a favor AND NEVER BUY THAT BOOK.  Maybe she will call it "Eight Is Enough" or "Fourtenn is Enough".  Don't buy it.

February 14, 2009 5:16 PM
 

Jaclyn said:

"Think of the children" -- we ARE thinking of what's in the children's BEST INTEREST, and that is to be placed in loving homes that put the children FIRST. These children deserve better than this maladjusted nutcase of a mother who cares more about exploiting them than LOVING them.

Having children is NOT a career. Most adults realize that if you want to eat and have a roof over your head, you need to get yourself a job and work hard to support yourself, your family, your children. You are not supposed to live off the sweat of other people's backs, including your childrens. This is the kind of woman who would lock her children in a closet and go get her hair done (if they don't take these children from her, I guarantee we'll be hearing some kind of story like this in the future about Nadya).

There are plenty of people who just need help to get back on their feet, and an unfortunate number that know the system and exploit it. This is probably one of the worst cases of fraud, abuse, and neglect I've ever heard of.

Why is getting your face to look more like Angelina Jolie's more important than being there with your children? Why is spending money on cosmetic surgery and more IVF treatments more important than putting food in your children's mouths?

How dare she fault and criticize her parents, meanwhile THEY (NOT HER) are raising her previous six children. Her PARENTS are paying to keep a roof over their heads and food in their mouths and clothes on their backs.

I have one child and I know what it costs to provide for her. I would never expect someone else to foot the bill. She is MY responsibility because /I/ chose to have her.

I'm so sick of people who think that they can sit back and do nothing and get handed free money for doing nothing other than being a selfish, whiny brat who hasn't grown up and learned some responsibility. You want something? Then cowboy up and go out and EARN it.

It is very clear this woman have psychological problems and it would not be in the children's best interest to be around her, much less raised by her. They DESERVE the best chances in life they can get. They are innocent babies deprived of a decent parent. (This has nothing to do with her being a single parent - this has to do with the neglect, abuse and fraudulent activities of the mother).

There are plenty of people out there who haven't been blessed to be capable of having children, people who would treat these children right and give them good lives with lots of love, instead of using them for financial gain.

I really hope an investigation results in adoptions of all 14 children and that Nadya and the doc get prison sentences.

February 14, 2009 8:57 PM
 

Jaclyn said:

Oh, and if you doubt she had plastic surgery (and apparently had her hair chemically straightened):

<img src="2.bp.blogspot.com/.../img>

February 14, 2009 9:02 PM
 

Jaclyn said:

Let's try again:

http: //2.bp.blogspot.com/_QtvAcWMueqk/SZKtf8nKvbI/AAAAAAAAA7c/AmyBa1OR9vA/s1600-h/nadya_suleman_before_after_surgery.jpg

February 14, 2009 9:07 PM
 

Kiyoshi Ki said:

The Conservatives have risen again, oh joy.

February 15, 2009 1:20 AM
 

storietime said:

Oh My Gosh... What is going to happen when these babies come home?  How can 14 children and 3 adults live in a small house?  Making all the bottles is going to be a full time job.. How are you going to feed 8 babies every two hours?  What is the woman going to do????  When my grandson comes to visit - it's all i can do to watch/keep up with him ....This is a crazy world we live in.... Has the Doctor that did the intro.   been on any talks shows yet???  That's the interview I want to watch....

February 15, 2009 1:56 AM
 

Jeremiah Tscherny said:

She lied, she does get welfare.

Let corporate america know that you will not buy products from companies who support this welfare baby factory.

www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-companies-from-giving-to-nadya-suleman

Spread this petition website, please!

February 15, 2009 10:56 AM
 

yukim said:

the media is playing right into her sick plan.  

in nature when there is an overpopulation they die off from lack of resourses and predation.  if this litter werent on lifesupport they wouldnt last in nature.  

February 16, 2009 4:39 AM
 

Kate said:

I believe that the unstable behavior and choices made by Nadya Suleman should not entitle her to freebies and compensation based on the fact that her body contained eight babies for 36 weeks. That is not a miracle, of science or otherwise. Cats, dogs, even pigs can do this and it earns them nothing. If she gets what she wants from this abhorrent behavior I am afraid it will encourage other mentally unstable women to do the same. This insane excessive breeding does not help society and it definitely did not help her family. If you want to give free stuff, give it to Nadya's parents as compensation for going through all this crap, but give it to them with the stipulation that they can no longer support her if they take the cash! Also, where is this "sperm donor"? From what I've read her "fathered" her first child by sperm donation even though she was MARRIED to another man and had no fertility issues. What kind of woman marries a man they are supposed to love and then tells them "I want to have a baby but I don't want it to be yours and I refuse to sleep with you!"? No one saw this as a problem BEFORE she had 14 children?

February 16, 2009 4:37 PM
 

Pat said:

The Nadya Sulemans of this country have to be stopped NOW because having babies has becomes a big money making business at the expense of the taxpayers.

February 16, 2009 6:03 PM
 

Patsy said:

Does anyone know how to send an email or make a comment to THE LEARNING CHANNEL ? I have heard they are seriously thinking about giving Nadya Suleman a reality show, if they are I would like to let them know that if they do I think  they would be committing suicide. I don't think anyone would watch it and would stop watching The Learning Channel altogether.

February 17, 2009 1:35 AM
 

Kate G. said:

Patsy- I searched TLC online and found a link to contact them.

extweb.discovery.com/viewerrelations

There is a quote from TLC online saying they are considering giving Suleman a reality show of some sort but are waiting to see how the public reacts to her and her children. I think the phrase used was "how family friendly they turned out to be". I hope not. I love TLC but I would stop watching if they rewarded this woman with a show. I don't watch Jerry Springer and I wouldn't watch this.

February 18, 2009 9:49 AM
 

Patsy said:

Thanks Kate G.

February 18, 2009 4:03 PM
 

South Carolina said:

It seems the house Nadya Suleman lives in is being lost to forclosure, seems she has not made a payment on it for over a year. Guess she was so busy spending money on in vitro and plastic surgery that there was just not any money left over to make house payments, poor thang.

February 18, 2009 9:37 PM
 

ALANA said:

SHE DESERVES NOTHING!!!NOTA!!!I MYSELF AM A SINGLE PARENT OF THREE ADOPTED CHILDREN.  I MADE THE DECESION TO ADOPT AND BE RESPONSIBLE.  I RECEIVED NOTHING, NO HELP IN ANY KIND OF WAY.  MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS EDUCATED AND I PLANNED MY LIFE TO BE NORMAL AND NOT HAVE TO RELY ON THE STATE FOR NOTHING.  MY GOD, SHE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A HOME FOR THESE CHILDREN.  I AGREE WITH THE OTHERS ABOVE, IF SHE RECEIVES FREEBIES...I WILL BOYCOTT THESE PRODUCTS.  SHE HAS MONEY FOR THE FAKE NAILS, COLORED HAIR AND THE UGLY LIP JOB AND NOSE.  I THINK THAT  IF SHE IS SUCH A MOM, SHE SHOULDN'T WASTE HER MONEY ON THE LITTLE STUFF.  NEXT SHE WILL HAVE THE STATE PAY FOR THE BIG GROTESS BELLY!  EITHER WAY SHE IS STILL UGLY AND ALL THE BEAUTY SUPPLIES IN THE WORLD ISN'T GOING TO HELP HER.  NO SANE MAN IS GOING TO WANT A FAMILY OF 15 TO SUPPORT.  NOT TO MENTION THE HUGE HOSPITAL BILL SHE PLANS TO PAY???YEAH RIGHT!

February 19, 2009 5:18 PM
 

maria said:

If you can't support kids. You should'NT  HAVE THEM..

February 21, 2009 10:51 PM
 

sheena said:

personally it was a bad choice to make on her side but what everyone needs to look at is these babies are here now and need help. yes it was wrong for her but she still had the kids and they have done nothing wrong but be born so who are we to hold it aganist them. It's their mother that made a bad choice not the precious children, so in that case they need to eat and have everything they need to survive whatever that case may be.I don't agree with giving this woman everything but those babies need to be taken care, make her get a job and hold it and at the same if she needs help then well....  she doesn't need everything handed to her but she does need help. For all the critics I don't disagree with you but I don't agree with letting the children pay for her mistake.

February 22, 2009 11:42 PM
 

Lisa M said:

I think Nadya is setting a great example on what not to do. Hopefully anyone else out there who thinks that they can get away with something like this will change their mind. I'm glad to see people aren't standing for it and exposing her for the greedy, dishonest and selfish person that she it. Let this also be a lesson to doctors who are performing this procedure. Fines and regulations are sure to follow. Keep voicing your opinions and change will be made. The only one who should suffer from this is Nadya. Maybe then she'll have a book worth reading. God save the children from this obviously mentally ill mother. The courts should order a psychiatric evaluation before the children are put in her care. Lord knows I wouldn't trust her with my child. Shame on anyone who supports this type of behavior. If TLC Network supports her by offering her a show, they will forever be blocked from my television. Shame on them for condoning what seems to me like child neglect and abuse. Enough is enough!!!!!

February 23, 2009 7:36 PM
 

Stephanie said:

this woman pisses me off to no end...who the hell does she think she is asking for donations when she did this to herself. she couldn't afford her 6 so what made her think to even go and try for one or two more? why not sell the embryos to a bank and use the money for your kids? she deserves nothing but her kids being taken away and given to LOVING homes who can actually provide for these kids.

February 24, 2009 8:59 AM
 

Sharon said:

If a man fathers a child and then leaves the full financial responsibility and day to day nurture of the child to the mother, we would call him a deadbeat father.  This woman is nothing more than a deadbeat mother.  She continues to give birth to children, but she obviously has no clue of what parenting involves.  The grandmother shoulders the financial and parenting responsibility for the older children.  Most disturbing is the fact that while her children rely on government assistance and the grandmother for their basic needs, this woman can spend thousands of dollars on cosmetic and elective fertility procedures.  This clearly shows that she places her own frivolous priorities above the welfare of her children.  Her decision to have more children when she could not afford to support the six she already had was grossly irresponsible.  

I do not think the newborns should be made to suffer because of her poor judgment.   Had the mother chosen to actually perform the role of parent to her six young children, she probably would have been too broke and tired to undergo the fertility treatments which yielded the newborns.      The grandmother, who has served as the real parent to the other six children is exhausted and broke.  She should not be required to take on the added responsibility of eight additional children.  The mother is either clueless of what parenting children involves, or she is reckless in her decisions regarding the lives of her children.  Either way, the newborns deserve a chance at survival.  That chance will demand responsible caregivers, an attribute this mother clearly has not displayed.  There are countless responsible individuals and couples who are childless that would covet an opportunity to unselfishly parent a child.  I sincerely hope that Child Protective Services will thoroughly investigate this mother’s lack of parenting skills and place these infants in the care of responsible adults who are motivated solely to serve the best interest of these newborns.  

February 25, 2009 12:50 AM
 

sky said:

YESS having 14 children at one time makes you VERY IRRESPONSIBLE!!! i have no idea what her intentions were when she did this, was she even thinking?!! and what mother wouldn't sell her out?!?! she did this thinking "oh ill have my mother to take care of all the children while my life stays the same" how stupid is she these children deserve better  then that! why should they have to grow up niglected?!?!? why wasn't the 6 she already have enough? she raised 6 children jobless could she not wait until she could provide for everyone before she commited this selfish act? she is a horrible person and if i am proved wrong of that statment i will apalogize but until then i stick with what i said!~!

February 25, 2009 10:50 AM
 

Animal said:

They can't just take her children from her. She has to prove she can provide for them by getting a place of her own.

Yes, she's looking for hand-outs but haven't any of you seen CraigsList lately? There are fat slobs up there that are not attending school or even work that are having children. If she really is attenting school GOOD at least at some point she can provide for them. Yes, she may need public assistance but what about the druggies we got riding on the system with 5 or more children? How would it be any different?

And further more, the children would be placed in faster care first so no matter which way it goes WE WILL BE PAYING FOR THEM!

February 27, 2009 1:12 AM
 

Kate G. said:

I will say it again. CHILDREN ARE NOT PUPPIES. You cannot simply pass them around to new families because they would do a better job of parenting them. This whole debate sounds a bit too much like an Arthur C. Clark novel. It's scary. Nothing seems to bring out the worst in people like discussing someone else's choices. I am going to close this browser and give something away or volunteer my time. I feel dirty.

March 4, 2009 12:51 PM

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