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What are Octomom & Her 14 Kids up to?

Another Big Decision

The world was left shocked after Nadya announced having more babies. In 2008, she decided to implant all her remaining six eggs and would not like to waste them. With the supervision of her doctor, Michael Kamrava, Nadya took one step closer towards her dream of having a big family.

The result of her action was likely to grab attention, but the step itself was enough to turn all heads and media attention towards her. However, this decision was highly criticized by one section of the audience as they felt it was not okay to have so many children.

I Want A Big Family

Having a sibling was never fulfilled as Nadya Suleman is the only child of her parents. Her dream was to have a more prominent family, but her parents had thought contrary to it. Her sheer determination compelled her to take such a massive decision in the future that would change her life.

Having eight babies in one go was extremely dangerous for her health. Yet,  she wanted to make her dream come true by any means and chose to put her life at risk. Nadya started her IVF treatments in 1997  when she was just 21 years old.

To Be The Best Mother

Unlike other students who have dreams and ambitions to change the world, Nadya had other plans; she wanted to brace her womb with the most extraordinary feeling. She wanted to have a family of her own. Her college mates also revealed that she was very eager to become a mother.

How hard had her childhood been as having no siblings made her feel so lonely that she only desired a big family? This ambition distracted her from other mainstream goals that rational people have, or maybe she was too out of the box. Nevertheless, she was very audacious.

Nadya’s First Infatuation

Everything appears to be fast forward in Nadya’s life, be it her decision to become a mother or bumping into her future husband. Nadya was just twenty-one when she first met producer manager Marcos Gutierrez. The connection was instant, and they started loving each other madly. After knowing Nadya’s plans, Marcos was extraordinarily supportive and wanted the children to be his own.

They got married to each other but soon after, there were a lot of marital problems as Suleman was too inexperienced, and his immaturity started becoming the barrier of their relationship, and they called it off.

A Treacherous Occupation

It surprised everyone who knew Nadya Suleman when she started working for The Metropolitan State Hospital as a psychiatric therapist. She earned her licence from Mt. San Antonio College after her marriage in 1996.

Even though her job provided her with a handsome salary but was not easy and highly demanding, Nadya felt that the job distracted her from her primary goal of having a big family. Her mind was juggling so much that it led to an unfortunate incident in her workplace that turned her happening life upside down, and she finally had to quit the job.

A Fatal Injury

An unfortunate incident changed the life of Nadya Suleman after she was severely injured at her workplace. Nadya was working as a psychiatric therapist, and one day some of the patients engaged in a verbal spat. She tried to intervene, but one of the patients turned over a desk that landed on her back, causing a severe back injury.

The workers’ compensation provided some funds to help her, but money was not the worry for Nadya; she only thought about the upcoming complications this injury might have on her conceiving. Such damages can turn fatal if not treated, and Nadya had planned to carry eight fetuses inside her womb.

Pregnancy Postponed

Nadya’s injury became the biggest roadblock in her ambitions. The wounds were hurtful both emotionally and physically. She was broken as the doctors had declared that being pregnant should be the last thing to consider, but she has lived with this dream. Nadya and her husband’s efforts had gone in vain as they planned to start a family for a long time.

The couple tried hard to have a baby, but they failed miserably. Her injury worsened with time to further deteriorate the problems; however, she somehow managed to collect herself and started focusing on all possible techniques to conceive.

Let Us Face It

What are dreams without obstacles? Nothing right! You get a kick from barriers. They give you a reason to follow and love your ambition even more. Nadya’s pathbreaking journey also consisted of numerous obstacles, but she accepted them all gracefully.

Initially, Nadya and her husband thought that her injury stopped the couple from conceiving, but the truth was something else. After several attempts at having a baby, they found out that Marcos Gutierrez was infertile. A natural way can never work for them, and they have to find an alternative. Nadya lost hope after learning this and got depressed.

No Alternatives Needed

The best thing about science and technology is that it keeps advancing with time, and many methods have been invented to bless couples with babies who are finding it difficult to conceive. Procedures like IVF and surrogacy are always open for aspiring parents like Nadya and Marcos.

However, Marcos was never up for an alternative. When Nadya pushed him to consider IVF, he threatened to leave her and became adamant about going natural. He was not ready to accept his flaw, and from here on, the tension between the two started arising, which further deteriorated and caused a lot of unrest in their marital life.

A Demanding Choice

After several attempts and verbal spats with her husband, Nadya finally decided to break free. It must have been a tough choice for her, but she somehow managed to make it. Nadya gave preference to her childhood dream of becoming a mother and left Marcos in 2000. The incompatibility led her to take this decision.

Nadya was now all set to opt for IVF and have a family of her own. Well, her decision was supported by many, especially women who felt it was an act of courage. But the complications await Nadya as things didn’t turn out the way she wanted them to.

Nothing’s For Free

Though In Vitro Fertilisation is not that complex, it is also not 100% sure. Hence, the doctors recommend fertilising multiple eggs to achieve a higher success rate during the fertilisation process. Nadya was in no mood to face defeat again and took this challenging process ahead.

Despite IVF being a super expensive treatment, Nadya decided to manage her expenses by working at multiple places. She started working at clubs and took up various sorts of part-time jobs to fulfil her desire of becoming a mother. Her loneliness had brought her this far, and now there was no looking back.

Worth The Risk

IVF is a process where multiple eggs are implanted so that even if most of them turn out to be non-fertile, the remaining ones do the magic.

But if all implanted eggs become fertile, then the pregnancy becomes a bit more complex and dangerous at the same time. Nadya was geared up to take this challenge as she wanted to have a big family anyway. So more than one baby won’t harm her. That is what she felt, but the doctors had a completely different tale. They knew that she was young, and the rate of fertile eggs could be more than expected.

She Became A Mother

It is very common to have more than one child through recommended fertilizing IVF, so most aspiring parents are already set to welcome twins or triplets. That is what Nadya might have expected from her first IVF trial. Still, luckily she became the mother of one infant and held her baby boy, Elijah.

She was incredibly pleased to become a mother; her IVF was successful and gave her hope of having more children. It was only a blissful start, and she was all set to surprise the world shortly with her quirky choices of having a big family of her own.

Six Not Enough

When Elijah turned one, Nadya decided to have another baby. This time she gave birth to a baby girl and named her Amerah.  After two successful rounds of IVF, she got more charged up, and her trust in this method increased. Now Nadya was not satisfied with just two babies and wanted more.

She went for more treatments and later gave birth to fraternal twins and two more kids. IVF made her a mom of six kids. In most countries, it is not very common these days to have six children as the people nowadays are aware and plan their family accordingly. But even after having six, Nadya wanted more babies.

Another Big Decision

The world was left shocked after Nadya announced having more babies. In 2008, she decided to implant all her remaining six eggs and would not like to waste them. With the supervision of her doctor, Michael Kamrava, Nadya took one step closer towards her dream of having a big family.

The result of her action was likely to grab attention, but the step itself was enough to turn all heads and media attention towards her. However, this decision was highly criticized by one section of the audience as they felt it was not okay to have so many children.

I Love IVF

Nadya’s doctor was initially hesitant to implant six eggs at once as it was equivalent to putting her life at risk. Still, Nadya was so adamant about it and highly impressed with IVF that she wanted to do it. Despite knowing that she might be pregnant with multiple babies, she took it as a challenge and was all set for this.

This decision raised all eyebrows and was not appreciated by the people as they felt medical negligence. Her decision might have created history, but this can be considered a complete medical disaster.  An interesting fact is that twelve eggs were to be implanted.

Eight More

Nadya and her doctor took a bold step even after facing backlash from the public. The medical practice deviated after Dr Kamrava gave it a green signal. Both of them knew that it was hazardous, and the thought of being pregnant with eight babies was terrifying, but Nadya was excited about this and did not fear anything.

The only question that bothered people and medical professionals was will she be able to carry eight babies at once? Well, they were all waiting and hoping for this to happen successfully. Nadya was super confident about her decision and was set to welcome her eight babies.

Octomom

Nadya forgot all her pain and her back problems after she experienced the bliss of being pregnant, as the joy was overwhelming and quite literally. As soon as Nadia’s story came into the media, she became an overnight sensation, and it seemed like the world waited for her octuplets to come into existence.

Another reason behind the hype for this human story in the media was that Nadya was a single mom, and she was brave enough to take care of so many children.  Feeding fourteen children is a big deal. Later, the media attention and publicity helped Nadya financially, but publicity like this is short-lived.

Healthy Octuplets

From time to time, sonographies revealed that all her eight babies were healthy, and once the time came, they all came out healthy. Her case was first in its kind, and the world noticed it as they had already been following up her story.

Instances in history have happened where more than eight children are born, but the catch with all those cases is that some infants are not alive right after their birth, and some do not make it until seven days. But Nadya’s babies were healthy, alive, and survived for more than seven days making history.

The World Wants To Know

Indeed Nadya’s confidence in science and technology is what has brought her this far. The world was unconvinced when she decided to get pregnant with eight babies; the world was terrified but strong Nadya was excited and thrilled. When the update on her pregnancy was out, and she was about to deliver her octuplets, people thought that some infants wouldn’t make it.

But after successfully giving birth to eight babies, the medical fraternity was stunned and wanted to get every possible detail of her story. Doctors wanted to speak to Nadya and know all the intricate details of her IVF treatment.

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