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Octuplet Mom Swears Off Sex for 18 Years

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 15, 2009 6:33 AM CST

(Newser) – It's too late for the decision to limit the size of her family, but the octuplets mom has sworn off sex for 18 years, she tells the Sun. "I cannot maintain a social life and be a mother," said single mom Nadya Suleman, 33. "To even take one percent of every night and devote it to someone else would be wrong. I have to wait for that until my youngest has left school." The once-married mom says she hasn't had sex for eight years.

Suleman also revealed that she picked the sperm donor for all 14 of her children after meeting him in a nightclub and accompanying him to the movies once. She didn't want him for a boyfriend, however. The two talk once a year, and he never sees the children, she said.

Nariyah, one of Nadya Suleman's octuplets, peers at the camera.
Nariyah, one of Nadya Suleman's octuplets, peers at the camera.   (AP Photo/NBC NEWS)
Ed Suleman carries a grandson from a school bus in Whittier, Calif.
Ed Suleman carries a grandson from a school bus in Whittier, Calif.   (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Nadya Suleman speaks with Ann Curry in New York during an NBC interview.
Nadya Suleman speaks with Ann Curry in New York during an NBC interview.   (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater)
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JChron
Nov 16, 2009 3:29 AM CST
Yeah, in 18 years when her 57 kids are gone!
Guest
Feb 17, 2009 2:26 AM CST
Given that the most recent eight were conceived without having sex does it really matter? Unfortunately we cannot jail people for being stupid - not even that stupid, so she should be in jail for child abuse
Guest
Feb 17, 2009 12:01 AM CST
While yes this woman is not exactly the brightest light bulb in the box for knowingly have mass children with no sure-fired means of financial support, she did not know that she was going to become pregnant with 8 children. It's only happened once before so it's not like it was a common occurance or she was praying for it. And there are defintely people who've had more children that her. If I'm correct Wilma Rudolph was the 20th child of 22 born to her parents. She seemed to be just fine, and her parents didn't have too much either.

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