Octu-Mom Takes Free Child Care, Bigger House

Nadya won't take taxpayer money

(NEWSER) - The grandfather of the California octuplets says he'll fight for his daughter Nadya Suleman’s right to raise her kids, ABC News reports. "I will stop anybody from taking my grandchildren away," Ed Doud said in an interview with Good Morning America, responding to reports that the hospital currently caring for the octuplets may not release them to their mother. Some have questioned Suleman’s mental health, especially after a recently discovered 911 call in which she threatened to kill herself. More»

Sperm donor believes Suleman was still married when they dated

(NEWSER) - A sperm donor who believes he fathered all of Nadya Suleman's octuplets said he thinks she was still married when they started dating and she asked him for sperm, reports the Huffington Post. They had been seeing each other just weeks when she took a sample of sperm he had donated at Suleman's home and cushioned it between her breasts, he reports on Good Morning America in an interview to air tomorrow. More»

(NEWSER) - The birth certificates of most of Nadya Suleman’s children list no father, TMZ reports, though all 14 kids have the surname Solomon. A "David Solomon"—who may be from Israel, based on a liberal interpretation of the documents—is listed as the father of four of Suleman’s first six children, but with four different dates of birth. All eight octuplets have the same middle name, "Angel." More»

Broke family already racking up $10K a day

(NEWSER) - Nadya Suleman says she plans to raise her 14 kids without relying on welfare but the reality is that the bill to taxpayers will likely run into the millions, the Los Angeles Times reports. Suleman has no job, no income, owes $50,000 in student loans, and her octuplets have already racked up at least $150,000 in hospital costs—not including the delivery. More»

Having 14 kids is 'unconscionable,' says Angela Suleman

(NEWSER) - The mother of the California woman who added octuplets to her brood of six tells Radar that her daughter’s “not capable of raising 14 children.” "She really really has no idea what she's doing to her children and to me. She already has six beautiful children. Why would she do this?” said Nadya Suleman’s mother, Angela, who called her daughter’s efforts to expand her brood “unconscionable.” More»