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 Child Services Probed 
 Octuplet Mom 

Police have visited home eight times; family plans to move

Mar 3, 09 7:38 AM CST
(Newser) - A pre-octuplets Nadya Suleman was investigated by LA’s Department of Children and Family Services, TMZ reports—and cops have been called to her last two homes eight times for reasons ranging from a missing child to a feared break-in. DCFS visited the home in July after a neighbor complained... More »

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investigation • police • children • multiple births • food stamps • social work • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

Georgia Bill Would Make Implanted Octuplets a Crime

Lawmakers seek to cap number of embryos

Mar 3, 09 5:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Lawmakers in Georgia have introduced a bill to ban some of the fertility procedures that gave Nadya Suleman her octuplets, reports the Wall Street Journal. The bill—partly drafted by a state pro-life group—would limit to three the number of embryos that can be implanted in women over 40,... More »

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in vitro fertilization • Georgia • fertility treatment • multiple births • bill • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • implanted embryos

 Adoption May 
 Be Option for 
 Octuplets: 
 Grandma 

Grandmother wants her life back

Feb 27, 09 3:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Adoption may be an option for Nadya Suleman's octuplets if she can't care for them properly, her mom revealed in an interview with The Insider. "If I could see that she would not be able to take of them financially, I would opt for this," said Angela Suleman,... More »

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parenting • single parenting • multiple births • Kaiser Permanente • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Angela Suleman

 Octu-Mom 
 Offered $1M 
 to Do Porno 

Plus, second Octu-Fam video released

Feb 25, 09 10:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Nadya Suleman may not be getting her own reality show, but she could make $1 million starring in a porno, TMZ reports. Porn distributor Vivid Entertainment also promised Suleman and her 14 kids medical and dental insurance if she makes more than one. The offer comes on the heels of... More »

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in vitro fertilization • pornography • online videos • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Angela Suleman

Octu-Mom Fears Hospital Won't Release Babies

Suleman says hospital is worried about her ability to care for eight more children

Feb 25, 09 2:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Nadya Suleman has told TV talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw that the hospital where her octuplets were born will not release them unless she can prove her ability to care for the babies, reports the Los Angeles Times. A distressed Suleman—due to appear on two episodes of the... More »

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Dr Phil • multiple births • Child Protective Services • Kaiser Permanente • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Angela Suleman

 Octu-Mom, 
 Grandma 
 Face Off 
 in New Vid 

Mom rips daughter for irresponsibility

Feb 24, 09 9:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman and her own mother, Angela, have been sniping at each other in interviews—and now a video from Radar captures their first face-off. The bizarre sit-down includes an argument over how Nadya could have dealt with her frozen embryos and Angela’s apparent suggestion that she... More »

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in vitro fertilization • foreclosure • online videos • multiple births • mortgage delinquency • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Angela Suleman


 Sperm Donor 
 Isn't Octu-Dad: 
 Suleman 

Man: Nadya said she had ovarian cancer

Feb 23, 09 10:50 AM CST
(Newser) - The man who appeared on ABC's Good Morning America today as the possible dad of Nadya Suleman’s octuplets didn’t father any of her children, Suleman told Us Magazine. Dennis Beaudoin’s “not lying. He went to the doctor with me once,” she said. “It didn’... More »

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Good Morning America • father • paternity test • sperm donors • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Dennis Beaudoin

 'Octu-Dad' 
 Bares Mom's 
 Breast Stunt 

Sperm donor believes Suleman was still married when they dated

Feb 22, 09 5:42 PM CST
(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... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • Good Morning America • sperm donors • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Ed Doud

(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’... More »

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California • in vitro fertilization • father • multiple births • Kaiser Permanente • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • birth certificate • David Solomon

Octuplets' Home in Danger
of Foreclosure

Octu-grandma in loan default; Octu-grandpa talking to Oprah

Feb 19, 09 6:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Nadya Suleman acknowledges that her 3-bedroom home is too small for her brood of 14, but the family is in danger of losing even that, the Los Angeles Times reports. Records show that the suburban California home, which is owned by the octuplets' grandmother, is in pre-foreclosure, with a projected... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • foreclosure • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Angela Suleman

Doc Files Complaint vs. Octuplet Mom

Shrink hasn't met her; meanwhile, TLC rules out reality show

Feb 18, 09 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A psychiatrist who has never met Nadya Suleman has filed a formal complaint against the mother of 14 with LA County’s child-welfare department TMZ reports. The doc, who frequently appears on talk shows, alleges Suleman “is not stable enough” and is putting her kids, including her newborn octuplets,... More »

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reality TV • Los Angeles • psychiatrist • multiple births • TLC • octuplets • Nadya Suleman


 Birth Defects, 
 IVF Linked, but 
 How Linked? 

Study finds increased genetic issues among test tube babies

Feb 17, 09 11:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Though the octuplets have pushed in vitro fertilization into the spotlight, there's still one question that's going largely unasked, reports the New York Times: "What is the chance that an IVF baby will have a birth defect?" Though a November study provided preliminary evidence—of 9,584 babies... More »

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genetics • in vitro fertilization • medical research • genetic defects • multiple births • birth defect • octuplets

 Octuplet Mom Rules Out 
 Reality Show 

Another PR firm cuts ties, former publicist speaks out

Feb 17, 09 10:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Is a reality show in octu-mom Nadya Suleman’s future? “No, I think that's exploitation of my kids,” she told TMZ. Good thing that's her attitude, because yet another PR firm has denied having ties with the mother of 14, reports Access Hollywood. The president of Ambassador Agency,... More »

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reality TV • baby • death threats • publicity • public relations • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

(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... More »

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pregnancy • parenting • mothers • baby • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

(Newser) - The octuplets mom now has two fewer people in her life: The husband-and-wife publicity team who represented her has quit because of death threats, the Los Angeles Times reports. "They hope I die, they hope my business goes under, they want to rip her uterus out," said JoAnn... More »

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in vitro fertilization • mothers • death threats • multiple births • octuplets • fertility drugs • Nadya Suleman

(Newser) - Nadya Suleman became a national sensation this week, receiving death threats and a getting the business end of critical interview with her own mother, but she says she’s doing just fine. "I'm OK, and the babies are good," she told Us Weekly reporters today outside her home.... More »

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in vitro fertilization • mothers • baby • fertility treatment • infants • fertility clinic • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

Octuplet Doc Implanted 7 Embryos in Woman, 49

Woman who wanted on baby is now pregnant with quadruplets

Feb 13, 09 4:21 AM CST
(Newser) - A 49-year-old woman who went to the controversial fertility specialist responsible for Nadya Suleman's octuplets is now pregnant with quadruplets, even though she wanted only one baby, the Los Angeles Times reports. Dr. Michael Kamrava transferred at least seven embryos—made from eggs donated by a woman in her late... More »

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pregnancy • in vitro fertilization • baby • quadruplets • fertility treatment • fertility clinic • multiple births • Nadya Suleman • Michael Kamrava

(Newser) - The octuplets' mom swears she isn't trying to be like Angelina Jolie, either through plastic surgery or mothering. But an anonymous source tells the Chicago Sun-Times that Nadya Suleman has sent Jolie fawning letters over the past year concerning the actress's humanitarian work. Jolie is said to be "creeped... More »

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Angelina Jolie • in vitro fertilization • mothers • baby • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

 Patients Push 
 Fertility Docs for 
 Extra Embryos 

Though hazardous, many parents take the risk to up their odds of having kids

Feb 12, 09 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - While Nadya Suleman's octuplets remain the in vitro exception, about 30% of such procedures result in multiple births. One attempt can cost $12,000, so patients regularly implore docs to up their pregnancy chances by planting multiple embryos—even though medical guidelines push for the transfer of no more than... More »

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fertility • in vitro fertilization • children • baby • fertility clinic • multiple births • doctors • octuplets

 Octuplets' Mom 
 in Hiding After 
 Death Threats 

Flood of hostile messages overwhelm
frightened mother of 14

Feb 12, 09 4:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman and her six oldest children have moved from their California home to a secret location after receiving death threats, Reuters reports. Suleman's publicists said they and their client have been deluged with hostile messages following recent negative media coverage about the divorced mom's inability to financially... More »

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children • mothers • baby • death threats • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

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