Octuplet mom plans move to house bought by her father
LOS ANGELES—The Southern California woman who gave birth to octuplets two months ago told television talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw that she was getting ready to move into a new home that will be inspected before two babies are released from the hospital.
Nadya Suleman’s father is buying the 2,583-square-foot house, which listed for $564,900.
Suleman said on the “Dr. Phil” show aired Tuesday that she expected a social worker from the hospital to inspect the house near Los Angeles before any of the prematurely born babies are released.
“Four (babies) are ready to be released but they never send more than two at a time home,” Suleman said.
The other four babies will need to remain hospitalized for an unknown amount of time, she added.
Suleman, 33, gave birth to the octuplets on Jan. 26. They were born nine weeks premature but are the world’s longest-surviving set of octuplets. She has six other children.
Suleman said she would accept free, in-home, round-the-clock nursing for her 14 children from a nonprofit group called Angels in Waiting, adding that the offer felt like “a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders because it’s 100 percent for my children.”
Suleman has drawn criticism after it was revealed that all of her children were conceived through in vitro fertilization and that she was unemployed and single.
She said on the show that although she loves her children, she sees now that undergoing in vitro fertilization after already having six children was “irrational.”
Suleman also responded to comments made to UsMagazine.com by her former publicist, Victor Munoz, calling her “nuts” and “greedy.” She said his statements were “unethical, untrue and unprofessional.”
She said she used money from selling photos of the babies for a trust for her children, and also to put into escrow for the house her father was buying in La Habra.
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