Single Mom Who Gave Birth to Octuplets Proves Her Critics Wrong Celebrating Their 14th Birthday

foreign who gave birth to octuplets proves her critics wrong celebrating their 14th birthday [Music] but before we start please take a moment to give this video a like subscribe to happy world and hit the Bell so you'll never miss these great stories the world was stunned after news of a mom giving birth to octuplets hit their televisions back in 2009 the mom's children are now 14 years old and in the eighth grade proving many of her detractors wrong [Music] foreign stories of moms giving birth to twins triplets and even quadruplets have become normal news in recent years however it's not every day the world hears about an Optimum the nickname coined by the media for Nadia Suleman back in 2009 after giving birth to eight babies despite the moniker Nadia prefers to simply be called Mom and not Optimum this is because although she has her octuplets she is also a mom to six older children who came before her youngest batch of children [Music] foreign the world's first Optimum when Nadia discovered she was pregnant she wasn't expecting to hear what the doctor had to tell her she was already a mom of six then so it's easy to imagine how stunned she was to discover she wasn't carrying one child in her one but eight even the news of bearing quadruplets might have come easy for Nadia but to discover being pregnant with eight children is a lot to take in for anybody despite it all she endured the pregnancy and her children became the world's first ever surviving octuplets [Music] her children naraya Isaiah Jeremiah Malia Jose Jonah Noah and Makai recently turned 14 years old and are in the eighth grade Nadia now a 47 year old single parent marked her youngest kid's special day with a trip to a go-kart facility followed by a fun pizza lunch in Orange County California Nadia's motherhood Journey being a mom was simply in Nadia's Destiny she gave birth to her first son in 2001 before giving birth to her first daughter a year later she continued on with her in vitro fertilization IVF treatments which resulted in three more pregnancies one of which gave birth to twins although media has embraced her role as a mother to 14 children she has openly admitted she never planned to become a mother to that many kids already a mother to four sons and two daughters Nadia was surprised to learn she was pregnant with octuplets but welcomed them anyway with open arms when news spread of her pregnancy people were quick to judge her situation [Music] the mother's a nut the mother is something wrong with her Billy O'Reilly once said she was called many names from irresponsible to unstable however through it all Nadia believed she was none of these Nadia insists she stayed responsible Through The Years despite choosing to remain single she has worked hard to provide for her kids she now raises her 14 children in a three-bedroom home in Orange County and has revolved her whole life around her kids her children's unique traits [Music] every year Nadia is Amazed by how her children grow up with their unique personalities during their 13th birthday she couldn't help but gush about them saying you are all growing into some of the most kind humble grateful and loving human beings I have ever known each of you possess rare and unique characteristics and are unlike any other child of your age particularly in our society today there's nothing more feeling to a mother than to see her children grow up to be kind compassionate human beings for Nadia her children's unique characteristics make her feel so many emotions especially since she's worked hard through the years to raise them as a single mother a medical accident although Nadia has embraced her role as a mother to 14 children she has openly admitted she never planned to become a mother to that many kids when she fell pregnant with her eight kids she said she was missiled by her doctor into thinking she would only have twins her doctor Dr Michael kamrava ended up losing his medical license and moved out of the United States camarava implanted a total of one two embryos after saying they had lost six and needed to add six more by the time she fell pregnant with her octuplets Nadia was already accustomed to how IVF treatments went down in fact she began undergoing IVF treatments in 1997 when she was only two one years old embracing motherhood as it goes despite it all Nadia couldn't be happier she has fought for her family and done everything to provide them with what they need in fact even her children see and appreciate all her efforts and make sure to acknowledge them whenever possible recently the proud mother marked the first day her eight kids entered the eighth grade she commended her kids by telling them to be proud of themselves for being great role models to younger students and for being kind respectful and helpful to all those they meet [Music] Through The Years Nadia and her children have received comments from critics particularly about how she never shares photos of her six older children to silence these comments she clarified that her older children did not want her to post a photo of their first day of school a common situation for all parents of teenagers acknowledging the struggles Nadia loves all her children unconditionally but she'd be lying if she said it didn't come without struggles being a mom to 14 children is no joke and comes with some overwhelming situations one of the most stressful situations for the mom is School season when she needs to plan six drop-offs and Pickups she calls herself the official bus driver but shares she wouldn't have it any other way ultimately Nadia doesn't know what she did to deserve being blessed so bountifully with her children she has dedicated her life to her children and will continue to do so as they grow up