Octuplet Mother Nadya Suleman Pushes Story on Oprah

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Here’s one way to pay for all those diapers! Nadya Suleman, the 33-year-old mother of six who last week birthed octuplets, reportedly wants Oprah Winfrey or Diane Sawyer to shell out $2 million for an interview — and eventually she wants to earn big bucks as a talking head on television as an authority on child care.

Oprah, Diane and Katie may, in fact, be lining up to interview the baby-crazed mama, but apparently no one’s told her that journalists don’t typically pay for interviews. And after all the news that’s come out about Suleman, it’s even less likely.

What’s raising all those eyebrows? First of all, some are concerned that Suleman is single. She already has six children under the age of seven and has no visible means of support. Her parents, Angela and Ed Suleman, bought her a two-bedroom house in March 2007, but after they went bust, they moved in with her and the kids. Even her mother has run out of patience, saying "[She] is not evil, but she is obsessed with children. She loves children, she is very good with children, but obviously she overdid herself." Talk about an understatement!

Then there are the medical issues. Why did doctors transfer eight embryos in the first place? The American Society for Reproductive Medicine frowns upon implanting more than two or three embryos at a time and has started an investigation into the case. The group’s president, R. Dale McClure, remarked:

At this point, we do not know the circumstances surrounding the conception of these children and what, if any, medical treatments were involved. If this resulted from an IVF treatment, we can say that transferring eight embryos in an IVF cycle is well beyond our guidelines.

One thing we know for sure: having a brood of 14 kids under the age of seven definitely will make her either a child-care expert, or it will drive her very crazy very quickly.