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Publicists for octuplets' mother quit over death threats.

Two Brentwood publicists said they dropped octuplets mom Nadya Suleman as a client Saturday because they have received a slew of death threats.

Suleman, a 33-year-old Whittier resident, was unmarried, unemployed and already had six children using a sperm donor when she gave birth to eight children from the same donor Jan. 26 at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Bellflower.

Joann Killeen, president of Killeen Furtney Group, said she and husband Mike Furtney decided to drop Suleman early Saturday. Soon after the births, the couple began representing Suleman for free, and almost immediately started receiving threatening e-mails and phone calls from people enraged over the octuplets saga, she said.

"They hope I die, they hope my business goes under, they want to rip her uterus out," Killeen said. "They say I should be anesthetized and put down like a dog."

Killeen said she and Suleman felt so threatened that last week they stayed at an undisclosed "secure location" for a few days before returning home. The babies are still being treated at the hospital, Killeen said.

After creating a website for Suleman on Tuesday, Killeen said, she received 55,000 e-mails, most of them negative, and she has stacks of angry mail.

Killeen said she and her husband became afraid enough to send their dogs to a kennel. On Friday, they contacted the Los Angeles Police Department, and officers told them that the threats were the worst they had seen since the O.J. Simpson case, Killeen said.

"The American public have just lashed out," she said. "I think it has to do with the economy, healthcare -- there's not a lot of jobs, people are unemployed and are trying to take care of their families."

Suleman has hired the Franklin, Tenn.-based Ambassador Agency Inc. to arrange a book deal and manage her appearances, Killeen said.

Ambassador represented an Iowa couple who had sextuplets in 1995 and the Rev. Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Valley Community Church in Lake Forest, who spoke at President Obama's inauguration. The agency's president, Wes Yoder, did not return phone calls Saturday.

Source: LA Times

Police to Investigate Threats to Octuplet Mom.

NADYA SULEMAN --THE FINAL MONTH...................

Photo courtesy of TMZ.com

TMZ has just released this picture of Nadya Suleman a week before she gave birth on January 26th 2009. WOW! Brings back some memories.....

Taxpayers may have to cover octuplet mom's costs.

A big share of the financial burden of raising Nadya Suleman's 14 children could fall on the shoulders of California's taxpayers, compounding the public furor in a state already billions of dollars in the red.

Even before the 33-year-old single, unemployed mother gave birth to octuplets last month, she had been caring for her six other children with the help of $490 a month in food stamps, plus Social Security disability payments for three of the youngsters. The public aid will almost certainly be increased with the new additions to her family.

Also, the hospital where the octuplets are expected to spend seven to 12 weeks has requested reimbursement from Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program, for care of the premature babies, according to the Los Angeles Times. The cost has not been disclosed.

Word of the public assistance has stoked the furor over Suleman's decision to have so many children by having embryos implanted in her womb.

"It appears that, in the case of the Suleman family, raising 14 children takes not simply a village but the combined resources of the county, state and federal governments," Los Angeles Times columnist Tim Rutten wrote in Wednesday's paper. He called Suleman's story "grotesque."

On the Internet, bloggers rained insults on Suleman, calling her an "idiot," criticizing her decision to have more children when she couldn't afford the ones she had and suggesting she be sterilized.

"It's my opinion that a woman's right to reproduce should be limited to a number which the parents can pay for," Charles Murray wrote in a letter to the Los Angeles Daily News. "Why should my wife and I, as taxpayers, pay child support for 14 Suleman kids?"

She was also berated on talk radio, where listeners accused her of manipulating the system and being an irresponsible mother.

"From the outside you can tell that this woman was playing the system," host Bryan Suits said on the "Kennedy and Suits" show on KFI-AM. "You're damn right the state should step in and seize the kids and adopt them out."

Suleman's spokesman, Mike Furtney, urged understanding.

"I would just ask people to consider her situation and she has been under a tremendous amount of pressure that no one could be prepared for," Furtney said.

Furtney said he, Suleman and her family had received death threats and had been getting messages that were "disgusting things that would never be proper to put in any story." Read more at the AP website...

What a cute baby named Maliyah up there! Please absolutely refrain from death threats as that is against the law!

Associated Press TV: Octuplet Mom Says She's Done Having Children.

YOU CAN MAKE A DONATION OR SEND ITEMS TO THE SULEMAN CHILDREN AT FAMILY WEBSITE.

Nadya Suleman's Publicists have set up a website with the Octuplets' photos and also a portal where you can donate to the family. There is also an address you can send items to all the children too including the older siblings. Ann Curry did an in-depth profile of the family on last night's Dateline NBC where we met the other siblings. One child, Aiden has Autism. Click here now to visit the site.

UPDATE: Despite the controversy surrounding the California mother who gave birth to octuplets last month, donations have been flowing in to the Web site created for the massive family, FOXNews.com has learned.

God is great! They remain in our prayers....

SULEMAN OCTUPLETS MAKE THEIR WORLD TELEVISION DEBUT.

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Maliah, Noah, Jonah, Isaiah, Nariah, Jeremiah, McCai and Josiah made their TV debut today.

The octuplets, born two weeks ago, were introduced to an expectant world by their mother, 33-year-old Nadya Suleman.

Guiding the TV cameras through the hospital wards where the babies are likely to remain for several weeks, Suleman placed a hand on each tiny head and said a few words in a sing-song voice. "Hi, Maliah, your eyes are open," she said to the first.

"Hi, Josiah," she continued. "I wish I could stay all day long, but I can't. Your brothers and sisters at home want to see you ... I can't wait until they're all together. We are not a whole family."

The size of her whole family has become an issue in recent days, replacing the celebratory tone that was struck when the births were announced.

Suleman, who is a single and living with her parents, already has six children. All 14 have been conceived using in vitro fertilization, all with sperm from the same donor.

As medical ethicists have questioned the role of the clinic that implanted the embryos, others have pointed to the cost of the births and the troubles, both financial and medical, that may lie ahead for the family.

Suleman denied that taxpayers were footing the bill for her children. "I'm not receiving help from the government," she told NBC. "I'm not trying to expect anything from anybody. I just wanted to do it on my own. Any resources that someone would really, really want to help us, I will accept, I would embrace.

"I will feed them. I will do the best I possibly can," Suleman continued. "And in my own way, in my own faith, I do believe wholeheartedly that God will provide in his own way."

She also denied that she had the octuplets to make money. "That's funny how untrue that is," Suleman said. "Money? Money is necessary to raise children. But it's - it's paper. It is paper. To me, it is superfluous in contrast to the importance of my kids."

During the interview, Suleman identified the clinic that had treated her as the West Coast IVF Clinic in Beverly Hills, California. The same clinic helped her conceive her previous children.

The sperm donor remains anonymous, although Suleman said that he was shocked by the birth of the octuplets.

Source: Guardian U.K

NADYA SULEMAN'S MOTHER SPEAKS OUT ABOUT HER DAUGHTER.

California Medical Board Probes Octuplet Birth.

The fertility doctor who helped a California woman have 14 children, including octuplets born last month, is facing a state investigation and harsh criticism from medical ethicists.

The Medical Board of California did not identify the doctor who helped Nadya Suleman, 33, of Whittier become pregnant with the six boys and two girls born on Jan. 26., despite already having six other children.

"We're looking into the matter to see if we can substantiate if there was a violation of the standard of care," said board spokeswoman Candis Cohen.

Suleman, a divorced single mother, told NBC's "Today" show that the same fertility specialist provided in-vitro fertilization for all 14 of her children. Read more on FOX News.com

NADYA SULEMAN SPEAKS OUT ON NBC'S TODAY SHOW.

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After managing to avoid reporters as she left the hospital Thursday morning, Nadya Suleman headed for her first interview, with Ann Curry of NBC's "Today" show. One of the octuplets mother's hastily hired publicists said she is staying at "an undisclosed location" while she considers offers including possible book and TV deals.

NBC News spokeswoman Megan Kopf said Suleman was not paid for the interview. An air-date announcement was expected later Thursday.

Not even a photo of Suleman has emerged and public records shed little light on her. The 33-year-old single mother, who now has 14 children under the age of 8, has used different names over the years and has been married and divorced once. She stated in the interview...

"I just longed for certain connections and attachments with another person that I really lacked, I believe, growing up," she says.

Asked what she felt she lacked, she says, "Feeling of self and identity. I didn't feel as though, when I was a child, I had much control of my environment. I felt powerless. And that gave me a sense of predictability. Reflecting back on my childhood, I know it wasn't functional. It was pretty, pretty dysfunctional, and whose isn't?"

Source: Excerpts from the AP

Congrats to the Octuplets mom. You get to see them on the interview in it's entirety on Monday 9th February 2009 on the TODAY show plus her kids speak on Dateline on Tuesday 10th February 2009

BELLFLOWER OCTUPLETS MOM NADYA SULEMAN'S PUBLICIST SPEAKS ON LARRY KING 2/3/09

The Publicist for the Bellflower octuplets mom Nadya Suleman speaks about the so called "Octuplet outrage", the rumors about her intentions of cashing in on her 14 babies. This is a very good interview! It sets the record straight from Publicist Joann Killeen. Killeen clarified every single rumor out there.