Octuplets Mom Dreamed Of Huge Family

WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) - Nadya Suleman says having a "huge
family" was always a dream of hers.
The California mother of octuplets tells NBC's "Today" show
she longed for "certain connections and attachments with another
person" that she lacked growing up. She says her childhood as an
only child "pretty dysfunctional."
State documents, however, quote her as suggesting she had a
happy childhood.
Suleman has stirred up an ethical debate about fertility
treatments after it was revealed she already had six children
before giving birth to the octuplets.
She says all 14 of her children were born by in vitro
fertilization from sperm donated by a friend.
Suleman's publicist says she's "feeling great" and looking
forward to being reunited with her octuplets, who were born
prematurely last month. They're expected to remain in the hospital
for several more weeks.

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