Dr. Phil: Octuplet Mother Fears Hospital May Not Release Babies
Nadya Suleman told TV host “Dr. Phil” McGraw on Tuesday that she fears the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in California won’t release her eight newborn babies.
“What she is telling me is that unless and until she has a better living arrangement, that they are not likely to release the children to her,” McGraw tells The Los Angeles Times.
See the first photos of the octuplets!
Suleman, 33, has taped two episodes of McGraw’s syndicated show, the first of which airs today. Part two airs Thursday (check your local listings).
Suleman, a single mother who already had six children before giving birth to octuplets Jan. 26, lives in southern California, with her mother in a three-bedroom house that is set to be auctioned off on March 5. She owes more than $23,000 in back payments, a source tells Usmagazine.com.
She has no job and is on food stamps and disability income for three of her six older children.
“If you don’t have plans in place you need to say so, so we can help….People need to know you get it,” Dr. Phil tells her at one point during their interview.
She replies, “I think I’ll fully get it when they are ready to come home.”
McGraw — who has interviewed Suleman and her mother Angela at length — said in a statement to Us that he believes Suleman “is very loving.”
But he added, “I see somebody that has such a Pollyanna disconnect with real-world realities, and what she’s getting ready to face, it’s like she’s on a Disney ride.”
Still, he urged, “We can’t turn our back on this woman without turning our back on these children.”
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 at 7:07am
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February 25th, 2009 at 8:49 am
Good for the hospital!
February 25th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
What everyone is forgetting is that Angelsinwaiting offer this mom help and she has not responded, the hospital is doing the right thing. Where is she going to go with 6 other kids and 8 babies when she is living out of her car. She will wish she had not blown off every offer of help she got. Those poor little babies and the 6 other kids!
February 25th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
WTF is she going to do with 8 premature newborns at home on top of 6 other children? This kind of makes me want to cry.
March 11th, 2009 at 9:11 am
I have watched Dr. Phil daily for a number of years and have been disgusted with his shows with octomom.He has acted smarmy.
First of all, did the doctor that did this go to prison? If not, he should be paying for this. I think these babies should be put up for adoption to people who can see these siblings grow up knowing each other. Enough, already, asking people to help her. She should not have had ANY children. I resent my tax dollars going to a hospital that takes care of them, by this time, the cost is probably a couple of millions. There are children who need health care who can\’t get it, and these babies are costing money Octomom does not have. That is not fair. Why don\’t you and Robin let them move into your mansion? Robin would probably love it, she would get over her \"empty nest syndrome\".