The octuplets of Octomom turn 16 – here’s what their lives are like now.

Natalie Denise Suleman — better known to the world as “Octomom” — first captured international attention in January 2009 when she achieved a medical milestone:

she became the first woman on record to give birth to surviving octuplets, a set of eight children born at once.

At the time, Suleman was already a mother to six children, with her family growing to a historic 14 kids in total after the octuplets’ birth.

While that singular event — the birth of eight babies in one delivery — would have been remarkable under any circumstances, the way it unfolded and the media storm that followed transformed Suleman’s life in unexpected and often painful ways.

Her story has been one of controversy, resilience, struggle, and — most importantly — family.

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