Los Angeles ( CNN ) -- Nadya Suleman on Thursday blamed the creation of the `` Octomom character '' that she has become synonymous with in part on a California fertility specialist who , she said , had her sign a consent form while she was drugged . Nadya Suleman gave birth to 8 kids in 2009 , after being implanted with 12 embryos . She says she was `` on a cocktail of drugs '' when a fertility doctor had her consent . The single mother admits that she had kids in part to address her emotional issues . But the reality is that it's not uncommon for women who are infertile or have other health problems to give up their babies because they don't want them anymore.
Nadya Suleman gave birth to 8 kids in 2009 , after being implanted with 12 embryos . She says she was `` on a cocktail of drugs '' when a fertility doctor had her consent . The single mother admits that she had kids in part to address her emotional issues . But the reality is that it's not uncommon for women who are infertile or have other health problems to give up their babies because they don't want them anymore.