Octomom Natalie ‘Nadya’ Suleman Celebrates Twins’s 19th Birthday

Octomom Natalie ‘Nadya’ Suleman is celebrating her twins’ 19th birthday!

On Thursday, Oct. 2, the single mom of 14 shared a series of photos on her Instagram as she celebrated her twins Caleb and Calyssa on their 19th birthday. Suleman, 50, included a few rare throwback photos of her twins from when they were much younger, sitting at a table together with another one of their siblings.

She also included shots of the twins on their birthday, eating chocolate cake and posing with their mom outside.

“Happy 19th Birthday to my twins Caleb and Calyssa! May God continue to bless and protect you both; and provide you with joy, health and happiness,” Suleman wrote in her caption. “I pray He guides you in the pursuit and achievement of any goal you set for yourselves. I love you ❤️ 🙏🏽.”

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In 2009, Suleman was implanted with 12 embryos by Dr. Michael Kamrava, a Beverly Hills fertility specialist who oversaw her previous in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments. Out of that dozen, Suleman became pregnant with eight babies and made history by giving birth to the first-ever surviving octuplets, earning her the nickname Octomom.

Suleman was already a mother of six children — Amerah, Calyssa, Elijah, Caleb, Joshua and Aidan — when she gave birth to her octuplets: Noah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Jonah, Josiah, Makai, Maliyah and Nariyah.

On her docu-series Confessions of Octomom that premiered this past spring, Suleman opened up about her reasoning for taking her octuplets out of public school when they were almost 12 years old. The kids, who turned 16 years old in January, shared their experiences dealing with bullying and being influenced negatively by their peers.

Ultimately, Suleman and her octuplets decided to do virtual school, despite any outside opinions. The reality star has no regrets about taking her kids out of public school and said that she would do all she could to “support” and “nurture” her children.

“It’s ultimately their choice and they don’t want to go to the public school, so I tried to do what I could to help support them and nurture them to the best of my ability,” she explained in a confessional. “Whatever people’s opinions are on that doesn’t matter to me.”

This past January, the proud mom shared a post on Instagram in honor of her eight kids’ 16th birthday. Alongside a photo of the siblings posing in a line, she included a sweet message reflecting on the milestone.

After wishing all of her kids a happy birthday by name, she wrote: “You are loved, valued and appreciated more than words can express! I am so blessed to have you all in my life, and excited and grateful for the journey we are about to embark [on].”

She then shared her hope for the teens’ future. “God has loved and protected you all for the past 16 years, and has great plans for each and every one of you!” she wrote.

Suleman closed out her message with a beloved quote from the popular children’s book I’ll Love You Forever by Robert Munsch: “I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always, as long as I’m l living, my babies you’ll be.”