Octomom Regrets "Selfish" Choice To Have So Many Children

Courtesy Oprah.com

After over a year of defending her choice to be inseminated via IVF as a single, unemployed woman, Nadya Suleman has finally admitted that her choice to have so many children was "childish," "immature" and "selfish."

"Do I regret [it]? You can't regret children. But the choices were childish. They were immature. They were selfish," she told Oprah Winfrey.

"I feel as though I wasn't thinking at that time. If I could go back, would I make different choices? Maybe. At this point, I know and I need to teach my children that we need to learn, we need to grow, we need to keep on growing and transcending, and we need to make the best possible choices," the mom-of-14 reflected. "And when we make poor choices, all you can do is really, really learn from that and grow from that. Try not to repeat it."

Nadya also said despite previous claims she'd be open to more children that she was definitely done. "At this point in my life, that is the furthest thing that I would ever even imagine," she said.

As for Nadya ever revealing the identity of her babies' daddy, she says, "It is not my place, and that would be completely disrespectful of me. He and I may have unresolved issues, but what does that have to do with exploiting him? I respect his life. I'm loyal to him. That is not even something I would even fathom to do."

As hard as it is to survive as a single parent with 14 children, Nadya said that they are no longer on food stamps, and support themselves with media appearances. But Oprah was quick to point out, "I want you all to know we did not pay Nadya a dime for this interview, neither have we ever paid in 25 years. I don't believe in that."

Oprah says she decided to do the interview after receiving a letter from Nadya, in which Nadya says "she wants the world to see her for who she really is."

The interview airs today.