Octuplet mom Natalie Suleman and her kids have a movie coming: See them now

Natalie (formerly Nadya) Suleman, who gave birth to the first surviving set of octuplets in history, is once again stepping into the spotlight to share her story.

A mother of 14 and grandmother to one, the 49-year-old Suleman made headlines when her children were young, but she has taken a more private approach in recent years. In a recent interview, she told People, “My family and I are taking our life back.”

Suleman and the octuplets (Noah, Maliyah, Isaiah, Nariyah, Jonah, Makai, Josiah and Jeremiah) are the subjects of a Lifetime movie and docuseries: “I Was Octomom” and “Confessions of Octomom.” Both will premiere in March.

Suleman said that the decision to return to public view did not belong to her, but to her children. She said, “I’ve been saying, I want to keep them safe and protect my kids, and well, they’re older now. They’re turning 16 and making the decision to really do this.”

“The movie follows my journey, starting with my decision to have one more IVF procedure to try to complete my family of six,” Suleman told People. In that attempt to complete her family with “one more” she ended up giving birth to eight kids. Unsurprisingly, Suleman said that raising octuplets was “complete pandemonium.”

Through it all, Suleman has done all the talking. But now it’s her kids’ turn to speak up.

Suleman’s daughter Nariyah, 15, told People that she’s “very excited” for viewers to understand her mother’s point of view. She said, “I feel like it was very unfair how she was terrorized and hated for just being a mother. And she had to sacrifice so much just for her children.”

For her part, Suleman said she hopes women who may be struggling will find inspiration in her story.

“I am not Octomom,” she said. “I’m a mom.”