"Nobody knows [who I am], they look and they look away," she says in the premiere episode of her new Lifetime docuseries

Fourteen kids are a whole lot of mouths to feed, and Nadya Suleman, better known as “Octomom,” knows that all too well. While the mom has been strapped for cash in the past, Nadya has done whatever it takes to take care of her family.

"I'm honest, I'm very transparent with everyone," Suleman, 49, says. When the time came to explain things to her octuplets, "I told them that they come from an anonymous frozen donor and I bought one, it was one dad."

Natalie “Nadya” Suleman became known as Octomom — the mother of the first known octuplets conceived through in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer to survive their births and infancies. While the media personality,

For the first time, mother of 14 Natalie 'Nadya' Suleman shares details about how she afforded IVF treatments and when and why she received government aid while raising her children.

The new Lifetime movie "I Was Octomom" follows Natalie Suleman’s journey from her decision to have one more IVF procedure.

Suleman and her children live in Orange County, California, with their two cats. Today, she is a dedicated mom who is passionate about God, food, and fitness. She has credited weight training with helping her deal with chronic pain from injuries suffered both during pregnancy and before she welcomed the octuplets.

Nadya “Octomom” Suleman, who shot to fame after delivering the world’s first surviving octuplets in 2009, is keeping a low profile these days. With the spotlight dimmed, fans are buzzing about her current life and where she calls home as she juggles raising her 14 children.