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.

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.

Nadya Suleman shared a rare look into her life as a mother of 14 in the Lifetime documentary series ‘Confessions of Octomom’

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.

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

Natalie ‘Nadya’ Suleman returned to the spotlight to tell-all about her life after rising to fame for welcoming octuplets in 2009

Why Natalie ‘Octomom’ Suleman No Longer Goes By ‘Nadya’ (Exclusive) Natalie Suleman chats with ET's Rachel Smith about her Lifetime biopic, 'I Was Octomom,' and upcoming docuseries, 'Confessions of Octomom.

"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."