<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"Ready to see Nadya Suleman bowl, fight with her mother, change 700 diapers a week and escape paparazzi in the biggest family van ever?\r\nThursday night, a one-hour documentary called Octomom: Me and My 14 Kids premieres on British TV&amp;apos;s Channel 4; the show will air (retitled My Life As the Octomom) at a later date in the U.S.\r\nIn this lively promo clip -- that features Gnarls Barkley&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Crazy&amp;quot; playing in the background -- the mother of 14 cheerfully says &amp;quot;sometimes I think God is testing me.&amp;quot; She defends herself against her critics, too: &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m a competent, good mother.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe reel also introduces her nervous lawyer (who worries that her kids will be taken away), her best friend (who wants to hook Suleman up with a man) and her mother Angela (&amp;quot;you need help!&amp;quot; she screams).\r\nIn the documentary, Suleman is open about her struggle to bond with each of her octuplets, admitting that &amp;quot;it takes a while . . . I found myself bonding with, like, three or four [more] than the others. It&amp;apos;s so hard.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe show&amp;apos;s producer and director, Luke Campbell, was surprised by Suleman. &amp;quot;She was completely approachable,&amp;quot; Campbell says. &amp;quot;She had a logical sense of the enormity of her situation and the task of raising this gargantuan brood. I admired her tenacity.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nBut the director-producer admits that Suleman has had her moments, and he worries for the future of her family. &amp;quot;She burst into tears for half an hour mid shoot . . . She means well, but I don&amp;apos;t think in the future she&amp;apos;s going to be able to really provide the necessary level of monitoring and mothering [that a child needs].&amp;quot;\r\nShooting for the documentary -- and future installments to air at later dates -- began in April. In a lengthy Nov. 12 profile in the New York Times Magazine, Suleman distinguishes the documentary filming from a Jon and Kate -style reality show. And her kids understand, too, she tells the magazine.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;They&amp;apos;re able to conceptualize that, O.K., we don&amp;apos;t necessarily want this. But it&amp;apos;s controlled,&amp;quot; she says of film crews taping them &amp;quot;only for a few days, every six or so months,&amp;quot; as the New York Times puts it.\r\n&amp;#xA0;Suleman adds: &amp;quot;You live in my life one day and you&amp;apos;ll see, you&amp;apos;ll realize: it&amp;apos;s ludicrous.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/octomom-with-flash-20091211>