Video:  Octuplets mom talks

The California Medical Board is now investigating whether there were any violations by a doctor who helped a woman become pregnant with the octuplets.

Friday morning on the Today Show, NBC’s Ann Curry sat down for an exclusive interview with the mother.

“I didn’t intend for it to be unconventional it just turned out to be, all I wanted was children,” said Nadya Suleman.

Now the mother of 14, 33 year old, Nadya Suleman is, for the first time since she gave birth to octuplets, answering tough questions about why.

“I wanted to be a mom. That is all i’ve ever wanted in my life,“ said Suleman.

And how she plans to raise so many as an unemployed single mother living with her parents in this house.

“I know I’ll be able to afford them when I am done with my schooling,“ Suleman said.

But instead of the usual donations and support high profile multiples often get, Suleman has drawn fire.

“You didn’t just want one or two embryos? Curry asked.

“Of course not I wanted them all transferred. Those are my children and that was what was available and I used them. I took a risk. A gamble,” said Suleman.

“That is not her risk to take. The physician has the responsibility to provide a standard of care - which for someone her age is no more than 2 embryos at a time,“ said Ellen Wright Clayton a professor of Bio Medical Ethics at Vanderbilt University.

Suleman has not named her fertility specialist, but says she used the same doctor and same sperm donor for all of her children.

And the California Medical Board is now investigating whether there was a violation of medical standards

A mother who says she is now living a lifelong dream while for others it is the ultimate ethical nightmare.

Experts say the octuplets will likely be in the hospital for several more weeks and could still face developmental difficulties.

You’ll get to see exclusive video of the babies along with the entire exclusive interview on Today Monday, February 9, and on Dateline at 10 p.m. On Tuesday, february 10.