Octuplets' Grandma: Daughter's M.D. Lied

The grandmother of the octuplets born almost a month ago to a single mother who already had six young kids says her daughter isn't the only one at fault.

In an exclusive interview, Angela Suleman told Early Show co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez the Beverly Hills fertility doctor who implanted eight embryos into Nadya Suleman is also at fault.

Angela also said she feels there should be a law putting a lid on the number of embryos a doctor can implant, and said God would punish Nadya with a very tough life, raising 14 children.

Dr. Michael Kamrava, of the West Coast IVF Clinic, performed the in-vitro fertilization that led to Nadya getting pregnant with the octuplets.

California officials say they're investigating the case.

Angela told Rodriguez, "As far as I'm concerned, (Kamrava) shouldn't have done it. But, he's a doctor. When he's asked to do something, I guess he doesn't refuse. ... (Kamrava) actually called and wanted to talk to Nadya, and then, when I realized that was her doctor, I pleaded with him, 'Please, don't do this anymore,' and he promised.

Still, Angela says, it was as if her plea "fell on deaf ears." She says the doctor admitted to her, "Yes, I realize that, you know, she shouldn't have that many. She's a single mother, tah dah dah,' and he'll not do it anymore. And yet, next year, she had another one, and another one." And now, eight more.

At one point, revealed Angela, "I told her she needed to stop, because I wouldn't be able to help her, because there was not enough room in the house and, for some reason, she couldn't. I guess that's what happens when a person is obsessive compulsive.

"She said that she'll take care of it and she won't have any more. And then you see, ha, but she is pregnant again and again."

Is she mentally ill?

"She doesn't seem sick. She was brilliant in her studies. But as far as everyday life is concerned, she is just not really thinking things through sometimes."

Does Angela blame herself?

"I did," she replied, "but then, I thought, 'You know, what could I have done different?' I was a loving mother and she had a loving father. So I don't know."

Other nations limit the number of embryos doctors can implant, Rodriguez pointed out as she asked whether Angela feels the U.S. should have such a law.

"I hope so," Angela responded. "There should be maybe a law to forbid a doctor to do this. However, she said she didn't want these embryos killed, you know, done away with ... Those were her children, and she wanted to try and just use the rest (of the fertilized eggs).

How will she and Nadya foot the bill for raising 14 kids?

"I don't know. I haven't thought about that yet," Angela conceded. "But I hope something will come up, because lots of neighbors have been very generous and nice."

Angela says she hasn't heard any remorse from her daughter "because those babies are here now, and it's too late, really, to have remorse. But she loves children. What can I say? She probably should have been a teacher like I was!"

The hate mail and death threats Nadya's been getting from people who resent public money having to be used to help the family have been "kind of scary," Angela says, but, "This is a mother who's trying to take care of her children, and she's a loving mother, so I don't think anything should happen to her, heaven forbid, you know -- because then, who's gonna take care of all these children?"

Then, a plea to those sending such mail and threats: "Please stop it, you know. There's no reason to do this. It's not necessary. She is going to have a tough life, with all these children. She is going to be punished. She believes in God so, you know, God is gonna take care of all this.

How so?

"Well, can you imagine, to be a single mother and having 14 children. It's a horrendous job. She wants to do a good job and she's been doing a good job. It's going to be very difficult, to say the least.