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Octomum Nadya Suleman says she has given up her porn career and now wants to find a man to come and live with her and her 14 kids.

Nadya became famous in 2009 when it was revealed she gave birth to octuplets after undergoing IVF treatment .

She already had six children and this point, and was unemployed.

All 14 children share a two bedroom home with their mother, who has converted an office into a third bedroom so her children all have a place to sleep.

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(Image: Natalie Suleman/Instagram)

Nadya's notoriety landed her a job starring in porn films, as well as a stripper in a nightclub, but she says her media persona - combined with her financial difficulties and the stress of caring for her huge family - drove her to the brink of suicide.

And while her new career helped her pay the bills for a time, she said it 'nearly destroyed' her.

She told Mail Online : "Every day I would wake up with the most ugly, dead, visceral feeling inside of me."

Nadya, who now prefers to be known as Natalie, was finally convinced to leave her life behind when a stranger approached her in a strip club and told her she 'didn't have to do this' anymore.

Speaking about the Nadya persona that she has left behind, Natalie said: "I didn't want to live. I felt less than human as that character I was pretending to be, to survive and provide for my family.

"What she was disgusted me and I did not want my children to remember me like that. I was forced into doing things I didn't want to do because I was so terrified I couldn't support them and give them the life I deserved."

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(Image: Natalie Suleman/Instagram)

Natalie, from Orange County, California, has six children from five separate rounds of IVF: Elijah, 16, Amerah, 15, Joshua, 13, Aiden, 11, and twins Calyssa and Caleb, 10.

A further round of IVF saw her carry eight babies, the only set of octuplets in the world to survive.

Makai, Josiah, Isiah, Jonah, Maliyah, Jeremiah, Nariyah and Noah are nine in January.

Now, Natalie is open to sharing her life with a new man, but she says she's not actively searching for a partner just yet.

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(Image: Natalie Suleman/Instagram) (Image: Natalie Suleman/Instagram) (Image: Natalie Suleman/Instagram)

(Image: Natalie Suleman/Instagram)

For the moment, she is concerned with making ends meet in her tiny home, and says she family live from pay check to pay check.

Natalie has taken up a part time role as a counsellor, speaking to men and women with drug and alcohol issues.

She says she is happiest when she's at home with her children, but has admitted that she was "very foolish, immature sand selfish" to have 14 children.

Natalie added: "I was on a mission. I just wanted to have a bunch of kids. But I couldn't imagine my life at this point in time any different than it is."