LA: She said she ‘pinged back into shape like a rubber band’ after having eight of her 14 children in 2009. But while Nadya Suleman credits exercise and a healthy eating regime to getting her pre-pregnancy figure back new photos suggest she may well have had some help.
The 36-year-old has stripped off to show off her scars and her trim shape but the shape of belly button suggests she might have gone under the knife.
Dressed in a black top and a pair of tight black trousers Nadya lifts up her shirt to reveal her toned washboard abs.
It's hard to believe she is the mother of 14 children or that she gave birth to eight babies just three years ago.
While several deep stretch marks can be seen across her obliques and a littering of smaller scars can be seen all across her mid-section.
But while it is almost unbelievable that she snapped back into shape without any help Nadya has her own explanations for how she got her figure back.
In a recent interview with UK magazine Closer Nadya said: ' 'I just pinged back into shape like a rubber band after the kids, I don’t know how I did it. I eat like a horse, don’t count calories and have never owned a set of scales.
'I gained an entire human when I was pregnant with the octuplets, going from 10st to over 19st, but two months later, I was a size 8 again. Now, I never weigh myself.'
The 36-year-old gave birth to her brood in 2009, and after the six boys and two girls turned three in January, they became the longest-surviving set of octuplets in American history.
While she claims to be proud of her shape, not even minding the stretch marks on her stomach, Nadya did admit that just two weeks after her C-section, she began doing 50 sit-ups a day.
She also became a fitness fanatic, hitting the gym three times a week for two-hour stints in the middle of the night while a friend babysat so she could 'get stronger'.
'I've never believed in diets,' Nadya said. 'I just eat healthily. I’m a pescatarian and eat 15 portions of fruit or vegetables a day. I eat so much!
