Summary
- Kourtney Kardashian shares her fertility journey with fans, emphasizing the importance of rest and health during treatments.
- Kourtney was scared during her last pregnancy due to more restrictions and risks involved, but everything turned out well.
- Despite facing challenges, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are now happily raising their son Rocky in domestic bliss.
Kourtney Kardashian defines herself as a person who is "obsessed with being pregnant," so she treasures her experiences with her pregnancies. That doesn't mean that it was easy, though. Kourtney now has four children, with the youngest being less than a year old, and it was a long journey for her and Travis Barker to have their son.
Due to a fan who reached out on Instagram sharing her own difficult journey, Kourtney Kardashian opened up about everything she went through to bring Rocky into this world, and while it was hard, she's very grateful for how everything turned out.
Kourtney Kardashian On Her Fertility Journey
Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Baker welcomed their first child, Rocky, last year, and they have been living in domestic bliss ever since. But recently, the reality TV star shared a more intimate, more painful side of her journey to becoming a mother.
Despite having all the resources one could hope for, it was still tough for her and the Blink-182 drummer to get pregnant, and when a fan reached out to her on Instagram talking about how scary and debilitating it is to go through a fertility journey with no success, Kourtney Kardashian opened up about her own experience.
"I stopped after a year of trying (5 failed IVF cycles, 3 retrievals)," she shared, "my body relaxed and I believed in God's plan for my life. Lots of prayers for whatever was meant to be for us."
The Kardashians star also highlighted the importance of letting the body rest and staying healthy, not just during fertility treatments.
"Also lots of optimizing my health. I know how hard it is to feel like you're not trying, but believing in God's plan and saying your prayers is so powerful. All the best!"
Kourtney Kardashian was very open about her desire to be a mother, even visiting a doctor on their reality show, but this is the first time she's gone into detail about the difficult, private moments of their journey.
Kourtney Was Very Scared During Her Last Pregnancy
Kourtney Kardashian went through three pregnancies before getting pregnant with Rocky, she was afraid about going through it this time around, mostly because she learned a lot more about the risks surrounding pregnancy. Also, she had a lot more restrictions, and that meant more fears.
"My doctors are so cautious and I’ve had so many more restrictions than my other pregnancies," she said in an interview with Vogue last year. "The first trimester was no working out, no flying on airplanes, no sex. Then the second trimester, I could do anything. Now, I am back to all the restrictions."
She also had a sobering moment when an ultrasound showed her she needed emergency surgery which saved the baby's life, something not all women have access to.
"That experience opened my eyes to a whole new world of pregnancy that I didn’t know about in the past,” she explained. "It was terrifying. After, I learned that insurance typically only covers two ultrasounds when you’re pregnant, I had no idea. I’ve always been lucky enough to do more than what insurance covers, and it’s one of those ultrasounds that saved my baby’s life."
Luckily, everything turned out alright for Kourtney and Rocky, and six months on, the family couldn't be happier.
