Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are expecting their third child via surrogate early next year, but what fans didn’t know is that before the couple made the ‘difficult’ decision to conceive through surrogacy, the reality star and her husband had to go through a series of hurdles before finalizing their current surrogate.
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Kim Kardashian and
Kanye West are expecting their third child via surrogate early next year, but what fans didn’t know is that before the couple made the ‘difficult’ decision to conceive through surrogacy, the reality star and her husband had to go through a series of hurdles before finalizing their current surrogate.
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“You have to like make sure that their lifestyle is healthy and they have to go through psychological testing, and it was maybe a year before we finalized our current situation,” Kim explained.
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“But I think everything happens for a reason, because the surrogate that I really loved got approved and she is such a nice person, like she’s so easy to talk to and she’s the perfect fit for us, but we have to decide quickly, are we really going to go through with this or are we gonna wait until we feel more prepared.”
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“This is the craziest waiting game,” she told Khloé over the phone. “It’s so frustrating. It’s really nerve-wracking because you know it’s only a 60 percent chance it’ll take. One didn’t work for me. I tried it and I lost one of them.”
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Khloé explained, “Before Kimberly got pregnant with Saint, she had an embryo implanted into her and that embryo did not take. So Kim is super nervous and anxious during this waiting period. Of course, she wants to know is she or is she not having another baby.”
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As fans know, Kim suffers from a condition called placenta accrete and doctors have concluded that it would not be safe for the KKW beauty founder to carry her own child. However, after giving birth to North, 5, and Saint, 2, Kim opened up about how unfamiliar this third pregnancy experience is.
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“It’s kind of weird when it’s not you, so I don’t know whether I should start eating donuts and celebrate like I would like old times or just go to the gym,” Kim told Kourtney.
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“I’m seriously so grateful for that and that someone is so selfless and kind to do this, and I definitely want to keep it private,” she said. “I don’t want people to find my surrogate. Like I don’t want them to harass her. She doesn’t know how to handle stuff like that. This isn’t her world.”
Kim Kardashian and
Kanye West are expecting their third child via surrogate early next year, but what fans didn’t know is that before the couple made the ‘difficult’ decision to conceive through surrogacy, the reality star and her husband had to go through a series of hurdles before finalizing their current surrogate.
“You have to like make sure that their lifestyle is healthy and they have to go through psychological testing, and it was maybe a year before we finalized our current situation,” Kim explained.
“But I think everything happens for a reason, because the surrogate that I really loved got approved and she is such a nice person, like she’s so easy to talk to and she’s the perfect fit for us, but we have to decide quickly, are we really going to go through with this or are we gonna wait until we feel more prepared.”
“This is the craziest waiting game,” she told Khloé over the phone. “It’s so frustrating. It’s really nerve-wracking because you know it’s only a 60 percent chance it’ll take. One didn’t work for me. I tried it and I lost one of them.”
Khloé explained, “Before Kimberly got pregnant with Saint, she had an embryo implanted into her and that embryo did not take. So Kim is super nervous and anxious during this waiting period. Of course, she wants to know is she or is she not having another baby.”
As fans know, Kim suffers from a condition called placenta accrete and doctors have concluded that it would not be safe for the KKW beauty founder to carry her own child. However, after giving birth to North, 5, and Saint, 2, Kim opened up about how unfamiliar this third pregnancy experience is.
“It’s kind of weird when it’s not you, so I don’t know whether I should start eating donuts and celebrate like I would like old times or just go to the gym,” Kim told Kourtney.
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“I’m seriously so grateful for that and that someone is so selfless and kind to do this, and I definitely want to keep it private,” she said. “I don’t want people to find my surrogate. Like I don’t want them to harass her. She doesn’t know how to handle stuff like that. This isn’t her world.”