Kourtney Kardashian gets candid with fans about her struggles to get pregnant with now 6-month-old Rocky.
While answering questions about her pregnancy during a Q&A with fans, Kourtney was asked about going through IVF multiple times. “Had 6 failed IVFs,” one fan wrote. “How did you find the strength to keep going? It’s debilitating”
Kourtney Kardashian then detailed her IVF journey. “I stopped after a year of trying (5 failed IVF cycles, 3 retrievals) my body relaxed and I believed in God’s plan for my life,” she explained. Lots of prayers for whatever was meant to be for us. Also lots of optimizing my health.”
The reality TV star also wrote, “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!”
Following a series of struggles during her pregnancy, including an emergency fetal surgery, Kourtney Kardashian and her husband Travis Barker welcomed their first child together, Rocky.
Kardashian shares three other children Mason, Penelope, and Reign with her ex-partner, Scott Disick. Travis has two children, Landon and Alabama, with ex-wife Shana Moakler. He’s also a father figure to Moakler’s daughter, Atlana De La Hoya.
Kourtney Kardashian Clarifies She Got Pregnant ‘Naturally’ Following Her IVF Struggles
In a separate post during the Q&A session, Kourtney Kardashian says she got pregnant “100% naturally” after she quit doing the IVF treatments.
“I wanted to be super clear [because] it seems my answer to the IVF question may have been confusing,” she explained. “I got pregnant 100% naturally, NOT through IVF… one year after stopping IVF actually. Through God’s blessing on Valentine’s Day.”
Kourtney Kardashian revealed that she and Travis Barker were “officially done” with IVF during the season three premiere of The Kardashians.
During the episode, Kourtney stated that she and Travis decided to ditch IVF and left family planning in “God’s hands.”
“I would love a baby more than anything but I just really believe in what God has in store for us,” she explained, per Today. “If that’s a baby, then I believe that it will happen.”
Kourtney Kardashian also stated that she felt “pressure” to freeze her eggs when she was 38 or 39. This was even before she and Travis got together. she noted that her doctors were able to retrieve seven eggs during the process successfully. However, “most of them didn’t survive the thaw… and none of them made it to an embryo.”
“The freezing of the eggs isn’t guaranteed. I think that that’s a misunderstanding. People do it thinking it’s a safety net and then it’s not,” she added.