Khloe was only in her mid-twenties and still married to basketballer Lamar Odom when their attempts to make a baby fell flat. Doctors discovered that Khloe's hormones were 'off' and that she had to have regular injections, ultrasounds and tests in a bid to correct her levels.
Khloe had to undergo three failed cycles of IVF only to be forced to abandon the eggs she once froze because they weren't strong enough to survive the defrosting process.
The reality star and husband Travis Barker have struggled with fertility for some time.
“I had so many complications. I had this condition called placenta accreta. There were a couple little operations to fix all that, so that created a little hole in my uterus, which I think made it really tough to get pregnant again,” she explains. “It was a long road.
Kardashian, 42, underwent the IVF process three times during her marriage to ex-husband Kanye West. She conceived nine-year-old North naturally and seven-year-old Saint via IVF. She said both pregnancies proved too high risk, so she had Chicago, five, and Psalm, three, with the help of a surrogate.
Khloe underwent three failed cycles of IVF and been forced to abandon the eggs she once froze because they weren't strong enough to survive the defrosting process.
Well, according to a source, the use of a surrogate is down to “medical reasons: "There were medical reasons that factored into her decision to use a surrogate, but not putting such a strain on her body was a huge motivation", they told Heat Magazine.
Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are giving up on in vitro fertilization – and leaving future family plans up to fate. “We are officially done with IVF,” Kardashian, 44, shared in a confessional during the Season 3 premiere of “The Kardashians” on Wednesday.
Eventually, they signed up for medical assistance but Kim Kardashian's IVF journey was not without its problems. While the reality TV star was able to conceive their first baby naturally even without trying, she underwent IVF followed by a difficult pregnancy during her second time.
The 43-year-old reality star stopped the treatment after it became "a lot" and negatively impacted her mental health. Kourtney also gained weight and suffered menopause-like symptoms, reports mirror.co.uk.
Kardashian, 42, underwent the IVF process three times during her marriage to ex-husband Kanye West. She conceived nine-year-old North naturally and seven-year-old Saint via IVF. She said both pregnancies proved too high risk, so she had Chicago, five, and Psalm, three, with the help of a surrogate.
Khloé ended up with three embryos and 'a 60 percent chance each one would take'; her next step would be to get them tested for abnormalities.
Kourtney breastfed all three of her children, without using any formula to supplement.
Celebrities use surrogacy for a variety of reasons, including being a same-sex couple, being a single parent, and struggling with infertility. These celebrities have attempted to shatter the hush surrounding surrogacy by sharing their stories, starting a conversation, and being upfront about it.
"I actually have done IVF about three different times," Khloe shares. "I froze my eggs once already and when I was ready to make embryos with Tristan, I was making embryos." She adds that when she defrosted the eggs she'd frozen "none of them survived." "I'm so grateful that I decided to make embryos.
Per TMZ, the famous exes paid the carrier herself $45,000, and she received the money in 10 installments of $4,500. The A-listers reportedly gave the agency that connected them to the carrier an additional $68,850.
The 22-year-old billionaire make-up mogul apparently decided that she would not breastfeed Stormi, who is now two years old, and looked to Germany for a formula that would be the ideal replacement. Khloe continued: "That was her [Kylie's] choice from the start, and she found HiPP formulas from Germany.”
' It was not until the end of Sunday night's episode of their reality show that Kourtney revealed the truth to viewers. 'We didn't really feed them placenta,' she said.
But Kardashian and Hilton aren't the first celebrities to go the surrogacy route. In fact, Khloé's big sister Kim Kardashian took the same route just a few years ago with her two youngest children, Chicago and Psalm.
Kardashian has been widely praised for speaking out about her fertility struggles, with fans thanking her and sharing their own experiences in response. “@khloekardashian I can relate to your IVF journey,” tweeted one person.
During the season 3 premiere of The Kardashians in May 2023, Kourtney revealed that she and Travis "are officially done with IVF" and they will only have children if a baby is conceived naturally. "We would love a baby more than anything, but I just really believe in what God has in store for us.
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend have been open about their struggles with infertility and IVF. After trying multiple rounds of IVF, they eventually became pregnant and went on to have two healthy children.
They quickly became a power couple, and over the course of their 10-year relationship, West and Kardashian welcomed four children together: North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm.
Ever since news broke that she and her ex-husband Marc Anthony were expecting twins, Jennifer Lopez has maintained that the babies were conceived naturally, without the aid of in vitro fertilization. She explicitly stated in an interview that "It was natural. We didn't do in vitro.
Placenta accreta occurs when blood vessels and other parts of the placenta grow too deeply into the uterine wall and remain attached. Though typically a woman's placenta is delivered following the birth of the baby, in the case of North, Kardashian West's placenta did not detach.