Kourtney Kardashian Barkeris clearing up a common misconception.
While discussing her fertility journey in the season 3 premiere episode ofThe Kardashians, the LEMME founder, 44, explained that she had frozen eggs before trying to grow her blended family with husbandTravis Barker.
While discussing her decision to discontinue in vitro fertilization and “believe what God has in store,” Kourtney revealed, “I had seven frozen eggs from years ago, before Travis.”
“When I was 38 or 39, everyone was like pushing me to do that. Most of mine didn’t survive the thaw because eggs are one cell, and none of them made it into an embryo,” she explained. “The freezing of eggs isn’t guaranteed. It’s a misunderstanding, people do it thinking it’s a safety net, and it’s not.”
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Kourtney goes on to admit IVF “took a toll” on her.
“My health is still impacted because it’s hormones, and mentally it definitely took a toll. I think being happy is what’s important and being a good parent to my kids. We’re just embracing that whatever is meant to be will be.”
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Kourtney shares sonsReign Aston, 8, andMason Dash, 13, plus daughterPenelope Scotland, 10, with exScott Disick. Travis is dad to daughterAlabama Luella, 17, and sonLandon Asher, 19, as well as stepdad toAtiana De La Hoya, ex-wifeShanna Moakler’s daughter from her previous relationship with professional boxerOscar De La Hoya.
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“He was able to retrieve the egg but it didn’t make it to the embryo stage,” she explained at the time.
In December, the star said she wasfeeling like herselfafter stopping IVF treatments for 10 months.
“Finally started getting my energy back 10 months after stopping IVF,” she wrote in an Instagram story on top of a photo of her treadmill’s dashboard. “For anyone else going through it, it gets better!”
source: people.com
