In case you weren't aware already,
Kim Kardashian is having another baby! However, rather than carrying the child herself, the reality star has opted to have a surrogate deliver the baby due to the complications she experienced during her previous two births.
During her first pregnancy with North, the makeup mogul suffered from preeclampsia - a condition which gives the expectant mother high blood pressure and severe headaches. She also struggled with placenta accreta - a condition in which the placenta grows too deeply into the mother’s uterus, becoming inseparable from the uterine wall. After birth, when the placenta is supposed to be expelled from the uterus, it fails to detach - something which can be hugely scary for the mother.
Kim's experiences with the conditions led to her and Kanye deciding that they should get a surrogate to deliver their third child. However, despite Kim claiming that she has a good relationship with the anonymous surrogate, she decided to not invite her to her cherry-blossom-filled baby shower which happened over the weekend.
"I did not", said Kardashian, when asked if she had invited the surrogate to the party. "I introduced her to my family earlier that day, and I just thought … I don’t know, it was a weird decision to have to make." She continued, "Of course I would have wanted her to be there, and be a part of it, but I hadn’t really gone that far in explaining it to my kids yet."
Kardashian already has two children with her rapper husband, daughter North, 4, and son Saint, 2, and she feels like the children aren't prepared to understand the role of the surrogate just yet.
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“I think I have to explain it to my kids first and figure out how I’m going to explain it to them,” she said. “So I have to figure that out first before they really see, and then if we’re celebrating, you know, her … I just wanted to celebrate the baby.”
Despite the lack of invite, the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star had nothing but positive things to say about the surrogate, who she revealed didn't know she was carrying the celebrity child at first. While surrogacy can remain anonymous, Kim said that she wanted to meet the surrogate in order to make sure that she was comfortable with the situation.
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“What if they weren’t a fan of me or my husband?” she said. “What if they didn’t want to be carrying our baby? I wanted to give them that choice.”
Despite her worries, Kim revealed that she instantly hit it off with the surrogate, who she says was "really excited" to be carrying her child. “I love her. I have the best relationship with my surrogate. She’s so nice,” Kardashian added. “She’s the perfect person to do this for my family.”
Kardashian had previously described pregnancy as "the worst experience of my life" however she says that surrogacy is "so much harder" than conceiving naturally.
“Anyone that says or thinks (surrogacy) is just the easy way out is just completely wrong,” she recently told Entertainment Tonight. “Obviously you pick someone that you completely trust and that you have a good bond and relationship with, but it is still ... knowing that I was able to carry my first two babies and not, you know, my baby now, it’s hard for me. So, it’s definitely a harder experience than I anticipated just in the control area.”
Whatever you think about Kim Kardashian, she is very open and honest in her interviews and that should be applauded. Hopefully, the baby is delivered without any complications, and with the revelation that it's going to be a girl, we should have a new generation of Kardashians to steal the limelight very soon.
