{"id":100619,"date":"2024-05-28T19:12:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T19:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/28\/kourtney-kardashian-details-long-painful-astounding-ivf-journey-to-pregnancy\/"},"modified":"2024-05-28T19:12:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T19:12:27","slug":"kourtney-kardashian-details-long-painful-astounding-ivf-journey-to-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/28\/kourtney-kardashian-details-long-painful-astounding-ivf-journey-to-pregnancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Kourtney Kardashian Details Long, Painful, Astounding IVF Journey to Pregnancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As you very much know by now, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker welcomed their first child together in November.<\/p>\n<p>Say hello to the very precious and extremely perfect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2023\/12\/kourtney-kardashian-and-travis-barker-present-first-baby-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rocky Thirteen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As many people may <em>not<\/em> know, however?<\/p>\n<p>It really was <em>quite<\/em> the journey to parenthood for the spouses.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920855-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker look great\" class=\"wp-image-500826 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920855-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920855-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920855-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920855-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920855-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920855-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920855-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920855-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are the proud parents of a son named Rocky. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Rob Kim\/Getty Images for NYFW: The Shows)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On May 27, the reality star answered fan questions on her Instagram Stories, including one from a follower who asked Kardashian about her experience with IVF.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stopped after a year of trying (5 failed IVF cycles, 3 retrievals) my body relaxed and I believed in God\u2019s plan for my life,\u201d Kardashian responded to this personal inquiry. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLots of prayers for whatever was meant to be for us. Also lots of optimizing my health. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know how hard it is to feel like you\u2019re not trying, but believing in God\u2019s plan and saying your prayers is so powerful. All the best!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920082-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-500825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920082-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920082-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920082-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920082-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920082-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920082-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920082-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920082-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-500825 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920082-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920082-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920082-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920082-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920082-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920082-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920082-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1422920082-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker attend the Tommy Hilfiger fashion show during September 2022 New York Fashion Week: The Shows on September 11, 2022 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Getty)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kardashian is already mother to three kids: Reign Aston, 8, and Mason Dash, 13, plus daughter Penelope Scotland, 11, all with ex Scott Disick.<\/p>\n<p>Barker shares son Landon, 20, daughter Alabama, 17, and stepdaughter Atiana De La Hoya, 24, with ex-wife Shanna Moakler.<\/p>\n<p>On earlier episodes of The Kardashians, Kourtney didn\u2019t get overly specific about her IVF struggles \u2014 but she <em>did<\/em> tell viewers that she and Travis had decided to go the natural route instead due to the physical and mental toll this process had taken on her.<\/p>\n<p>Kourtney later said that, if a baby was meant to be,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2023\/05\/kourtney-kardashian-and-travis-barker-no-more-ivf-its-in-gods-hands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it would simply be part of God\u2019s plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"758\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1339949100-758x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian for MTV\" class=\"wp-image-500824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1339949100-758x1024.jpg 758w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1339949100-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1339949100-768x1037.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1339949100-1517x2048.jpg 1517w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1339949100-711x960.jpg 711w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1339949100-800x1080.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1339949100-889x1200.jpg 889w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1339949100-scaled.jpg 1896w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"758\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1339949100-758x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian for MTV\" class=\"wp-image-500824 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1339949100-758x1024.jpg 758w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1339949100-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1339949100-768x1037.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1339949100-1517x2048.jpg 1517w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1339949100-711x960.jpg 711w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1339949100-800x1080.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1339949100-889x1200.jpg 889w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1339949100-scaled.jpg 1896w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1339949100-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian attend the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards at Barclays Center on September 12, 2021 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Jason Kempin\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fast forward to the present day, and God appears to have come through for the couple.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be super clear bc it seems my answer to the IVF question may have been confusing,\u201d the 45-year wrote in a follow-up Instagram Story on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got pregnant 100% naturally, NOT through IVF\u2026 one year after stopping IVF actually. Through God\u2019s blessing on Valentine\u2019s Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On a Season 4 episode of her family\u2019s Hulu series, Kourtney said she and the Blink-182 musician were taken aback when she got pregnant because they had just recently put an end to the grueling IVF cycle.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1094653084-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Kourtney Kardashian at a gala\" class=\"wp-image-500823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1094653084-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1094653084-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1094653084-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1094653084-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1094653084-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1094653084-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1094653084-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1094653084-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Kourtney Kardashian at a gala\" class=\"wp-image-500823 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1094653084-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1094653084-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1094653084-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1094653084-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1094653084-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1094653084-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1094653084-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1094653084-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kourtney Kardashian attends the amfAR New York Gala 2019 at Cipriani Wall Street on February 6, 2019 in New York City.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Michael Loccisano\/Wire Image)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt happened on Valentine\u2019s Day,\u201d Kardashian said of conceiving her fourth child. \u201cI mean, people would always tell say to us, \u2018When you stop trying, it\u2019s just going to happen.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stopped doing IVF probably two months before our wedding and so it took a year for all those hormones and chemicals to get out of my system,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were not trying whatsoever. I wasn\u2019t even checking my ovulation anymore. We decided to put it in God\u2019s hands and thought it was just not happening. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were accepting of it and then\u2026 God\u2019s plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urls.grow.me\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaG9sbHl3b29kZ29zc2lwLmNvbS8yMDI0LzA1L2tvdXJ0bmV5LWthcmRhc2hpYW4tZGV0YWlscy1sb25nLXBhaW5mdWwtYXN0b3VuZGluZy1pdmYtam91cm5leS10by1wcmVnbmFuY3kv\/e\/*%7CEMAIL%7C*\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you very much know by now, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker welcomed their first child together in November. Say hello to the very precious and extremely perfect Rocky Thirteen. As many people may not know, however? It really was quite the journey to parenthood for the spouses. 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