LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Kourtney Kardashian recently opened up about the misconception surrounding the process of freezing eggs. The reality star discussed her fertility journey on the premiere episode of the third season of ‘The Kardashians’ and shared that she froze her eggs years before attempting to have a child with her husband, Travis Barker.
Kourtney revealed how she eventually decided to discontinue IVF (in vitro fertilization) and began believing in “what God has in store.” She also shared how she had “seven frozen eggs from years ago, before Travis” but most of it failed to survive. “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,” the LEMME founder 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,” she stated.
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‘My health is still impacted’
Kourtney went on to share the IVF procedure “took a toll” on her mental health and well being. “My health is still impacted because it's hormones, and mentally it definitely took a toll,” she said. “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,” the reality star added.
Barker and Kourtney previously spoke about their journey to have a child during the last season of ‘The Kardashians.’ One of the episodes showed the couple sharing that they try to do an egg retrieval procedure for the first time. However, in the following week they revealed that the “egg retrieval didn't go the way that we would've hoped.” “He was able to retrieve the egg but it didn't make it to the embryo stage,” Kourtney said at the time.
‘It gets better!’
Back in December, Kourtney took to an Instagram story to share that she was feeling better after ending her IVF treatments 10 months ago. “Finally started getting my energy back 10 months after stopping IVF,” the 44-year-old wrote over of a photo of her treadmill’s dashboard. “For anyone else going through it, it gets better!” she added.
Kourtney shares sons Reign Aston, 8, and Mason Dash, 13, as well as daughter Penelope Scotland, 10, with her former partner Scott Disick. Meanwhile Barker shares daughter Alabama Luella, 17, and son Landon Asher, 19, with his ex-wife Shanna Moakler. He is also stepfather to Atiana De La Hoya, Moakler's daughter from her previous relationship with boxer Oscar De La Hoya.
