Kim Kardashian underwent FIVE operations within a year and a half to ‘fix the damage’ caused by pregnancy following the births of North and Saint
ByEllie Phillips For Mailonline
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She’s a mother to four young children, two which she delivered naturally and two who were carried by a surrogate.
And,
The reality star had a condition called preeclampsia or toxemia, and following the birth of her first baby her placenta did not come out but dangerously grew inside her, and Despite managing to deliver a second child, required multiple surgeries.
Ouch! Kim Kardashian, 34, has revealed that she underwent five operations within a year and a half to ‘fix the damage’ caused by pregnancy.
But, after the ‘same awful delivery’ during his birth, doctors refused to help her get pregnant via her frozen embryos a third time.
It was then that Kardashian turned to surrogates for the birth of third and fourth children: daughter Chicago, one, and son Psalm, seven months.
Speaking in a video for her new SKIMS campaign, Kim said: ‘When I was pregnant with my daughter North, I had a condition called preeclampsia or toxemia, which It is basically when the mom’s organs start to shut down.
Terrifying: The mother -of-four had a condition called preeclampsia or toxemia, and following the birth of her first baby her placenta did not come out but dangerously grew inside her
First born: Kanye West’s wife Kim suffered from a number of complications while carrying North, six
‘The only way to get rid of that is to deliver the baby. At 34 and a half weeks, I had to go into emergency labor – they induced me. North was four pounds. She was almost six weeks early. ‘
She went on to explain that after delivering her daughter, her placenta never came out but grew inside her uterus, warning:’ That is what women die from in childbirth. ‘
Despite the difficult pregnancy and labor, the couple wanted more children but the KUWTK star had another complicated time while carrying Saint.
Here he is: After freezing her eggs she was able to deliver her second, son Saint, four, but the ‘ same awful delivery ‘during his birth
Ouch: ‘I had to have five different operations within a year and a half to fix the damage that all of that did on the inside’ and doctors refused to help Kim get pregnant a third time
She continued: ‘After my daughter was born, I still continued to do the process of freezing my eggs.
‘I was able to get pregnant through that with my son Saint, and then I had two embryos left. I had the same condition, same awful delivery that I had with my first daughter.
‘After that, I had to have five different operations within a year and a half to fix the damage that all of that did on the inside. ‘
She recalled: ‘I asked my doctors,’ Can I do it one more time? ‘ And they were like, “We won’t even put an embryo in you – that would be like malpractice”. ‘
Tough time: She described her preeclampsia as a condition during pregnancy whereby ‘the mom’s organs start to shut down’
‘Worth it’: Kim ultimately had four children [L-R above] : Saint, Psalm, Chicago and North
Although she had a hard time Having her family, Kim insists all the struggles were ‘worth it’.
She connected: ‘I’m so thankful for my beautiful kids, no matter how they came to me – they came to me.
‘I’m so thankful for surrogates. I’m really thankful for my family. I grew up with so many siblings. I just loved being in a big environment.
‘I would have gone through the same pain and back for the result of having my babies. It was all worth it. ‘
Do-over: On whether or not. She would do it all again, Kim added, ‘I would have gone through the same pain and back for the result … of having my babies’
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