TV personality Kourtney Kardashian appreciates her new look on the latest episode of “The Kardashians.” The reality star gained weight after undergoing months of IVF treatment to improve her chances of having a child with her husband, Travis Barker.
She said in the episode that being thin in the past had depressed her. The mother of three also revealed that some social media followers thought she was pregnant because of her excess weight.
Kourtney and Barker have stopped their IVF treatment due to their negative impact on the reality star. The “Kardashians” star also admitted they felt pressured to try IVF.
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In the third episode of the second season of “The Kardashians,” Kourtney opened up about the changes in her body that occurred while she and her husband Barker were trying to have a baby through IVF.
The socialite underwent several hormone treatments causing her body to experience several changes including weight gain.
“So, obviously, my body has changed, but it’s like all the hormones the doctor gave me,” Kourtney said in a confessional on the show, per E! News.
She also shared that the IVF treatment, which lasted eight months, had “taken a toll on my body, mentally and physically.” However, she has now accepted the body change and is very happy with her new figure
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“My beach is amazing,” the 43-year-old gushed while getting ready for a photo shoot during the episode. “I really like my thicker body. I look at photos of my body when I was really skinny. It’s cringy.”
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Kourtney’s weight has increased to about 115 pounds compared to her previous weight of under 100 pounds. He shared elsewhere in the confession that those “very thin” moments came with sad episodes for him.
“Not about eating. Not about staying at a certain weight. But like in a toxic relationship,” Kourtney said, per E!. “I always say this: When I’m very thin, know that I’m not happy.”
However, through weight changes and mood swings, the socialite has the support of her husband, Barker.
She stated in the conversation, “I mean, every day, Travis is like, ‘You’re perfect.’ If I make one complaint, he’s like, ‘You’re perfect. You’re so good… You’ve never been better, “Now I really like it.”
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Kourtney added, “Having a partner who is so supportive of me and always praises me, no matter what, it’s just helped me to really embrace change and actually to the point where I like change now.”
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The ‘Pregnant’ comment has angered him
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Kourtney’s weight change has led some social media users to speculate that the Poosh founder is pregnant. In a previous episode of the reality series, she had slammed the comment as rude in the midst of her emotional IVF journey.
“Everybody on social media is always like, ‘Kourtney’s pregnant,'” she told mom Kris Jenner at the time, per E!. “‘Kourtney has gained so much weight.’ And I’m like, it’s so disrespectful to comment on people when you don’t know what they’re really going through.”
According to Kourtney, the “pregnant” comments on social media haven’t changed, and even though she hopes she’s pregnant, she has no influence on whether or not it actually happens.
The reality star said, per E!: “Everybody always comments like in every photo, like, ‘I’m pregnant.’ Obviously we hope for that, but if it’s in God’s plan, then it is.”
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No More IVF For Kourtney Kardashian
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Kourtney and Barker have put their IVF plans on hold because of the devastating effect it has had on the reality star. “Hormones. Medicines. You have to be put to sleep every time. I know it’s for a lot of people, but it’s not for me,” the reality star said during her recent interview on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast.
She also shared that she and Barker felt pressured to experiment with IVF due to her advanced age. “I feel like we’re driven to do IVF,” the Poosh founder said, per E!. “If you look online, it says if you’re over 40, go immediately to an IVF doctor. So I felt a little bit pushed.”
Kourtney and Barker married in May 2022. The couple share a blended family, which includes sons Travis, Landon Barker, 18, and Alabama Barker, 16, with whom he shares ex-wife Shanna Moakler, as well as Kourtney’s three children, Mason, 12, Penelope, 10, and Reign, 7 with ex Scott Disick.
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