Kourtney Kardashian opens up about undergoing ‘terrifying’ fetal surgery during ‘high-risk pregnancy’ with son Rocky in new The Kardashians trailer
Kourtney Kardashian revealed she was terrified of having to undergo emergency fetal surgery during her pregnancy with fourth child, Rocky Thirteen Barker, now six months.
In the first trailer for The Kardashians season 5, which dropped on Wednesday, the 45-year-old reality star opened up about the scary medical situation.
“This is the best blessing in the world,” says Poosh’s founder. “But it’s also a high-risk pregnancy,” Kourtney says as images from her Disneyland-themed baby shower and backstage at a Blink-182 concert.
The cameras also appeared to capture the moment her mother, Kris Jenner, learned her eldest child needed emergency surgery, which Kourtney previously revealed saved her son’s life.
Kourtney Kardashian revealed she was terrified of having to undergo emergency fetal surgery during her pregnancy with her fourth child, Rocky Thirteen Barker, now six months
“This is really crazy, so I just want Kourtney to be okay,” the momager told one of the cameramen.
After the procedure, Kourtney, who was admitted lying in a hospital gown while holding her husband’s hand, said in a confessional that fetal surgery “was terrifying.”
During the preview, her younger sister, Khloé Kardashian, revealed that she made the decision to stay home while “the whole family is out of the country” to stay close to Kourtney, who was nearing “the end of her pregnancy.”
“Someone has to be here – even for all the kids,” the TV personality mused, nodding to the 12 Kardashian-Jenner grandchildren.
At the time, Kourtney kept fans updated on her health after being rushed to the hospital during the last trimester of pregnancy.
“I will forever be grateful to my amazing doctors for saving our baby’s life,” she wrote on Instagram. ‘I am eternally grateful to my husband who rushed to my side after the tour to be with me in the hospital and then take care of me, my rock. And to my mother, thank you for holding my hand through this.”
Kourtney then revealed that despite pregnancy complications, she still wasn’t ready for what happened.
The mother of four continued: ‘As someone who has had three very easy pregnancies in the past, I was not prepared for the fear of having to undergo emergency fetal surgery.
In the first trailer for The Kardashians season 5, which dropped on Wednesday, the 45-year-old reality star opened up about the frightening medical situation
The cameras also appeared to capture the moment her mother, Kris Jenner, learned her eldest child needed emergency surgery, which Kourtney previously revealed saved their son’s life.
After the procedure, Kourtney said in a confessional that fetal surgery was “terrifying.”
‘I don’t think anyone who hasn’t been through a similar situation can understand that feeling of fear. I have a whole new understanding and respect for the moms who had to fight for their babies during pregnancy.
‘God be praised. Carrying my son in my belly and walking out of the hospital safely was the biggest blessing.”
A month after undergoing surgery to save her unborn baby’s life, she and Barker welcomed their first child together.
It’s been a long road for Kardashian and Barker, as they spent two years trying to conceive their baby.
Kourtney tried IVF several times and didn’t get pregnant until she finally stopped all treatments at the end of 2022.
The Keeping Up With The Kardashians veteran has said in the past that she feels like getting pregnant naturally was “God’s plan.”
The Poosh founder also called her pregnancy ‘the best blessing in the world’
In addition to documenting the scary fetal surgery, her baby shower was documented for their series
At the time, Kardashian kept fans updated on her health after she was rushed to hospital during the last trimester of pregnancy, as she thanked her “incredible doctors” for saving her son’s life.
In mid-October, she told Vanity Fair Italia that she had become pregnant naturally after two years of failed IVF attempts.
“I’m just saying, how can you question God’s plan? Because that’s how I see this pregnancy, which came when both Travis and I weren’t even thinking about it anymore and a year after we stopped IVF,” she said.
Kourtney revealed last December that she had officially stopped her IVF journey 10 months earlier after she said it had left her in a deep depression, among other symptoms.
The reality star revealed her pregnancy news to the audience as Barker performed on stage during his concert while holding up a sign that read, “Travis, I’m pregnant.”
A month after undergoing surgery to save her unborn baby’s life, she and Barker welcomed their first child together
It’s been a long road for Kardashian and Barker, as they spent two years trying to conceive their baby
It was a nod to the band’s iconic music video All The Small Things, in which a similar sign appears.
After catching a glimpse of his wife’s message, Travis jumped off the stage, walked over to her and the pair shared a passionate kiss.
Kourtney and Travis started dating in late 2020 after almost a decade of friendship. They made their relationship Instagram official in February 2021 and were engaged in October.
The couple married in May 2022 at a courthouse in Santa Barbara before jetting off to Portofino, Italy a week later to have a lavish wedding at the Dolce & Gabbana mansion in front of their friends and family.