Kourtney KardashianandTravis Barkerare sharing new details about theirin vitro fertilization (IVF)journey.
On Thursday’s episode ofThe Kardashians, streaming now, Kourtney and Travis continue the process of trying to expand their family. In a previous episode, the couple revealed that they would be going into an egg retrieval for the first time.
This week, however, Kourtney, 43, shared 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,” she explained. “We start back again and we are at Dr. A’s office to check my follicles.”
While at the appointment, Dr. A noted, “This is the best it’s ever been. We’ve never gotten to this point.”
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“The fertility journey, Travis and I stay in the moment with it and just do the steps we need to do,” said Kourtney in a confessional. “It’s nice to hear good news and have some positivity, so we love that but we just wait to hear the final thoughts from Dr. Wood once he receives my blood work and really gets to look at the follicles.”
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Kourtney and Travis, 46, have been open about their IVF journey, which they are on to add to their blended family that already includes five children. (Kourtney has three kids — sonsReign Aston, 7, andMason Dash, 12, plus daughterPenelope Scotland, 9½ — while Barker is dad to daughterAlabama Luella, 16, and sonLandon Asher, 18.)
A source told PEOPLE at the time that the couple, whogot engaged last yearand got legally married this month, “decided to try and get pregnant after they had dated for a few months” and started the IVF process “last summer.”
The source added, “Travis is not putting any pressure on Kourtney though. He just wants her to be happy and healthy.”
New episodes ofThe Kardashiansdrop on Hulu every Thursday.
source: people.com
