Why Kim Kardashian Can't Have Kids Without a Surrogate

Kim Kardashian just finally confirmed she and Kanye West are expecting a fourth child, a baby boy who is expected to be born in the springtime. As Kim is showing no signs of being pregnant, it’s evident the reality starr herself is not carrying the newest member of the Kardashian-West clan.

Instead, KimYe has chosen to use a surrogate for baby number four, though there wasn’t much of a choice in who would carry their fourth child. After Kim carried her second child, Saint, to full term, it was deemed too dangerous for her to have any more children, which is why her third child, Chicago, who just turned one today, was born via a surrogate.

Kardashian dealt with placenta accreta during her first two pregnancies, a serious condition in which the placenta intrudes into the wall of the uterus. The condition can be very dangerous to otherwise healthy pregnancies.

"Typically, when you deliver a baby, the placenta easily and naturally separates from the uterus," explained New York-based gynecologist Alyssa Dweck, M.D. to InStyle. "Placenta accreta makes it much more difficult to remove the placenta."

Kardashian has also explained these health issues on her website previously.

"Last pregnancy, I had a condition called preeclampsia, which is a serious condition you can get during pregnancy; often, the only way to get rid of it is to deliver early to protect yourself and the baby. Only about 5 percent of woman get this. Lucky me! It causes your body and face to swell, and that was very uncomfortable for me. I had early-onset preeclampsia and I had to deliver at 34 weeks, almost six weeks early," Kim wrote.

"We induced my labor and I had North soon after,” Kim continued. “Right after delivery, the placenta usually then comes out. Mine did not. My placenta stayed attached inside my uterus, which is a condition called placenta accreta. This is a high-risk condition that happens when the placenta grows too deeply into the uterine wall."

Kim revealed on Keeping Up With the Kardashians that she did not want to risk having another child herself, and instead was considering surrogacy for her third child.

We’re happy this option has worked out so well for the Kardashian-West family, and is the reason they can continue to have children at all.