Another day, another shocking blow for the kween of the Kardashians…
In a recent episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, mum-of-two Kim Kardashian-West was told by two of her most-trusted doctors that having a third baby could ultimately threaten her life.
This comes after the reality TV star had two high-risk pregnancies; while she had an external cephalic version procedure with almost-one Saint in a bid to correct him from breeching, the 35-year-old had a rare condition called pre-eclampsia when pregnant with North, two.
For some readers, Kim’s graphic description of her birth with North below may be unsettling.
“My doctor had to stick his entire arm in me and detach the placenta with his hand, scraping it away from my uterus with his fingernails,” she said of the experience.
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“My mum was crying – she had never seen anything like this before,” the brunette beauty wrong on her website.
Due to her baby breeching, Kim had to bring Saint’s due date forward by three weeks.
Kim’s birth to North was riddled with life-threatening challenges.
It is for these reasons that Kim’s doctors have advised her that two babies are enough!
“You never know if you might have the same type of problem that could be more serious this time,” her doctor, Dr Crane, began.
“You’re always taking a little bit of a chance. There are situations where retained placenta could be life or death.”
Kim is eager to broaden her brood, but will the doctors’ warning stop her?
The loving mum had tricky pregnancies with both Saint and North.
The 36-year-old has since decided that she is going to explore surrogacy – something her gal pal Chrissy Teigen, who had her own struggles falling pregnancy via IVF with husband John Legend, is apparently on board to help with!
“I will say I would be her surrogate in a second,” new mum Chrissy confessed.
“Yes, I really enjoyed the pregnancy process. I really loved it. Yes! In a heartbeat.”
WATCH Kim voice her concerns about surrogacy. Post continues…
Chrissy said she would be Kim’s surrogate…
This is one friendship made in Hollywood heaven!
So, what is pre-eclampsia and why is it dangerous?
Pre-eclampsia occurs in 5-10 per cent of pregnancies, and 2 per cent of these cases can be life-threatening to the mother and her child.
Preeclampsia impacts the placenta in a woman’s utero. What happens is that the placenta – an organ that feeds oxygen and nutrients to the unborn baby – becomes “sluggish” and the baby may become starved.
In very serious cases, a medical emergency may occur when the placenta separates from the uterine wall, causing the mother-to-be experience vaginal bleeding and abdominal pain.
Who suffers from pre-eclampsia?
While Better Health Victoria state that it’s often difficult to pin-point who is at risk, they have predicted who is most vulnerable:
• Women in their first pregnancy
• Women with diabetes
• Women with a family history of the condition
• Women with high blood pressure
How is pre-eclampsia treated?
Currently, there is no medicinal cure for pre-eclampsia, but symptoms like high blood pressure and convulsions can be controlled through medication.
Experts say that the only real cure is to deliver the baby and the placenta.
Often there are symptoms (like fluid retention) that some women pass off as a normal sign of pregnancy, but, in fact, it could be an indicator of pre-eclampsia. This is what it is vital to keep up with antenatal checks.
If untreated, sufferers of pre-eclampsia may experience dizziness and headaches, abdominal pain (just below the ribs), vomiting and nausea, and, in extreme cases convulsions, kidney and liver failure, as well as clotting problems.
If you would like to learn more about preeclampsia, contact your local GP.
