Kourtney Kardashian shows off belly and asks fans for pregnancy tips
Kourtney Kardashian showed off her blossoming baby bump on Instagram on Thursday, less than a week after announcing she’s having a baby.
She wore a mint green maternity dress that threw her burgeoning belly in relief and asked her fans, “Favorite clean body care for during pregnancy?”
The 44-year-old reality star revealed to the world over the weekend that she is expecting a child from her new husband Travis Barker.
She dropped the bomb at a concert by his band Blink-182, standing in the audience and holding up a sign that read, “TRAVIS I’M PREGNANT.”
Her breathtaking news came more than a year after Kourtney pulled the brakes on her IVF journey, which had subjected her to a series of health issues, including depression.
Aglow: Kourtney Kardashian showed off her blossoming baby bump on Instagram on Thursday, less than a week after announcing she’s having a baby
Cat’s out of the bag: The 44-year-old reality star revealed to the world last weekend that she is expecting a child with her new husband Travis Barker
Kourtney is already the mother of three children, co-parenting Mason, 13, Penelope, 10, and Reign, eight, with her ex-fiance Scott Disick, 39.
Meanwhile, Travis has two kids — Landon, 19, and Alabama, 17 — whom he welcomed with his ex-wife Shanna Moakler, 48.
Last Friday night, Kourtney declared her pregnancy to the world by holding up her: “TRAVIS I’M PREGNANT” sign, which was a cheeky reference to a similar scene in the video for the Blink-182 song All The Small Things.
Kourtney and Travis became romantically involved in late 2020 after nearly 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 Santa Barbara courthouse before flying to Portofino, Italy a week later to have a lavish wedding at the Dolce & Gabbana mansion in front of their friends and family.
Kourtney has been open with fans about her attempts to father a child with husband Travis Barker through in vitro fertilization.
In 2022, Kourtney first described her struggle with IVF on Hulu’s The Kardashians.
After catching a glimpse of his wife’s signboard, Travis jumped off the stage
He walked over to her and the pair shared a passionate kiss
She later confirmed the news on her Instagram story by sharing a video of the surprise reveal
Reference Material: Kourtney’s sign is a nod to the band’s iconic All The Small Things music video, in which a similar one appears
Adorable: Behind the Scenes: Kim Kardashain’s Ex-Assistant Stephanie Shepherd Shared a Glimpse of Kourtney Writing Her Sign
Sending love: Kim, Kourtney’s sister, responded with a series of emojis
Support: Fans of the couple shared their congratulations in the comments, after speculating that Kourtney has been pregnant for some time
In the episode, Kourtney was at her home in Calabasas when mom Kris Jenner came to visit and asked how the doctors were doing, to which Kourtney replied, “Terrible.”
Kourtney revealed in a confession that their doctor put them “on this road of IVF, and it wasn’t the most amazing experience.”
She also claimed that the “medication they put me on put me into menopause, literally into menopause.”
Along with the Kourtney said it also put her into depression and caused weight gain.
“Because I’m so clean and careful about what I put in my body, I think it’s like I’m getting the opposite reaction and acting as a contraceptive instead of helping us,” she told the audience at the time.
‘I have everything in the world to be happy with. I just feel a little off and not myself. Super moody and hormonal, like I’m crazy half the time.”
In December 2022, she confirmed to fans that she had officially stopped treatment 10 months earlier and was only just “getting my energy back.”
She said The Wall Street Journal that she was “taking a break to just focus on our wedding and getting married” – which took place in May 2022.
On the season three premiere episode of The Kardashians, the POOSH founder further discussed their choice to stop IVF and how she had frozen her eggs in her 30s.
“We’d love a baby more than anything, but I just really believe in what God has in store for us,” she explained.
Kourtney had “seven frozen eggs from years ago before Travis” that those around her pushed to get.
“When I was 38 or 39, everyone was pushing me to do that and most of me didn’t survive the thaw because eggs are one cell and none of them made it into an embryo.”
Kourtney was always aware that “egg freezing is no guarantee” that she would get pregnant.
Kourtney revealed last December that she had officially halted her IVF journey 10 months early
Kourtney said their doctor put them on this road of IVF, and it wasn’t the most amazing experience’
She also claimed that the ‘medication they put me on put me into menopause, literally into menopause’
Motherhood: She already shares three kids — Mason, 13, Penelope, 10, and Reign, eight — with ex-boyfriend Scott Disick, 39
Kids: Travis shares Landon, 19, (right) and Alabama, 17 (left) — with his ex-wife Shanna Moakler, 48, and her daughter Atiana De La Hoya (center right) — who was raised by Travis (pictured in 2019)
Eg: The drummer was married to Shanna until 2008
She told her sister Khloe that she and Travis already “have a full, blessed life” without a child, so they didn’t let it faze them.
“Everything that came with IVF took a physical toll on me. My health is still affected because it’s hormones. And it also took its toll mentally,’ she explains.
“So I think the most important thing is just being happy and being a good parent to my kids. We just embrace what is meant to be.”
Kourtney previously said motherhood is her “favorite role in life” and that it “gives me purpose.”