Checkout The health issue that led Kim Kardashian to hire a surrogate.

m Kardashian and Kanye West are
said to be "over the moon" to be
expecting their third child via a
surrogate. The couple, who are already
parents to daughter North, four, and
Saint, who turns two in December, decided to
hire a surrogate due to a potentially life-
threatening condition that Kim suffered from in
both of her previous pregnancies.

The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star
suffered from placenta accreta, which means the
placenta's blood vessels attach too deeply to
the uterus' wall, and can lead to complications
such as blood loss and the inability to conceive
again.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are expecting
their third child via surrogate
Kim has been open about her experiences with
the condition, saying it had been "the most
painful experience of my life" having the
placenta removed following the birth of her
daughter North in 2013. Writing in a blog post
shortly after, Kim explained: "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.

"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. How
disgusting and painful!!!"
The same thing happened again when she gave
birth to her son Saint in December 2015, and she
underwent surgery to allow her to conceive
again, but the procedure was unsuccessful.