Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Have Hired A Surrogate For Their Third Child—Here's Why

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have been talking about expanding their family of four for a while now. However, during her pregnancies with North and Saint, Kardashian suffered from a condition called placenta accreta, where the placenta grows into the uterine wall and doesn’t leave the body like it should. On her pregnancy with North, Kardashian shared, “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. My mom was crying; she had never seen anything like this before. My delivery was fairly easy, but then going through that—it was the most painful experience of my life!”

As a result of her condition, Kardashian revealed she and West were considering a surrogate mother for their next child, and now, various outlets are reporting that they’ve decided to go ahead with this process and have hired a surrogate to carry their third child.

According to TMZ, Kardashian and West found their surrogate through an agency, and the process wasn’t cheap. They’ll be paying $45,000 (through ten $4,500 installments). The surrogate will also receive $5,000 for each additional child if there are multiples and $4,000 if she loses reproductive organs. The couple was also required to pay a deposit of $68,850, the site reports.

"I think that I always knew that surrogacy was an option, but I didn't think it was that realistic of an option," Kardashian said on KUWTK in April. "Now, I feel like that's my reality. I feel like surrogacy really is the only other option for me."