Kourtney Kardashian is “finally” feeling normal after her IVF procedures caused weight gain and menopausal-like symptoms. “Finally started getting my energy back 10 months after IVF, for anyone else going through it, it gets better!” the 43-year-old wrote on her Instagram Story on Thursday, alongside a snap of her treadmill workout.
Kardashian and Travis Barker, who married in May after nearly a year of dating, have been open about their efforts to extend their family, with the Poosh founder admitting that “it hasn’t been the most amazing experience.” In fact, Kardashian admitted that she was hesitant to try the operation in the first place but felt “a little pushed” into it.
“If you even look anything up online about things you can do to help get pregnant … it says on there, like, ‘If you’re over 40’ — or it might even say something younger — it says, ‘Go right away,’” the reality star said on Dear Media’s “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast. Meanwhile, Barker has been open about the “real” process, saying he hopes to normalize the role men play in conception.
“I don’t care if I’m c—ming in a cup, or whatever,” he told GQ. “It’s real life.” “If any of that can help people – seeing Kourtney’s journey through IVF, which is super hard for a woman. You saw her struggle with it and talk about it. That’s real.”
He continued, “And there are however many millions of dudes that have to go give their semen for this same procedure. So it’s, like, relatable, you know? I’ve never been fazed by any of that.”
Barker and ex-wife Shanna Moakler have two children: son Landon, 18, and daughter Alabama, 16. He also helped in raising Moakler’s 22-year-old daughter from a previous relationship, Atiana De La Hoya, and the two are very close. Meanwhile, Kardashian has three children with ex-boyfriend Scott Disick: Mason, 12, Penelope, 10, and Reign, 7.