Kourtney Kardashian and her family have been spotted at the hospital this past week, with the reality star set to give birth to her fourth child this week.
TMZ reported it would appear the couple are on the verge of welcoming their first child together, with the outlet receiving tips that Kourtney, 44, had arrived to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center this past Monday.
The Los Angeles hospital has been the place where many of her sisters have given birth in the past.
The outlet said insiders connected to the family have been ‘unusually sketchy’ on the topic of Kourtney being at the hospital, however they were able to confirm Kourtney’s due date was scheduled for this week. Another source stated her labor would be induced.
Kourtney Kardashian and her family have been spotted at the hospital this past week, with the reality star set to give birth to her fourth child this week
Travis and Kylie were both also pictured arriving separately to the hospital, another indication the baby is on the way.
It has been a long road for the famous couple as they spent two years trying to conceive the baby.
Kourtney tried IVF several times and she did not get pregnant until she finally stopped all treatments late last year. The Keeping Up With The Kardashians veteran has said in the past that she feels getting pregnant naturally was ‘God’s plan.’
The POOSH founder also suffered through a scare: In September she had ‘terrifying’ fetal surgery to save her unborn baby’s life.
Growing family: Kourtney is expecting a son with husband Travis Barker
This is a fourth child for Kourtney as she already has three children — Mason, 13, Penelope, 11, and Reign, eight — with ex-boyfriend Scott Disick, 40.
And it is a third child for Travis who shares two children — Landon, 20, and Alabama, 17 — with his ex-wife Shanna Moakler, 48. The rock star also considers Shanna’s daughter with former boxer Oscar De La Hoya – 24-year-old model Atiana De La Hoya – his child.
In mid October she told Vanity Fair Italia she had conceived naturally after failed attempts at IVF for two years.
‘I just say: how could you question God’s plan? Because that’s how I see this pregnancy, which came when both Travis and I weren’t even thinking about it anymore and a year after we stopped IVF,’ she said.
Kourtney revealed last December that she’d officially stopped her IVF journey 10 months prior after she said it caused her to spiral into a deep depression among other symptoms.
Her pregnancy has not been easy. In September she had a scary experience when she had fetal surgery to save her unborn son’s life. Travis flew home from his tour to be by her side.
The star also said: ‘It was terrifying. I feel that sooner or later I will go into detail because I hope that it could help others, but I don’t feel ready yet because it was really frightening.’
The POOSH founder revealed her pregnancy news to the public in mid June while Barker performed on stage at his concert. She held up a sign that read: ‘Travis, I’m Pregnant.’
Showing off her pregnant tummy: She has been modeling for her brand Lemme during her fourth pregnancy
It was a nod to the band’s iconic All The Small Things music video, in which a similar sign appears.
After catching a glimpse of his wife’s message, Travis jumped down off the stage, made his way towards her and the couple shared a passionate kiss.
She later confirmed the news on her Instagram Story by sharing a video of the surprise reveal.
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 by that October.
The couple wed at a courthouse in Santa Barbara in May 2022 before jetting off to Portofino, Italy a week later to hold 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 conceive a child with Barker through in vitro fertilization.
In 2022, Kourtney first detailed her struggle with IVF on Hulu’s The Kardashians.
In the episode, Kourtney was at her Calabasas home as mom Kris Jenner came to visit, asking how the doctors went, as Kourtney responded: ‘Awful.’
Haute stuff: Her maternity wear has been designer; seen in early October
Kourtney revealed in confession that their doctor took them ‘down this road of doing IVF, and it hasn’t been the most amazing experience.’
She also claimed that the ‘medication that they have been giving me, they put me into menopause, literally into menopause.’
Along with the Kourtney said that it also put her into a depression and caused weight gain.
‘I think because I’m so clean and careful about what I put into my body, it’s just like having the complete opposite reaction and working as a contraceptive instead of helping us,’ she told audiences at the time.
‘I have everything in the world to be happy about. I just feel a little bit off and not like myself. Super moody and hormonal, like I am a lunatic half the time.’
In December 2022, she confirmed to fans that she’d officially stopped treatment 10 months earlier and was only just ‘getting my energy back.’
She told The Wall Street Journal that she ‘took a break to just focus on our wedding and getting married’ — which took place in May 2022.
Surprise! Kourtney shared her pregnancy news with the world in June
Pregnancy struggle: Kourtney revealed last December that she had officially stopped her IVF journey 10 months prior
In the season premiere episode of season three of The Kardashians, the POOSH founder further discussed their choice to discontinue IVF and how she’d frozen her eggs in her 30s.
‘We would 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 had pushed her to get.
‘When I was 38 or 39 everyone was like pushing me to do that and most of mine didn’t survive the thaw because eggs are one cell and none of them made it to an embryo.’
Kourtney was always aware that ‘freezing of the eggs is not a guarantee’ that she would get pregnant.
Motherhood: She already shares three children — Mason, 13, Penelope, 10, and Reign, eight — with ex-boyfriend Scott Disick, 39
Children: Travis shares Landon, 19, (right) and Alabama, 17 (left) — with his ex-wife Shanna Moakler, 48 and her daughter Atiana De La Hoya (centre right) – who was raised by Travis (pictured in 2019)
Ex: The drummer was married to Shanna until 2008
She told her sister Khloe that her and Travis already ‘have a full, blessed life’ without a child, so they were not letting it get them down.
‘All the thing that came with IVF took a toll on me physically. My health is still impacted because it’s hormones. And also mentally it took a toll,’ she explained.
‘So, I think just being happy is most important and being a good parent to my kids. We are just embracing that whatever is meant to be will be.’
Kourtney previously said that motherhood is her ‘favorite role in life’ and that it ‘gives me purpose.’
