Kim Kardashian's journey to baby number two was not an easy one.
The "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" star opens up about her struggle to get pregnant with her second child in the September issue of C Magazine -- and gets candid on the criticism she faced while carrying daughter North West.
"I had so many complications. I had this condition called placenta accreta," she explains. "There were a couple little operations to fix all that, so that created a little hole in my uterus, which I think made it really tough to get pregnant again."
But the 34-year-old's struggles didn't end there. Kim had to keep a strict schedule of when she was ovulating with frequent visits to her doctor, something she says "took the fun out of" getting pregnant.
"It was a long road. I would go to the doctor in Beverly Hills every day at five in the morning to get tested to see if I was ovulating," she recalled. "I'm like, 'I'm ovulating, get home now!' He'd [Kanye West] be like, 'Wait, I'm in the studio,'"
The couple managed to conceive and now Kim is five months along with a baby boy. But is the star, who's due in December, nervous she'll face the same harsh criticism she received during her first pregnancy?
"The first time I was pregnant, Kanye and I were dating and I was just being introduced to the world of fashion," she said. "I wanted to work with a bunch of different stylists, and when you work with a new stylist, everyone wants to possess your look."
"They wanted me in really outrageous things, and really fashion-y things. It probably wasn't the time to be experimenting."
"I figured out a formula of what works," she adds. "I also feel lucky that, as of right now, I don't feel like I'm gonna get preeclampsia again, which last time [contributed to] not only the weight, but also the swelling that everyone would make fun of, not understanding that I had this condition."
The "Selfish" author gained 50 pounds during her pregnancy and revealed that all of the comments about her weight are something that still affects her, especially when it comes to getting her photo taken.
"It was the worst! I couldn't help it, and everyone would say, 'She can't stop eating.' I delivered at 180, and they were like, 'She's 210 pounds. She's getting dumped because she's too fat,' and all these ridiculous stories. It really took a toll after the fact, when I was losing weight."
"Before I was always smiling, and so into being out and about," she continued. "After I had the baby, I was like, 'These are the same people that made fun of me, and posted the stories that were so awful, calling me fat for something I couldn't control. I don't want to smile for them. I don't want to be out.'"
And while the soon to be mom-of-two is now a pro when it comes to dealing with critics, she knows how important it is to protect North and her unborn baby from the harsh glare of the spotlight.
"It's just about raising strong children. I would pray that whoever we bring into this life could handle this lifestyle, and I really believe they can. They chose us because they can."
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