What fetal surgery did Kourtney Kardashian undergo? Travis Barker’s wife was about to lose her fourth child and underwent this emergency procedure

“I will be forever grateful to my amazing doctors for saving our baby’s life,” was the first sentence Kourtney Kardashian broke her silence to talk about the delicate situation that occurred and required emergency surgery.

The businesswoman and television star underwent emergency “fetal surgery” after complications with her fourth pregnancy, which also she forced her husband Travis Barker to cut short the Blink-182 tour in Scotland due to a “family emergency”, as reviewed by Who magazine at the time.

What is the fetal surgery that Kourtney Kardashian went through?

After the press reported it Kourtney Kardashian was urgently hospitalized In the past few days, Kriss Jenner’s daughter has offered brief details of her situation after the danger has passed.

“As someone who has had three very easy pregnancies in the past, I was not prepared for the fear of emergency fetal surgery,” Kardashian said in a message she posted on her Instagram account on September 6.

The procedure itself is more complex than many believe, as it is a surgery “performed on a fetus in the womb to improve long-term outcomes for children with specific birth defects,” as described by the Mayo Clinic.

Fetal surgery, performed by a team of experts, is aimed at treating and improving the condition before birth, adds the website specializing in health issues.

“I am forever grateful to my husband who ran by my side during the tour to be with me in the hospital and take care of me afterwards, my rock. And to my mom, thank you for holding my hand through this,” Kourtney Kardashian wrote in her post, where she revealed the fear she felt when she had to enter the operating room.

Kim Kardashian’s sister thanked God for “leaving the hospital with a baby in her belly and safe,” which she considers “a true blessing.”

Kourtney Kardashian is the mother of three children, Reign, Penelope and Mason, the fruit of her first marriage to Scott Disick.

Finally, the eldest of the Kardashian clan found love again in her friend and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, whom she began dating in January 2021. The couple officially tied the knot on May 22, 2022, in a ceremony in Italy that featured a marathon three-day celebration .

In June of this year, Kourtney revealed that she was pregnant, and in the same month, the company and her husband announced in a tender video that they were expecting a child. Although the probable date of birth is unknown, the business woman’s photos reveal her advanced pregnancy, so she is probably in the last trimester. (AND)