Khloe Kardashian has opened up about her desire to have a second child with on-again boyfriend Tristan Thompson.
During the second part of the Keeping Up With The Kardashians reunion, the 36-year-old, revealed she's found it a 'challenging' process trying to secure a surrogate to carry her child.
'It's a very tedious, hard process. And it was interesting because Kim went through the journey, and I swear it felt like she said, "I want to get pregnant," and two weeks later she found a surrogate,' she explained.
'Still on that journey': Khloe Kardashian has opened up about her desire to have a second child with on-again boyfriend Tristan Thompson and called the surrogacy process 'challenging'
Kim, 40, went the surrogacy route for her two youngest children; daughter Chicago, three, and son Psalm, two.
'It's a lot to do with COVID,' Khloe added of her own difficulty with the process during the pandemic. 'I did have one and then it fell through. There's so many tests they have to do and all these things. So I'm still on that journey. It's just, I thought it would be a much easier process. And it's not. It's challenging for me.'
During the final season of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Khloe - who already has daughter True, three, with Tristan - opened up about her doubts about the surrogacy process.
In an episode that aired last month, Khloe revealed she already had embryos but was told by doctors that she was too 'high-risk' to carry a pregnancy to term.
'I did have one and then it fell through. There's so many tests they have to do and all these things. So I'm still on that journey. It's just, I thought it would be a much easier process. And it's not. It's challenging for me.' Khloe explained
Surrogacy route: Khloe already has daughter True, three, with Tristan. Khloe was told by doctors that she was too 'high-risk' to carry a pregnancy to term
Surrogate search: In the last season of KUWTK the 36-year-old reality star and Tristan, 30, worked with a 'surrogate agent' to find someone who would be a good fit for her family
So as she began to look for a suitable surrogate she admitted she found it tough to find someone who met her criteria.
Looking through the applicants' portfolios, she rejected some for minor things, like the music they liked, worried that it might indicate a specific lifestyle.
'I am just convinced that who you are when you're pregnant really plays a role, the energy that you're passing on to a baby,' she told Kim.
Kim tried to ease her fears as she recalled how easy going she was about choosing someone to carry her babies.
She admitted to Khloe she only ever spoke to her second surrogate on the phone, and Kanye didn't meet her until she delivered their baby.
'I am just convinced that who you are when you're pregnant really plays a role, the energy that you're passing on to a baby,' Khloe told Kim. Kim, 40, had two children with a surrogate and told her sister not to worry about minor things
Picky: So as she began to look for a suitable surrogate she admitted she found it tough to find someone who met her criteria
'I was very naïve': Khloe tweeted more about her experience after the episode aired
'The first time, we had the first surrogate over for dinner with her kids,' Kim remembered. 'The second one, I was like, "Sure."
'You got a uterus, here—take my kid,' Khloe joked.
On Twitter she reflected on the experience: 'Watching my sister go through her surrogacy journey it seemed so seamless and easy. maybe it is for some people. My journey has been a lot more intense and grueling but still a huge blessing.'
In another tweet, she wrote, 'My own sister went through the surrogacy journey and I thought I knew so much about it. I realized I was very naïve
