Kourtney Kardashian Barker and Travis Barker have opened up about the deep personal losses they faced early in their relationship. The couple revealed in Barker’s upcoming documentary that they had a miscarriage shortly after they started dating in 2021.In the documentary ‘Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear,’ which premiered in New York on Saturday, June 13, the couple shared that they got pregnant six months after they started dating, according to Entertainment Weekly. They found out they were expecting a baby girl and planned to name her Tulip. However, at their three-month appointment, they received the devastating news that their baby no longer had a heartbeat. “When we lost the baby, we were devastated,” Kardashian Barker said in the documentary. “We cried for a long time.”
Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker’s family now
The couple now share two-and-a-half-year-old son Rocky, whom they welcomed after a long fertility journey. Kardashian Barker also shares Mason, 16, Penelope, 13, and Reign, 11, with her ex Scott Disick. Barker is father to son Landon, 22, and daughter Alabama, 20, from his previous marriage to Shanna Mockler, and stepfather to Atiana De La Hoya, 27.
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The couple has been candid about their fertility challenges in the past. In May 2024, Kardashian Barker answered fans’ questions about her IVF journey on her Instagram stories. When a user asked how she found the strength to continue after six failed IVF cycles, she responded with vulnerability and faith. “I stopped after a year of trying (5 failed IVF cycles, 3 recoveries). My body relaxed, and I trusted God’s plan for my life,” she wrote. “A lot of prayer for everything that was supposed to happen for us. Also, a lot of optimizing my health. I know how hard it is to feel like you’re not trying, but believing in God’s plan and saying your prayers is so powerful.”
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She later clarified that she got pregnant with Rocky naturally, not through IVF. “I got pregnant 100% naturally, not through IVF, actually a year after stopping IVF. By God’s blessing on Valentine’s Day,” she wrote in a follow-up post.
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In a Season 4 episode of her family’s reality show, Kardashian Barker explained how the pregnancy came as a surprise after she and Barker decided to take a break from fertility treatment. “We stopped doing IVF maybe two months before we got married, and so it took a year to get all these hormones and chemicals out of my system,” she said. “We weren’t trying to do anything. I wasn’t even checking my ovulation. We decided to leave it in God’s hands and thought it wasn’t happening. We were accepting it and then God’s plan.”He later reflected on his son’s arrival with gratitude. “It truly feels like a miracle to be able to get pregnant and have a child with the love of my life,” the reality star said.Set to arrive on Hulu on August 13, ‘Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear’ will give viewers an in-depth look at the couple’s intimate journey and the challenges they overcome together.
