Kim Kardashian: Why She Might Have To Have Her Uterus Removed

Kim is dying to have another baby but on an emotional episode of ‘KUWTK,’ she claims that she suffered from a very rare condition when she gave birth to North West, that could mean her next pregnancy is her last! We spoke to a top OBGYN who is explaining what exactly went wrong with Kim! Kim Kardashian desperately wants to get pregnant but it could be very dangerous! Kim revealed on Keeping Up With The Kardashians that when she was pregnant with North West, the placenta did not detach from her uterus like it was supposed to and if this happens again, she could have to go into emergency surgery after giving birthand have her entire uterus removed! HollywoodLife.comspoke to a top OBGYN who breaks down exactly what happened to Kim and if there could be life threatening complications! Kim shocked everyone when she called Kanye Westand tearfully told him that she had to get surgery to have her uterus “cleaned out.” She explained that her placenta had not detached from her uterus when she gave birth and that if it happens again, it could be her last pregnancy. We didn’t understand what this all meant until we spoke to OBGYN,Debbie Alter. “This is called a ‘retained placenta’ and it’s bad because there’s no reason for the placenta to stay in the uterus when the baby is born,” Debbie tells. “It’s a freak of nature, it’s rare but it can happen.” The placenta is an organ that develops inside everyone’s uterus while pregnant and it’s incredibly important.The placenta is responsible for removing waste from the baby’s blood and it is always supposed to attach to the uterus. But after you give birth, the placenta is supposed to be expelled from your body anywhere between 30 and 60 minutes after the baby is born. In Kim’s case, she experienced retained placenta, which means the placenta became trapped because it was still attached to the wall of her uterus. “Part of the process after one gives birth is the doctor looks at the placenta because you don’t want any part of it to remain in your body. It can block the uterus from contracting to it’s pre-pregnancy size and cause bleeding,” Debbie explains. “The doctor can manually remove it right there or later with surgery.”