Kris Jenner is getting candid about the criticism she endured for welcoming kids in her 40s.
During a new episode of her daughter Khloé Kardashian’s podcast “Khloé in Wonder Land,” Jenner, 69, opened up about how it was considered “taboo” when she got pregnant with more children later in life.
The famous momager gave birth to her two youngest daughters, Kendall and Kylie Jenner, at age 40 and 41, respectively. The mom-of-six also shares Kourtney Kardashian, 45, Kim Kardashian, 44, Khloé, 40 and Rob Kardashian, 37 with ex-husband Robert Kardashian.
“It was almost whispered about,” Jenner said of giving birth in her 40s. “Like, taboo. Like, ‘She’s 40? And she’s going to have a baby? Is she nuts?’”
Jenner continued, “And then it was, obviously, safe to have babies at that age, but everybody thought there was also some danger to it. Like, ‘What’s going on? How could she have a baby in her 40s? Aren’t all her eggs gone?’ It was very controversial.”
Kardashian then asked her mom if all the criticism made her feel like “that ship had sailed.”
“I got pregnant right away and then had a miscarriage. But I also had a miscarriage right before Robert was born, so, at a couple months. Right before I got pregnant with Rob, I had a miscarriage,” Jenner replied.
Jenner added, “And then I had a miscarriage right before Kendall. So when I got pregnant with Kendall, we were really trying because I thought, ‘This isn’t taking me down! I will show my body!’ It’s almost like a challenge to get pregnant.”
Elsewhere in the interview, the reality star told Kardashian that suffering the miscarriages left her willing to try “whatever it took” to get pregnant again.
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“I was laser-focused. And if I read something that said, ‘Drink ice tea,’ or ‘Take Pepto Bismol,’ or ‘have three coffees,’ or whatever somebody’s recommendation was, I would do whatever it took to try and get pregnant,” Jenner revealed. “Like all these little old wives tales and everything.”
Watch Jenner’s appearance on “Khloé in Wonder Land” here.