Khlo Kardashian Says Her OB-GYN Offered To Take Her Baby Home From The Hospital

Khlo Kardashian is getting candid about why she initially felt detached from her son.

On Tuesdays episode of the She MD podcast , its host, OB-GYN Thas Aliabadi, interviewed Kardashian, who is also her patient, about the birth of her son, Tatum, who was born via surrogate in July 2022.

Kardashian and her ex-partner, Tristian Thompson , share Tatum and daughter True, 6, whom Kardashian delivered.

During the interview, the co-founder of the Good American clothing company revealed that she was in such a low mental state during Tatums birth that Aliabadi offered to take him off Kardashians hands until she was ready to care for him.

The reality TV star explained about nine minutes into the interview that when Aliabadi called her to let her know that her surrogate was about to give birth to Tatum, Kardashian completely dissociated. 

Dr. A called, and she said she just had a checkup with my surrogate, and she said, Khlo, we have to deliver within 24 hours, Kardashian recalled. The baby wasnt due for, like, another week or two, and this was my last weekend with my daughter, True. Like, in my head, I just needed the weekend.

Kardashian continued: So I go, No, we cant do this. And shes like, No, theres fluid in the sac, we need to do this. I go, Im having a weekend with True!

Kardashian said that after telling Aliabadi this, she realized that what she said was unrealistic and then completely broke down.

I started hysterically crying, Kardashian recalled. Because it wasnt even about the weekend; it was about now this is real.

Kardashian said that once she began crying, Aliabadi went into Mother Teresa mode and made her the very generous offer.

And [Aliabadi] goes, You know what, Ill deliver the baby, Ill take the baby and you let me know when youre ready to pick him up.

And I was like, What? Who does this? Who even offers that? And she did! Kardashian said. And I remember, to myself, I was like, Khlo, fucking snap out of it. This is life weve got to do this.

Earlier in her conversation with Aliabadi, Kardashian explained that Tatum was conceived during a pretty devastating time in her life. 

In 2022, Thompson, a basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers, publicly acknowledged that he fathered a child with model Maralee Nichols while he was still in a relationship with Kardashian. Kardashian said on the She MD podcast that she found out about Thompsons infidelity just weeks after her surrogate became pregnant with Tatum in late 2021.

Kardashian said the revelation made her feel ashamed especially because Thompson had been at the center of cheating scandals  before. Due to this, Kardashian said she decided to keep her surrogates pregnancy a secret even from her family out of fear of the news being leaked.  

I became very much a recluse. I didnt even decorate the babys room because I didnt want people in my home knowing, Kardashian admitted. I also film a TV show, like, nobody knew. I couldnt admit this to anybody because I was so ashamed, just thinking I knew better. [I was] taught better.

Kardashian also said that hiding this information led her to seriously detach from the entire experience. 

The entire pregnancy of my surrogate, I admittedly buried my head in the sand, she confessed.

I said to Dr. A, I cant do this. And the whole surrogacy pregnancy, I was really detached. I couldnt really face it. I was very much, I think, in denial that this was happening.

Kardashian said that she had difficulty bonding with her son once he was born because she was so removed mentally and physically from the pregnancy experience.

She confessed that it took her about a year to even give him a name and listed it as Baby Kardashian on his birth certificate  before legally changing it to Tatum in 2023. 

Kardashian told Aliabadi that she now adores her son and that a few factors really helped her bond with him. She said it helped that Tatum looks a lot like her brother, Rob Kardashian , and that Tatum shares personality traits with Kardashians late father, lawyer Robert Kardashian.

My sons a year-and-a-half, and hes sarcastic, Kardashian said. And my dad had a really dry, silly, crazy sense of humor. And theres glimmers of my dad in Tatum, and Im, like, This is so freakin weird but I love it!