A doctor advised Kourtney Kardashian to drink some of her husband's semen three to four times a week as it might be helpful for her thyroid levels.
"The Keeping Up with Kardashian" reality actress recently wed her husband, Travis Barker, in a lavish Italian ceremony. They plan to have a baby soon and explore various techniques to conceive successfully.
As per Insider, Kourtney disclosed the doctor's advice on Thursday's “The Kardashians” episode. She talked about her current fertility journey and the couple's meeting with Ayurvedic medicine expert Martha Soffer.
The Poosh creator said she could not remember if the semen was meant to increase or decrease the thyroid level.
Kourtney and her husband did not say whether they tried the advice, but Travis joked, "I love this doctor."
Benefits of thyroid level
However, Dr. Verity Biggs, a women's health general practitioner, is not convinced that drinking semen can improve thyroid levels.
As Biggs told Cosmopolitan UK, if semen is ingested, it would be processed like any food or drink. The composition of semen is affected by diet and lifestyle, she added. Semen contains chemicals like melatonin, oxytocin, progesterone, and antioxidants which improve mood or relieve stress. Studies even document that semen reduces the risk of pre-eclampsia.
Biggs is not sure, however, if it can improve fertility.
Improving lifestyle to improve fertility
Kourtney and Travis admit that they are making lifestyle changes to improve their chances of having a baby. The couple confessed that their last egg retrieval was not successful. For now, the couple is trying a Panchakarma cleanse, which is an Ayurvedic practice that dates back 3,000 years ago.
The cleanse involves abstaining from sex, caffeine, and exercise. It also includes forced vomiting/purging, bloodletting, and enemas.
The cleaning gets all toxins deep within the tissue out of the body to have better quality eggs.
Kourtney said that she is grateful that Travis is with her on this fertility journey as she thinks she cannot do it alone. She adds that they need to be on the same page since they are planning to have a baby together.
An update on IVF Journey
Kourtney earlier updated her fans that she and her husband are moving forward in their IVF journey. She disclosed that they are now into egg retrieval after six months of fertility treatments.
She admitted that they could not get to the egg retrieval stage in their last fertility treatment.
In the latest episode of "The Kardashians," their fertility doctor said that Kourtney has one good ovarian follicle that they may use for the IVF. Travis could not contain his happiness, adding that having a family is everything to the couple.
She says they still need to retrieve an egg, make an embryo, and test it before implanting it into her uterus.
As per ET, Kourtney has three children with her ex, Scott Disick. Travis also had two children from his previous marriage to Shanna Moakler. Still, having a baby of their own is "very important and exciting" for the couple.
