She's only been dating rapper Kanye West for four months, but already 31-year-old Kim Kardashian has been telling all her pals about the pair's baby plans, leaving her younger sister Khloe, who has talked publicly about her struggle to have a child, devastated.
And her sister's announcement couldn't have come at a worse time for Khloe, 27, who recently asked Kim to join her for a doctor's appointment to gauge the sort of fertility treatment she might require, only to be left dismayed when Kim then began discussing her and Kanye's own plans.
"Kim went with Khloe for "moral support," and then… not even 24 hours later, Us Weekly magazine conveniently gets word that Kanye West wants [babies with] Kim?" spilled one Hollywood-watcher. "That is some insensitive timing."
Kanye ‘has made Kim broody'
The reality TV star has dived headlong into her new romance with long-time family friend, Kanye West, with a friend gushing, "I've never seen her act like this before."
And although she has always claimed to want children in the future, insiders say that being with the rapper has seen Kim fast-track her baby plans, believing that after two failed marriages that she has finally found ‘the one'.
"Kanye says he can't wait to see her carrying his child," a source told Us. "He says she will look beautiful pregnant." And an insider close to the Touch The Sky rapper has revealed that seeing best pal Jay-Z become a father has spurred him onto to having a child himself.
"Kanye sees Blue Ivy all the time, and sees how Jay is with her, and it's definitely made him feel broody," spilled an industry mole. "He feels that his time to become a father has come, and also that it was meant to be as it coincided with him finally getting together with the girl of his dreams."
Khloe devastated; Lamar "jealous"
Having already admitted that he was "jealous" of Kourtney and Scott expecting baby number two, revealing, "They get to have another baby and I don't", Khloe's husband of three years, Lamar Odom has also struggled with the couple's fertility issues. And admitting that she didn't know the extent to which her basketball star husband was suffering, Khloe lamented, "It broke my heart. I didn't think he felt that way."
And not wishing to burden pregnant Kourtney with her baby woes, Khloe had leaned on Kim for "moral support" during a recent visit to the doctor for a blood test to check her hormone levels.
"She went to ART Reproductive Center in Beverly Hills for some blood tests so the doctors can put together a stylised treatment programme," spilled an LA source. Adding, "Kim went with her."
But the next day, when stories broke that Kim and Kanye were all set to start trying for their own baby, Khloe was left feeling abandoned and betrayed.
"She was literally like, ‘Say what?' when she found out," spilled an insider. "She thought Kim's focus was on helping and supporting her, but it turned out to be a lot different. Khloe feels she has had to be strong enough to handle Kourtney's new baby, and she doesn't know if she has the strength to be happy for someone else's baby joy again."
Kourtney gets dragged in
Having long been the sibling to broker peace between Kim and Khloe throughout their many fallouts, older sister Kourtney has been comforting Khloe, leaving Kim accusing her of picking sides.
"Kourt feels like she can't win," said a pal. "And when Kim and Khloe are in combative mood it's usually best to just let them get on with it." Adding, "But Kourtney really feels for Khloe. Being a mother herself and loving Mason and her as-yet-unborn baby as much as she does, she now appreciates how heartbroken she'd be if she couldn't have them."
And Kim has been unable to contain her joy at telling the world how in love she is with Kanye, revealing that hooking up with him has been an "epiphany" which helped her to "grow up".
"I feel like I've had an epiphany over the past year from what I've been through and I am that changed person just from my own experiences," she told Oprah. "Before, all my boyfriends were younger. I always dated five years younger. Now I just love that I'm with someone that's a couple years older than me."
More baby bones of connection
These couples have found themselves at odds over the kid question…
Fergie & Josh
They've been fielding the baby question ever since they married back in 2009, and broody Josh, 39, has so far been unable to convince 37-year-old Fergie to try for a baby. But last week the Transformers actor took his desire to become a dad public in what's being seen as a bid to force his singer wife to make a decision. "We're going to focus on a human first," Josh spilled when quizzed about whether he'll get another dog after his pooch recently passed away. "We're going to focus on raising a human and then maybe we'll get a dog after that." But the star's comments are at odds with Fergie's insistence just three months ago that "we want to have a family… but just not this second"
Katie & Tom
Despite telling pals that she love to have a sibling for Suri, it seems like Tom is the one who has been dragging his (stacked) heels. Making his most public declaration yet that he's done as far as more kids is concerned, Tom said, "I'm so happy with three. I'm enjoying every second with Suri, and I'm enjoying the relationship with my older kids, and the way it is right now." And his feelings are at odds with Katie's, who'd said, "maybe in a couple of years", in 2010 when asked about more kids.