Who Is La'Reina Haynes? New Details On Kim And Kanye's Surrogate
La'Reina Haynes is the surrogate who carried Chicago West. is she carrying Kim and Kanye 4th baby?
Kim and Kanye are getting ready to welcome baby number four to their family.
People is reporting that the couple is expecting their fourth child together sometime this year. They are already parents to North, Saint, and Chicago West.
Kim has never been shy about wanting a large family — she has three full siblings, two half-siblings, and four step-siblings. However, Kim suffered serious complications in her first two pregnancies and found out afterward that she could not safely carry more children herself. The couple decided to expand their family with the help of a gestational surrogate. While the baby would be conceived using sperm and eggs from Kim and Kanye, another woman would carry the pregnancy and give birth.
Kim spoke of the process as overwhelmingly positive and was effusive in her affective for their surrogate La'reina Haynes. She was quoted as saying she would happily work with Haynes again if they decided to go ahead with having another baby.
Who is La’Reina Haynes? Read on to learn more.
1. Mother
Haynes is a mother to her own biological children. In 2018, it was reported that she had two sons and she was was stay at home parent to them. She had already been a surrogate for another family before partnering with the Wests.
2. Local
Haynes and her family live in the San Diego area where her husband, who is in the military, is stationed. Since San Diego is where Kim’s mother Kris Jenner is from, it’s almost like a hometown connection.
3. Family Creations
The Wests worked with an agency called Family Connections to find Haynes. This is not uncommon for families seeking a surrogate. The agencies assist with important factors like health screenings and make sure legal provisions are in place for both surrogate and bio-parents. Haynes reportedly loves working with Family Creations. On the agency’s Facebook page she said, “Family Creations LLC has made not only choosing to be surrogate amazing, but being guided through the process by their staff has been, for lack of better words, utterly amazing! I am still in the beginning stages but confident that all the way to the end of this process will be easy and nurturing. Thank you for having an amazing staff and helping me be paired with amazing intended parents.!!!!”
4. TV Appearance
Hanyes made an appearance on Keeping Up With The Kardashians during the 2017 season. Kim wanted her to meet the whole family. At that time she said, “I like being pregnant. I know it sounds really weird. The pregnancy itself, you know, it just feels natural, like I’m supposed to do it. I’m so proud of doing it in general. Like, with all the women who do have pregnancy issues, that put so much trust in people like me, it’s amazing. It’s already a big deal."
5. Positive experience
Shortly after baby Chicago was born, Kim posted her thanks to Haynes on her app. Friends said at that time that Kim and Kanye were already talking about having another baby and they were even hoping to partner with Haynes again to do so.
6. Unconfirmed
As of now, the Kardashian family hasn’t publicly confirmed a pregnancy or named the surrogate. Knowing that Wests, they’ll make a spectacular announcement in their own time.
Rebekah Kuschmider has been writing about celebrities, pop culture, entertainment, and politics since 2010. Her work has been seen at Ravishly, Babble, Scary Mommy, The Mid, Redbook online, and The Broad Side. She is the creator of the blog Stay at Home Pundit and she is a cohost of the weekly podcast The More Perfect Union.