Khloe Kardashian gets more bad news from her Doctor pertaining her fertility

Khloe Kardashian’s fertility was a big topic of conversation on Keeping Up with the Kardashians during her marriage to Lamar Odom. 

Despite repeatedly trying for a baby, the couple never conceived. Now, Khloe’s fertility is coming up again—and her doctor may have discovered why she’s had trouble getting pregnant in the past.

In a teaser trailer for the next episode of KUWTK, Khloe visits fertility specialist Andy Huang, who does an ultrasound of her pelvis. During the scan, the doctor tells her that something might be off with the follicles on her ovaries. "These are follicles, these hold eggs, so this is just giving you an idea of how young your ovaries are," her doctor says during an ultrasound, adding, "There are fewer follicles than I anticipate for a normal 32-year-old."

"This is definitely not at all how I thought this appointment was going to go,” Khloe says. “What if I can't get pregnant?"

So what does this really mean for Khloe's fertility? Daniel Shapiro, M.D., chief clinical officer of Prelude Fertility, says that the doctor is telling Khloe that her basal antral follicle count, an estimate of how many eggs she has, is lower than most women in their early thirties. 

“Though there are no established norms for each age group, 32 is still considered young so the count should be ‘high,’” he says. That means the estimate should be 18 or more follicles (i.e. egg sacs) that are visible on ultrasound. “Less could mean anything from zero to 17,” he says, adding that more than 18 is “optimal.”