The 34-year-old and husband Kanye West, 37, welcomed their first child North 19 months ago and are struggling to conceive again.
Speaking recently, Kim said: “It’s more challenging to get pregnant the second time around. When you’re not planning it, it happens. It’s just how God works. And when you want it so bad, it’s not happening…”
While getting a surrogate will speed up the process of having another child, it is thought Kim is considering the benefits it will have on her body.
A source told RadarOnline: “Kim will use a surrogate because she doesn’t want to have huge weight gain as she did while pregnant with North.
“Having worked very hard to get her famous body back into shape, Kim is afraid of being unable to do it again.
“Besides the weight gain, the pregnancy was very hard for Kim’s body. Constantly having cramps, and being uncomfortable made her miserable.”
Kim’s 35-year-old sister Kourtney recently gave birth to her third child, son Reign Aston, but the insider said she would never consider being Kim’s surrogate.
The source continued: “No way would Kourtney carry Kim’s baby! She’d do for Khloe in a heartbeat, but Kim is such a control freak, she knows it would be a nightmare.”
Her sister might not be up for the job, but whoever does it will be heavily screened. The insider added that choosing the right person “will be done with utmost discretion.”