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Kourtney Kardashian proudly shows of 'IVF body' in bikini photo

By Nikolina Koevska Kharoufeh |

Kourtney Kardashian is opening up about the impact IVF has had on her body.

The mum-of-three, ?who trying for a baby with husband Travis Barker, updated fans on her Instagram by sharing a photo of herself and a few friends lounging around a pool in a bikini.

"A little IVF body," she wrote as a caption next to her tummy on the photo, giving fans a glimpse into how she is responding to the treatment.

The reality star and POOSH founder, 44, posed alongside friend and new mum Nicole Williams English.

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Kourtney Kardashian posts bikini picture to show off 'IVF body'.
Kourtney Kardashian posts bikini picture to show off 'IVF body'. (Instagram @kourtneykardashian)

?In the picture posted to her Instagram Story, Kourtney seemed confident and happy showing off her body.

The mum has been quizzed by followers about her changing body in the past, and hasn't been afraid to clap back.

Earlier this year she replied to a comment on a photo of her from a Lemme photoshoot asking her if she was pregnant. She said she felt it was important for women to know about the effects IVF can have on a body.

"The after-effects of IVF... also are we still asking women if they're pregnant?"? she wrote.

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Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker.
Kourtney has three kids who she shares with ex Scott Disick. (Instagram)

The star and her new husband, Travis Barker, have been trying for a baby for several years and the pair have been sharing their fertility journey ?on the family series The Kardashians.

"The fertility journey, Travis and I stay in the moment with it and just do the steps we need to do," she said in an episode last May.

Following a number of months of IVF the star announced in December last year that she had ?stopped IVF treatment, "Finally started getting my energy back."

?Kardashian and Barker already have quite a blended family which currently includes five children.

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Kardashian has three kids with her former partner Scott Disick - sons Reign, eight, and Mason, 13, plus daughter Penelope, 10.

While Barker shares teenage daughter Alabama, 17, and son Landon 19 with ex Shanna Moakler.

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