During her first pregnancy, Kim Kardashian made no secret of her struggles to cope with her blossoming figure.
At her lowest ebb, the star – who gained 3st during the pregnancy – admitted it was “really tough,” saying: “I wouldn’t wish it upon anyone.”
And now, just three months before her due date, insiders tell Closer that the 34-year-old star’s body insecurities have returned and are wreaking havoc with her confidence.
As Closer reported last week, Kim ranted at her sisters Kourtney and Khloe following a beach workout in St Barts and accused them of using her to make themselves look skinnier.
Now pals say Kim dramatically quit working out after feeling increasingly insecure during exercise classes with slimmer women at Barry’s Bootcamp in Sherman Oaks, LA.
A source says: “Kim looks incredible but she’s feeling very insecure about her body. She thinks she ‘balloons’ during pregnancy and when she compares herself to other pregnant women at the same stage as her, she feels awful.
She hated feeling like the biggest person during group classes at Barry’s and hated working out next to all the fitness-mad LA mums.”
To make matters worse, pals say when Kim first confided in her husband Kanye West – who is famed for his controlling ways – he told her the solution was to keep on working out, and then put pressure on her trainers to keep her in shape.
A source says: “Kanye is very controlling and thinks he has an answer for everything. If Kim complains about her body then Kanye blames whoever is training her."
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