Kourtney Kardashian Details 3-Day Labor Process to Give Birth to Baby Rocky

Kourtney Kardashian was ready to poosh.

The Kardashians star shared her birthing experience on the June 20 episode, revealing home video footage of her three-day labor process before she and Travis Barker welcomed their son Rocky Thirteen Barker last fall.

Kourtney started having contractions on Oct. 29, so she and her husband headed to the hospital around 8 p.m. 

"It's my first natural birth I've experienced, the baby actually exiting out of the vagina," Travis noted. "I'm a little frightened."

As for Kourtney, she said she was "filled with excited, anxious energy," noting, "With everything that we've been through, to get to this place, it's crazy that tonight is when we're actually going to the hospital."

However, Rocky wasn't ready to make his appearance just yet. Though Kourtney was three centimeters dilated by 4 a.m. on Oct. 30, "nothing progressed" since then, according to the Poosh founder. 

"I'm not in any pain," she told sister Khloe Kardashian over the phone while bouncing on a workout ball. "I don't know if his real birthday is supposed to be Halloween or today—that's why we're not sure if we should get it moving."

"You keep saying whatever's God's plan," Khloe responded. "But I think your dream, subconsciously, would be a Halloween baby. And if that happens, it happens. So, just let Mr. Halloween come on."

Kourtney and Travis decided to leave the hospital, get a bite to eat and go home to shower. "Then we have sex to get things going, see if that helps," Kourtney confessed. "That can help sometimes."

It was the next day, on Halloween, when they drove back to the medical center.

"We wake up and Travis tells me that he thinks today's the day," Kourtney shared, with the drummer adding, "We said it too much that he was going to be born on Halloween. Then his birthday is massive; people dress up all around the world."

At the hospital, Kourtney—who also shares Mason Disick, 14, Penelope Disick, 11, and Reign Disick, 9, with ex Scott Disick—got an epidural and had her water break at about 7:30 p.m. 

Although everything was going smoothly, the reality star had one surprise in store: the arrival of her mom Kris Jenner. 

"This was not the plan," Kourtney recalled in a confessional. "But my security comes into the room and says, ‘Your mom is pulling up any second.' And I was like, ‘My mom? She's not invited.'" 

However, Travis eventually convinced Kourtney to let Kris join.

"Travis was like, ‘If my mom was alive, she would be here. Let your mom come,'" she remembered. "I'm so happy that my mom was here. It turned out to be really special. She's very comforting."

But Rocky kept the Kardashian-Barkers on their toes until the stroke of midnight.

"At 11:45 p.m., my doctor checks me and says, ‘It's time,'" Kourtney continued. "My whole body is shaking."

Meanwhile, Travis had put on Frank Sinatra music to play during the birth, and his song "That's Life" was coincidentally playing as Rocky arrived at midnight on Nov. 1. 

"We were like, ‘What a perfect song.' The way that it all happened is just such a reminder that God's timing is everything," Kourtney shared. "It's everything I've ever dreamed of. Everything we've been through to get to this moment, it just feels so surreal."

Praising Travis as "the most supportive and amazing husband," she added, "I'm so happy in my blissful baby bubble and the love with Rocky."

Travis agreed it was "too good to be true," telling Kourtney it was "one of the best days of my life."

Read on to see all the cute moments they've shared with baby Rocky since then.

"Happy Father’s Day @travisbarker !!" Kourtney Kardashian wrote to Travis Barker on Instagram on Father's Day 2024, sharing never-before-seen pics of her husband with their son Rocky Thirteen. "Beyond grateful for the Dad that you are to our baby boy, and all of our kids."

Kourtney continued, " You keep us safe and protected and take care of us. Having a family with you is heaven. Happy to celebrate you!"

Kourtney also included this pic of Travis and Rocky in her Father's Day tribute.

Travis played with his baby boy on a private plane.

The Poosh founder and the rocker shared a sweet kiss while holding their son Rocky, who they welcomed on Nov. 1, 2023.

Travis commemorated Kourtney's first Mother's Day with Rocky, writing on Instagram in May 2024, "Happy Mother’s Day to my best friend and partner."

"Our children are so lucky to have you," the musician—who is also dad to step-daughter Atiana de la Hoya, son Landon Barker and daughter Alabama Barker with ex Shanna Moakler—continued in his tribute to Kourtney. "Thank you for filling our home with love, laughter, and joy."

Sharing photos of Kourtney and Rocky, Travis added in his Mother's Day message, "I love you forever and ever my wife @kourtneykardash."

Rocky fell asleep during this tender moment with Kourtney, who also shares kids Mason, Penelope and Reign with ex Scott Disick.

Travis shared a sweet look at life with their baby boy, captioning this mother-son photo on Instagram in April 2024, "I love our life together. Thank you for being the most amazing wife a person could ask for."

The Kardashians star celebrated her 45th birthday alongside Travis and Rocky in April 2024, with the family ringing in the milestone with a firework display.

Rocky took his first international flight when the family flew down to Australia for Travis' Blink-182 tour in March 2024.

Travis splashed around the gentle waves with his son during a family vacation in the Bahamas.

Kourtney and Rocky shared a bed in this sweet snap posted by Travis on Mother's Day 2024.

The drummer's baby boy joined him behind the kit.

Kourtney and baby Rocky kicked back by the pool during a tropical vacation in April 2024.

Travis shared this adorable photo of Rocky and his mama on Kourtney's 45th birthday in April 2024.

The Blink-182 rocker held his son during Kourtney's 45th birthday celebrations.

Rocky donned on a pair of elf boots during Christmas 2023.