Kim and Kanye Hire Surrogate for 3rd Kid 
 
 Kim Kardashian, Kanye West Hire Surrogate for 3rd Child 
 
 EXCLUSIVE 
 
 Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have made a deal with a surrogate to have another child ... TMZ has learned. 
 
 As we reported, Kim has a condition -- placenta accreta -- which makes another pregnancy life-threatening. So Kim and Kanye have found a surrogate through an agency and agreed to pay the following: 
 
 -- $45,000 in 10, $4,500 monthly installments 
 
 -- If there are multiples, the surrogate gets $5k for each additional kid 
 
 -- If the surrogate loses reproductive organs, she gets $4,000 
 
 Kim and Kanye are also required to deposit $68,850 with the agency. 
 
 The surrogate is required to refrain from smoking, drinking and drugs during the pregnancy. She also agrees to restrict sexual activities in the weeks leading up to the pregnancy, including foregoing sexual intercourse for 3 weeks following embryo implantation. 
 
 The surrogate cannot go in hot tubs or saunas, cannot handle or change cat litter, apply hair dye, drink more than one caffeinated beverage per day or eat raw fish. 
 
 The agreement provides that Kim and Kanye "assume the legal and parental responsibilities for any child ... that may possess any congenital or other abnormalities or defects." ||||| John Legend clapped back at someone on Twitter who made a joke about Kim Kardashian wanting another baby on Tuesday, March 28. 
 
 On Sunday, March 26, Kardashian, 36, announced in a preview clip of her family’s hit TV show, Keeping Up With the Kardashians, that she wants to have a third child, despite having dealt with two tough pregnancies. 
 
 “I’m going to try to have one more baby,” she said in the clip, adding, “I want my kids to have siblings but the doctors don’t think it’s safe for me.” 
 
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 A Kardashian source exclusively told Us, “Having a kid would jeopardize Kim’s health incredibly. Doctors have told her no.” 
 
 As news of the reality star’s quest for more kids hit the headlines, political consultant Stuart Stevens, who was Mitt Romney’s top strategist during his 2012 presidential campaign, decided to weigh in. 
 
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 “Sometimes it seems the Chinese might have been on to something,” he tweeted along with a link to an article about Kardashian’s fertility prospects. Stevens was most likely referencing China’s One Child Policy, a government mandate that restricts citizens to one child per family in order to curb population growth. (The mandate is controversial in that it has led to forced abortions and other high-risk actions.) 
 
 When Legend, 38, caught wind of the tweet, he admonished Stevens for his comment. 
 
 “That was pretty awful. Shame on you,” the La La Land star wrote. He and wife Chrissy Teigen are parents of daughter Luna, 11 months, and are longtime pals of Kardashian and her husband, Kanye West. 
 
 
 
 Stevens has yet to respond to Legend’s tweet. 
 
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– Kim Kardashian and Kanye West want a third child, despite the fact that Kim has a health condition that would make another pregnancy too risky. So, according to TMZ, the couple has hired a surrogate through an agency. Sources have confirmed the story to other outlets, including People and E!. Per TMZ, Kardashian and West will pay the surrogate $45,000, plus more for each additional child if there are multiples and still more should the surrogate lose any reproductive organs during the process. The contract also has a number of stipulations for the surrogate, including the requirement that she not dye her hair, change cat litter, or drink more than one caffeinated beverage per day while pregnant.