Kim Kardashian and Kanye West hire a a surrogate to have their third child

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West hire a a surrogate to have their third child, according to TMZ.

The deal will cost the couple $45k - a decision the pair have made since discovering that Kim suffered from placenta accreta - a condition that makes another pregnancy life-threatening.

It's thought that the couple have used an agency to source a surrogate, and that they will pay her the $45k in 10 monthly instalments of $4,500.