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Bindi Irwin has revealed that her and husband Chandler Powell’s daughter Grace Warrior, one, is a ‘miracle’ baby.
In a candid post after having surgery for her excruciating endometriosis, Bindi, 24, revealed that she had been suffering with the condition for ten years, since she was 14 years old.
Bindi urged her followers to be ‘gentle’ when asking her or any woman ‘when they’ll be having more children,’ as she feels lucky to have had daughter Grace Warrior.
According to Endometriosis Australia, the condition is present when the tissue that is similar to the lining of the uterus (womb) grows outside this layer and causes pain and/or infertility.
‘Things may look fine on the outside looking in through the window of someone’s life, however, that is not always the case,’ Bindi wrote in her lengthy post.
Bindi Irwin revealed on Wednesday that her daughter Grace Warrior, one, is a ‘miracle’ baby after suffering from severe endometriosis since she was 14
‘Please be gentle & pause before asking me (or any woman) when we’ll be having more children. After all that my body has gone through, I feel tremendously grateful that we have our gorgeous daughter. She feels like our family’s miracle,’ she said.
According to IVF Australia, endometriosis can affect a women’s chances of falling pregnant.
‘Severe endometriosis can distort the tubes and ovaries and can block the egg’s release by causing scar tissue or cysts. However, while mild endometriosis is, in some cases, associated with infertility, how this happens is not known.’
In a candid post after having surgery for her excruciating endometriosis, Bindi, 24, revealed that she had been suffering with the condition for ten years, since she was 14 years old
However the website stresses that women who suffer from the debilitating condition can still conceive naturally.
Bindi and Chandler welcomed their daughter in March, 2021, when Bindi was just 22.
‘March 25, 2021. Celebrating the two loves of my life. Happy first wedding anniversary to my sweetheart husband and day of birth to our beautiful daughter,’ Bindi wrote at the time.
Bindi urged her followers to be ‘gentle’ when asking her or any woman ‘when they’ll be having more children,’ as she feels lucky to have had daughter Grace Warrior
She added in part of her post: ‘Our graceful warrior is the most beautiful light.’
Bindi was forced to have major surgery for endometriosis in the United States this week.
The daughter of the late Steve ‘the Crocodile Hunter’ Irwin spoke for the first time about her decade-long struggle with the disease in a lengthy Instagram post on Wednesday morning.
She also shared a picture of herself from her hospital bed and said she wanted to raise awareness and help other women who might be suffering from the condition.
‘Please be gentle & pause before asking me (or any woman) when we’ll be having more children. After all that my body has gone through, I feel tremendously grateful that we have our gorgeous daughter. She feels like our family’s miracle,’ she said
She also explained how the surgeon at Seckin Endometriosis Center in New York City had removed a total of thirty-seven lesions and a ‘chocolate cyst’ – a term for a cyst filled with menstrual blood.
She also wanted to draw attention to the fact doctors often do not take the condition seriously enough, noting how one physician had once told her the pain was just a normal part of being a woman.
‘For ten years I’ve struggled with insurmountable fatigue, pain and nausea. Trying to remain a positive person and hide the pain has been a very long road,’ she began.
‘These last ten years have included many tests, doctors visits, scans, etc.’
Bindi continued: ‘A doctor told me it was simply something you deal with as a woman and I gave up entirely, trying to function through the pain.
‘I didn’t find answers until a friend, Leslie Mosier, helped set me on a path of regaining my life. I decided to undergo surgery for endometriosis.’
Bindi was forced to have major surgery for endometriosis in the United States this week. She also shared a picture of herself from her hospital bed and said she wanted to raise awareness and help other women who might be suffering from the condition
She said ‘going in for surgery was scary but I knew I couldn’t live like I was’, adding that ‘every’ aspect of her life was being ‘torn apart’ because of the pain.
Bindi revealed her surgeon’s first words to her after she woke up from the procedure were: ‘How did you live with this much pain?’
She said having this ‘validation’ from a medical professional after years of having her pain brushed off by doctors was an ‘indescribable’ feeling, before going on to thank her family and friends who had encouraged her to find answers.
‘Thank you to the doctors and nurses who believed my pain,’ she added. ‘I’m on the road to recovery and the gratitude I feel is overwhelming.’
‘To those questioning the cancelled plans, unanswered messages and absence – I had been pouring every ounce of the energy I had left into our daughter and family,’ she said.
Bindi has spent her entire life in the spotlight as the daughter of celebrity wildlife conservationists Steve and Terri Irwin. He died in 2006
Bindi has spent her entire life in the spotlight as the daughter of celebrity wildlife conservationists Steve and Terri Irwin.
Steve, known to millions around the world as ‘the Crocodile Hunter’, died on September 4, 2006, at the age of 44 after being pierced in the chest by a stingray while filming a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef.
Bindi was just eight years old at the time.
Following his death, Steve’s family, including his children Bindi and Robert, widow Terri, and son-in-law Chandler, have continued his wildlife conservation work at Australia Zoo, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
