Everyone was over the moon when Bindi Irwin gave birth to her daughter, Grace Warrior, back in March 2021.
However, she has opened up about how getting pregnant, staying pregnant, and giving birth was a massive struggle for her.
Bringing a baby into this world is no small feat, but it was a mammoth task for the 24-year-old because she was enduring a private battle.
She's now opened up about enduring with endometriosis for a decade.
"Things may look fine on the outside looking in through the window of someone’s life, however, that is not always the case," she wrote in a lengthy post on Instagram.
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The daughter of Steve Irwin added: "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."
Endometriosis is a disease that is caused by tissue outside the uterus, which can cause 'chronic inflammatory reaction'.
This reaction can present itself as scar tissue within the pelvis and other parts of the body.
Bindi says she had been dealing with 'insurmountable fatigue, pain and nausea' for a decade and was regularly told by doctors that 'it was simply something you deal with as a woman'.
For years, she tried to battle through the endometriosis, whack on a smile and pretend things were all okay.
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It wasn't until a friend of hers encouraged her to seek help with endometriosis in mind so that she could finally get better.
"I decided to undergo surgery for endometriosis," she wrote.
"Going in for surgery was scary but I knew I couldn’t live like I was.
"Every part of my life was getting torn apart because of the pain. To cut a long story short, they found 37 lesions, some very deep & difficult to remove, & a chocolate cyst."
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She was asked 'how did you live with this much pain' and felt so validated by a medical professional realising how bad her condition was.
"Thank you to the doctors & nurses who believed my pain. I’m on the road to recovery & the gratitude I feel is overwhelming," she said.
Bindi added: "I’m aware of millions of women struggling with a similar story. There’s stigma around this awful disease. I’m sharing my story for anyone who reads this & is quietly dealing with pain & no answers.
"Let this be your validation that your pain is real & you deserve help. Keep searching for answers."
She urged people to 'be gentle and pause before asking me (or any woman) when we’ll be having more children'.
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Stewart Perrie