Bindi Irwin Calls Daughter a ‘Miracle’ Amid Endometriosis Diagnosis

Published: August 28, 2023

Bindi Irwin Calls Daughter a ‘Miracle’ Amid Endometriosis Diagnosis

By Movieguide® Contributor

Bindi Irwin, daughter of the late conservationist Steve Irwin, recently shared her journey with endometriosis and why she is thankful for her daughter in an interview with PEOPLE.

In March, Irwin opened up about her surgery for endometriosis.

“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,” she said in an Instagram at the time.

“I was tested for everything. Every tropical disease, Lyme disease, cancer, you name it. I had every blood test and scan imaginable,” she shared with PEOPLE. “It’s so hard because you feel like it’s inescapable. You don’t know what’s wrong with you, and then when people tell you ‘It’s all in your head’ or ‘you’re hormonal’ or ‘just have a cup of tea, lay down,’ you end up feeling so desperately alone because there’s no answers.”

Yet, Irwin had a bright spot amid the pain and confusion.

Two years ago, Bindi and her husband, Chandler Powell, welcomed their daughter, Grace Warrior.

“For us personally, we feel so lucky to have Grace,” Irwin told PEOPLE. “I think that every day I wake up and I look at our beautiful daughter and think she is our tiny little miracle and it makes me cry because we were very, very lucky to have her.”

Since then, people have asked if the couple will have more children.

“I feel like it is a universal question for women, which is heartbreaking because you never know what’s going on in someone’s life and what’s happening behind closed doors,” Irwin shared.

“And there was every chance that we wouldn’t have been able to have a little one, so to have our beautiful girl, we are so lucky,” she continued. “And I wish more people would pause before asking, ‘Why aren’t you having more children?’”

Endometriosis is “an often painful disorder in which tissue similar to the tissue that normally lines the inside of your uterus — the endometrium — grows outside your uterus,” the Mayo Clinic states. “Approximately one-third to one-half of women with endometriosis have difficulty getting pregnant.”