Bindi Irwin Shares Unfiltered Thoughts On State Of Women’s Healthcare originally appeared on Parade.
Bindi Irwin is speaking out about women’s healthcare.
During an episode of the Not Gonna Lie podcast with Kylie Kelce published Thursday, June 5, the television personality, 26, opened up about doctors dismissing her pain before her endometriosis diagnosis.
“Doctors initially told you your endometriosis pain might have just been part of being a woman. Is that right?” Kelce asked.
“Yeah,” Irwin said. “I can’t tell you how mad that makes me, because it’s like, the epitome of us falling short when it comes to women’s health.”
She added that some doctors questioned her mental state, telling her to practice meditation or drink a cup of tea in the evenings.
“I was like, ‘This isn’t a mental problem. Like, I can’t function. This isn’t in my mind,'” Irwin recalled. “But you start to believe it if enough doctors tell you that you’re crazy. Basically, this is just being a woman. You’re hormonal. You start to think, ‘Well, maybe I am just wildly anxious or depressed.'”
Endometriosis is a condition where tissue that normally lines the uterus grows in other parts of the body causing inflammation, pain, and other symptoms. Before her diagnosis, experienced agonizing pain during her menstrual cycle as well as nausea and fatigue.
After giving birth to her daughter in 2021, her symptoms became exponentially worse.
“It actually wasn’t until I had our daughter that I just plummeted, like the snowball effect. It got so much worse.” she explained. “I would just lay on the floor because I couldn’t move. And it was so jarring, because I wanted to be there for our daughter, but I was just so sick.”
Irwin eventually found a doctor in New York who realized she was likely suffering from endometriosis, but the condition can only be 100% confirmed through exploratory surgery. She underwent the procedure, where doctors found 38 lesions and a cyst.
In May, Irwin had another surgery to treat her condition, having 14 lesions removed while undergoing an appendectomy and hernia repair.
Irwin hopes that by sharing her story, the general public and medical community can be educated on women’s health issues.
“It’s not normal to be in pain. That’s why I’m so vocal about my journey now, is because so many people are living in agony, and nobody deserves to feel like that.” she said. “Everybody deserves to have proper health care and to have a diagnosis for their pain and not be dismissed.”
Bindi Irwin Shares Unfiltered Thoughts On State Of Women’s Healthcare first appeared on Parade on Jun 5, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 5, 2025, where it first appeared.
