Little People fans in ‘shock’ after Audrey Roloff posts photo of her bloody placenta taken moments after giving birth
LITTLE People, Big World fans expressed their “shock” after Audrey Roloff posted a photo of her bloody placenta taken moments after she gave birth to newborn son Radley.
Fans had a lot to say about the 30-year-old’s recent Instagram Story post.
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES OF CHILDBIRTH BELOW
Audrey shared photos and videos taken shortly after she gave birth to Radley in a series of Instagram Story posts on Monday.
The first photo showed the bloody placenta sitting in a bowl, which she captioned: “And that tough as nails water bag that didn’t wanna break.”
The LPBW star added that Radley was “born en caul,” which means he was born while sill inside an intact amniotic sac.
A following video captured Audrey and husband Jeremy, 31, in bed with Radley as a nurse examined the placenta.
Audrey said it was “so cool,” while Jeremy called it “amazing.”
FANS REACT
Shortly after Audrey shared the photo and videos, fans rushed to Reddit to express their shock by her decision to share the graphic images.
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One person wrote: “No, no no no…who does this?”
Another added: “Who in their right mind posts that? Who tf wants to see it?!”
A third sarcastically chimed in: “Well, Audrey taking her bragging to a new level and including growing the best placenta anyone has ever seen in the list of her accomplishments AND posting a picture of it on the internet, certainly wasn’t on my bingo card for 2022.”
Many fans admitted they wished they hadn’t seen the graphic images, noting that the bloody placenta was “disgusting” to look at.
‘MY BIRTH EXPERIENCE’
Back in November, Audrey opened up about the pain and exhaustion she experienced in a revealing post about her postpartum experience.
Just days after giving birth to Radley in November, she wrote: “Maybe it will be different this time.
“Maybe I’ll get through the first week of recovery without the dreaded M-word… I didn’t tear as bad. I didn’t hemorrhage this time.”
The TLC alum continued: “My birth experience was so beautiful and peaceful and empowering. Those first few days postpartum I was so encouraged.”
While sharing baby photos, she added: “This is what you hardly ever see on the other side of the screen.
“An overflowing postpartum nightstand with a very tired, hurting, recovering mama. Tears of joy as she swoons over her newborn baby and tears of pain as she aches in too many places to count.”
Audrey mentioned how people usually do not discuss the postpartum experience openly enough.
She explained that she wanted to remind other mothers that if their body “feels wrecked,” then they should know that they are not alone.
THE WATER BIRTH
Audrey, who also shares two other kids with Jeremy, delivered her youngest son in a bathtub and shared photos and a video from the experience on social media.
Also in November, Audrey had shared an intimate clip of Radley’s water birth.
The clip featured Jeremy as he cried during the birth of his baby boy.