Hailey Bieber shares ‘scary’ birth story in new Vogue interview
For the first time since becoming a mom in August 2024, Hailey Bieber is sharing intimate details of her birth story.
During a conversation with Vogue, Bieber called giving birth “the hardest thing I’ve ever done.”
As Bieber explained, despite all of the prep she had done prior to going into labor, which included “breathing exercises, acupuncture, yoga, pelvic-floor therapy, workouts, walking, weight training,” when she began leaking amniotic fluid at 39 weeks, nothing was how she imagined it would be.
“I was doing everything,” Beiber told Vogue. “I felt stronger physically than I ever had before.”
But once she began leaking fluid, Bieber was given Pitocin to induce labor as her doctor used a Foley balloon to encourage her cervix to dilate, according to Vogue.
Calling the process “so crazy,” Bieber added that it “was not fun. They broke my water. I went into labor and I labored for a few hours. No epidural, nothing.”
It was 18 hours later before she gave birth to Jack Blues Bieber.
Like most mothers, her focus immediately went to her newborn son, hoping to continue holding him close after carrying him for nine months. However, Jack was whisked away when Bieber began to experience postpartum hemorrhaging.
“I trust my doctor with my life,” Bieber told Vogue, calling the situation “a little bit scary.” “So I had peace that I knew she would never let anything happen to me. But I was bleeding really badly, and people die, and the thought crosses your mind.”