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Kate Gosselin Details Lasting Health Effects From Sextuplet Pregnancy

She outlines complications from a high-risk 2004 sextuplet pregnancy in a TikTok series now drawing renewed coverage.

Overview

  • In new TikTok videos, the 50-year-old says her bladder has never returned to normal after delivering the sextuplets by C-section with an indwelling catheter.
  • She describes severe postpartum urinary retention requiring a Foley catheter and says prolonged compression left her bladder without normal elasticity.
  • Gosselin says she later passed retained placental tissue, was put on antibiotics, and her doctor removed the remaining pieces.
  • She recalls being hospitalized around 20 weeks for about 10 weeks until delivery, then experiencing low muscle tone, difficulty walking, and eventually getting a tummy tuck for excess skin.
  • People, Us Weekly, BuzzFeed, and TODAY have reported her first-person account from the TikTok series.