Mandy Moore, 36, reveals the anxiety she felt when she became pregnant after years of fertility struggles: ‘I was holding my breath until 12 weeks’
Mandy Moore spoke candidly about finding out she was pregnant last summer while having endometriosis.
‘Because of this issue with my uterus, I was very hesitant to believe it and put any stock in it,’ she told Romper. ‘I sort of was holding my breath until 12 weeks.’
The 36-year-old This Is Us actress is currently expecting a son by her second husband Taylor Goldsmith whom she married in 2018.
Honest: Mandy Moore spoke candidly about finding out she was pregnant last summer while having endometriosis
She posed up a storm for the magazine in a string of plush ensembles that allowed her to emphasize her baby bump.
Her outfits included an off-the-shoulder white smock and a shimmering royal purple maternity gown as well as a cherry red caftan.
Mandy found out that she is pregnant in the wake of a fertility struggle that involved ‘ovulation tests, all that stuff,’ she revealed.
When a fertility special informed her of the possibility that she might have endometriosis she was ready to address it.
Baby on board: The 36-year-old This Is Us actress is currently expecting a son by her second husband Taylor Goldsmith whom she married in 2018
Looking fab: Her outfits included an off-the-shoulder white smock and a shimmering royal purple maternity gown as well as a cherry red caftan
‘I was fully prepared to go have surgery and fix my uterus and hopefully get rid of the endometriosis, if it was there,’ she said.
In fact after trying to conceive for a bit ‘It was nice to have a plan and to know, OK, well, this is why I haven’t been pregnant yet.’
Mandy, who is also a singer, went to a fertility specialist ahead of the planned operation and was told that she was ovulating.
However at the same appointment she was warned that because of the uterine problems she was facing she was unlikely to get pregnant.
Decked out: She posed up a storm for the magazine in a string of plush ensembles that allowed her to emphasize her baby bump
‘So I was like, all right, whatever. And lo and behold…,’ she wound up becoming pregnant completely by surprise.
‘I guess I understand why doctors tell you, like: “Oh, just try for a year, and then if nothing happens, you can start sort of investigating,”‘ she said.
‘But I was like, man, I wish I had known before. It would have been a game changer had I had that information,’ Mandy explained with hindsight.
Looking back: Mandy found out that she is pregnant in the wake of a fertility struggle that involved ‘ovulation tests, all that stuff,’ she revealed
‘I sort of was holding my breath until 12 weeks’: ‘Because of this issue with my uterus, I was very hesitant to believe it and put any stock in it,’ she told Romper
Mandy broke the news of her pregnancy in September with an Instagram snap of herself and her husband caressing her bump.
‘Baby Boy Goldsmith coming early 2021,’ the This Is Us actress revealed to her more than four million Instagram followers.
Mandy, who was previously married to Ryan Adams from 2009 to 2016, married Taylor near the end of 2018 in her backyard.