Mandy Moore, 36, reveals the anxiety she felt when she got pregnant after years of fighting fertility: ‘I was holding my breath until I was 12 weeks old’
Mandy Moore spoke openly about finding out she was pregnant last summer while having endometriosis.
“Because of this problem with my uterus, I was very hesitant to believe and bet on it,” she told Romper. ‘I kind of held my breath for up to 12 weeks.’
The 36-year-old This Is Us actress is expecting a child with her second husband, Taylor Goldsmith, whom she married in 2018.
Honest: Mandy Moore spoke openly about finding out she was pregnant last summer while having endometriosis
She represented a storm for the magazine in a series of plush sets that allowed her to emphasize her baby belly.
Her clothes included a wide-shouldered white gown and a sparkling royal purple pregnant dress, as well as a cherry red caftan.
Mandy found out she was pregnant after a fertility struggle that involved ‘ovulation tests, all that stuff,’ she revealed.
When a fertility specialist informed her of the possibility that she might have endometriosis, she was ready to deal with it.
Baby on board: 36-year-old actress from This Is Us is expecting a baby from her second husband, Taylor Goldsmith, whom she married in 2018
Fabulous looking: her clothes included a wide-shouldered white apron and a royal purple glittery pregnant dress, as well as a cherry red caftan
“I was fully prepared to have surgery and repair my uterus and, hopefully, get rid of endometriosis, if it were there,” she said.
In fact, after trying to get pregnant for a while, ‘It was nice to have a plan and know, OK, well, that’s why I haven’t gotten pregnant yet.’
Mandy, who is also a singer, went to a fertility specialist before the planned operation and was told she was ovulating.
However, at the same appointment, she was advised that, due to the uterine problems she faced, she was unlikely to become pregnant.
Decorated: she represented a storm for the magazine in a series of plush sets that allowed her to emphasize her baby belly
‘So I was like, okay, whatever. And lo and behold … ‘, she ended up getting pregnant completely by surprise.
‘I think I understand why doctors say, like,’ Oh, try it for a year and if nothing happens, you can start investigating, ‘she said.
‘But I was like, man, I wish I had known before. It would have been a game changer if I had that information, ‘explained Mandy in retrospect.
Looking back: Mandy found out she was pregnant after a fertility fight that involved ‘ovulation tests, all that stuff’, she revealed
‘I kind of held my breath for up to 12 weeks’: ‘Because of this problem with my uterus, I was very hesitant to believe and bet on it,’ she told Romper
Mandy broke the news of her pregnancy in September with an Instagram photo of herself and her husband stroking her belly.
‘Baby Boy Goldsmith arriving in early 2021,’ actress This Is Us revealed to her more than four million followers on Instagram.
Mandy, who was once married to Ryan Adams from 2009 to 2016, married Taylor towards the end of 2018 in her backyard.