Mandy Moore has opened up about IVF struggles she experienced before welcoming her third child with husband Taylor Goldsmith.
During the Tuesday, June 2, episode of the “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast, Moore, 42, told host Amanda Hirsch that after she gave birth to sons Gus, 5, and Ozzie, 3, she did one round of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the hope of freezing her eggs for future use.
“I had the extreme privilege of being able to get pregnant and carry both of my boys … so, I did a round of IVF and it was unsuccessful. We didn’t get any viable eggs, no embryos,” the This Is Us alum said. “So I was like, ‘This just settles that. If this is something that’s meant to be, it will happen naturally, otherwise I am so grateful and so happy with these two guys and our family will be complete.’”
Moore and Goldsmith welcomed their third child, daughter Louise, in September 2024. “Lou just had to show up,” she told Hirsch, 37. “She showed up very, very surprisingly. We were not trying, but obviously we were open to it because of the IVF of it all.”
Gymboree/MEGA Mandy Moore admitted that being seven months pregnant with her third child hasn’t been a piece of cake as the mother of two kids under the age of 4. Although Moore, 40, said she’s feeling “really good” on the Tuesday, June 25, episode of The View, she acknowledged that “chasing two toddlers around is […]
Moore added that news of her pregnancy with Louise, 21 months, was so unexpected because she had mentally prepared herself for a life with just two children, not three. “I was like, ‘OK, I am totally satisfied.’ I tried that and [I was] really grateful that I have my boys,” she recalled.
The “Candy” hitmaker has been candid in detailing her fertility issues over the years. In 2021, she spoke publicly about the difficulty she experienced amid a possible endometriosis diagnosis while trying to conceive her first son. Three years later, after the safe arrival of both of her boys, she took to Instagram to reflect on the prospect of being unable to conceive.
Mandy Moore and Taylor Goldsmith are the proud parents of three kids — and they’ve been giving the world a glimpse into their family life ever since baby Gus was born in 2021. “Gus is here,” Moore shared via social media in February 2021. “Our sweet boy, August Harrison Goldsmith. He was punctual and arrived […]
“There was a time when I thought I might not be able to have kids, Moore began in a January 2024 post. “I remember when the doctor told me there was a slim chance of getting pregnant … and then lo and behold, to our surprise, I became pregnant with Gus.”
In her new interview with Hirsch, Moore noted that she is “still recovering” from having three babies in three and a half years, but noted how fortunate she feels to have grown her family without the threat of any pregnancy and postpartum complications. “I do feel lucky that … pregnancy was very easy for me,” she said. “I didn’t suffer from any sort of postpartum symptoms and stuff. I feel like I had a relatively easy journey, all things considered.”
