Mandy Moore on Unexpected Pregnancy After Fertility Struggles

Mandy Moore becomes candid to become pregnant after struggling with fertility.

Speaking with Romper for their new cover, released Wednesday, the actress – who is expecting her first child, a baby boy, with husband Taylor Goldsmith – recalled what led to her unexpected pregnancy. Before Moore, 36, found out she was pregnant during the summer, she visited a fertility specialist, who said the actress may have endometriosis and would need surgery surgical.

“I was completely ready to have surgery and repair my uterus and hopefully get rid of the endometriosis, if it was there,” Moore explained. “It was good to have a plan and to know ‘Okay, good this that’s why i haven’t been pregnant yet. ‘”

However, when she went to an appointment before she had to have surgery, the doctor informed Moore that she was ovulating, but told her there was a low chance that she would get pregnant in because of the problems with her uterus.

“So I was like, okay, whatever,” Moore recalls. “And There you go…”

“I guess I understand why the doctors say to you, ‘Oh, just try for a year, and then if nothing happens, you can start some sort of investigation,’” she continued. “But I was like, man, I wish I had known that before. It would have been a game-changer if I had had that information.”

Due to her fertility challenges, the “This Is Us” star said she didn’t set high expectations for her pregnancy.

“Because of this problem with my uterus, I was very hesitant to believe in it and put stock in it,” she said. “I kind of held my breath for up to 12 weeks.”

As for Goldsmith, 35, Moore said she believed he was destined for fatherhood.

“I think he was made to be a father for most of his life. He prepared for it,” she told Romper of her husband for over two years. “Like in the morning, it’s funny, I go get my phone and he goes to get the baby book he’s reading.”

Moore said that being pregnant amid the coronavirus pandemic is that Goldsmith, the lead member of folk rock band Dawes, may have been at home rather than on tour.

“We wouldn’t have spent this gestation period together – he would have been on tour,” she explained. “And that would have been nice, but having this experience together makes me feel even more solid and even more excited to be parent with him.”

The singer – whom Romper noted was due “in the next few weeks” – said she wanted to “raise an intelligent, feminist, loving and compassionate young man who respects women and understands limits.”

Last September, Moore and Goldsmith announced they were expecting their first child.

“Baby Boy Goldsmith is coming in early 2021 💙” they shared on Instagram at the time.