Mandy Moore reflects on her unsuccessful IVF journey and miraculous third pregnancy: 'Lou just had to show up'

Mandy Moore, the ‘This Is Us’ star, opened up about her vulnerability with the experience at the fertility clinic. The 42-year-old had two kids naturally; however, she wanted to keep IVF as an option to allow flexibility for pregnancy, relying on the freezing treatment. When she and her husband, Taylor Goldsmith, went through the process, it was unsuccessful.Here’s a closer look at Mandy Moore’s IVF journey and at welcoming the third child naturally as a miracle.Moore reflected on the IVF treatment, stating that they did not get any viable eggs and hence no embryos. “And I was like, okay, well this just settles that. If this is something that is meant to be, it will happen naturally,” the ‘Tangled’ star said in a candid conversation on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast.Talking about her two sons, the actress mentioned that she was happy and grateful for them. “And then Lou just had to show up," Moore joked of her third baby, which she welcomed in 2024, Louise "Lou" Goldsmith. Moore expressed that her third child was a surprise. “We were not trying, but obviously we were open to it because of the IVF of it all,” she said.Mandy Moore shares two other children with her husband, August ‘Gus’ Harrison Goldsmith (5) and Oscar ‘Ozzie’ Bennett Goldsmith (3). The ‘Midway’ actress once revealed on her Instagram handle for the This Was Us podcast. Penning it down, she said that the doctor’s consultation dictated there would be a slim chance of her getting pregnant – and then, she had Gus.Mandy Moore tied the knot with Taylor Goldsmith in 2018 in an intimate wedding ceremony in a Bohemian-style, surrounding 50 guests.