Mandy Moore shares gratitude and sadness over not having more kids

Mandy Moore opened up about her emotions on likely not having more children. The actor shared feelings of gratitude for her family mixed with a 'certain sadness' that she won't be pregnant again, a sentiment she shared on her Instagram.

Mandy Moore on 'gratitude mixed with sadness'

Actor and singer Mandy Moore has shared her emotions about likely not having any more children, describing a sense of gratitude mixed with sadness as she closes a chapter of her motherhood journey, according to E! News.

The This Is Us alum, who shares three children--sons Gus Harrison, 4, and Ozzie Bennett, 3, and daughter Louise Everett, 16 months--with husband Taylor Goldsmith, opened up about her feelings in a recent Instagram Story. "I'm at the OBGYN getting a check up," Moore wrote. "I am endlessly grateful for my beautiful family AND there's a certain sadness knowing I'm done having babies and won't be pregnant again." She also asked her followers if other mothers felt the same way, according to E! News.

The 41-year-old has previously spoken candidly about the joy and challenges of motherhood. In May, Moore marked her first Mother's Day as a mother of three, calling the experience deeply fulfilling. "Being a mom is the single greatest gift of my life," she wrote, adding that despite constant worry and planning, the joy of motherhood outweighs everything else. Moore also expressed gratitude to the mothers in her life, "model what it takes, lend an ear, make the best suggestions, and generally make me feel less alone on the journey," as quoted by E! News.

Reflecting on 'geriatric pregnancy'

Reflecting on welcoming her third child later in life, Moore earlier addressed the term "geriatric pregnancy" during an appearance on Kylie Kelce's Not Gonna Lie podcast in June. She said many women today are having children later in life, whether by choice or circumstance. "I feel like having my third child at 40, this term 'geriatric pregnancy' that's thrown around," she explained on Kylie Kelce's Not Gonna Lie podcast in June. "I think at least in my experience, so many of my friends are having kids later in life, whether it's by choice or it's by circumstance or biology."

"The thing that I had the most trouble with is just this system in general kind of treating us as this anomaly that we're too old," Mandy continued, "and we're too complicated or high risk, and really, it's like, 'Nope, we're just human beings'," as quoted by E! News. (ANI)

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