Mandy Moore Shares Motherhood Struggles

Mandy Moore gave birth to her first child August “Gus” Harrison on February 20 through natural means. Since then, the This Is Us star has decided to keep her fans updated both through her pre-pregnancy stage and her post-pregnancy phase. While the new mother is already back at work, she shared that she’s facing difficulties pumping for her son since returning back to work.

Mandy Moore Reveals That She Is Facing Some Breastfeeding Difficulties

The actress wrote on her Instagram story that she is dealing with a “plugged milk duct” at work, alongside a picture of the star pulling a face whilst wearing her character’s age makeup.

She wrote over the picture: “Nothing like dealing with a plugged milk duct. Ouch…” On the picture, she also wrote the green words “ugh” inside a white cloud. She was wearing her pumping bra behind-the-scenes of the movie in the picture.

On Friday, the actress posted an update about the pain and how she is pushing through it with remedies by finding out what works for her body.

“Home from work at 2 am and been up for a bit feeding and trying to sort through this clogged duct,” she shared the words over a selfie in the bathtub. “Thanks for all the sweet messages, fellow nursing friends.”

“Definitely doing football holds and exclusively nursing on the one impacted side, lecithin, massage, hot Epsom Salt baths, etc.,” Moore added. “I have a suspicion it’s from being back at work and pumping more often than having him on the boob during the day. ALL good!”

Mandy Moore’s Breastfeeding Journey

Last month, the new mom opened up about caring for her newborn son, whom she shares with husband Taylor Goldsmith, in an episode of Informed Pregnancy Podcast with Dr. Elliot Berlin. At the time, she shared that she was happy because breastfeeding was easy for her.

“I feel — knock on wood — very lucky. I think maybe because I had such grueling labor, the gods were smiling down on me in terms of breastfeeding,” she said. “Because it’s been, knock on wood, relatively easy. He latched immediately. I haven’t had any issues with supply. He is a very hungry, well-fed dude.”
“I had the newbie nipple soreness and had to build up my tolerance and threshold for … I liken it to playing guitar where you get your calluses on your fingers. You know what I mean?” she added. “You get calluses on your nipples and then it doesn’t hurt as much. But he’s a great feeder, he’s a great sleeper. And that really hasn’t been an issue thus far, so I’m grateful for that.”

“I have an oversupply of milk. If anything, that’s been something that I’ve been dealing with, but I’m sure it will regulate itself and be fine down the road,” she continued, stating that she is forced to pump extra after breastfeeding her son just to bring relief to herself.

“I have a lot of milk, and so his feedings are not super long. He gets plenty in eight to 10 minutes,” she said. “… Sometimes he doesn’t get to go to the other side during feeding because he gets plenty of milk. But yeah, it hasn’t been a huge issue. I’ve had to pump a couple of times just for relief and just to help get rid of some of the supply, but I’m storing it.”