She gave birth to her first child, a called son August Harrison, in February.
And Mandy Moore, 36, has claimed that giving birth to her child was like taking acid saying she felt she was on ‘a trip’.
The This Is Us actress, 36, who welcomed her son with husband Taylor Goldsmith, 35, explained that her labour was an ‘insular experience’ and she didn’t really interact much with the people around her.
‘Insular experience’: Mandy Moore, gave birth to her first child, son August Harrison, in February, has revealed that giving birth was like taking acid saying she felt she was on ‘a trip’
Speaking on the Informed Pregnancy Podcast, the star, who gave birth on February 23, said: ‘It’s like you’re on this trip. You’re on this like acid trip or something.
‘Like, I was in my own head, doing my own thing. I could hear people—I could hear suggestions and sometimes agree with them.
‘Ultimately, it was such an insular experience, which sounds silly that I guess I didn’t really imagine it.
‘I felt like it was going to be somewhat more participatory with other people, that I would see their faces and be awake and alert and like, listen to their suggestions.’
New mother: Speaking on the Informed Pregnancy Podcast, the actress, 36, explained that her labour was an ‘insular experience’
Mandy recalled how she had her eyes closed during the process and added: ‘I was on my own. It was my own narrative, my own story.’
The Candy singer felt ‘super prepared’ for labour because she’d taken classes on breathing techniques.
However, she admitted: ‘All of that just went out the window. For me, it was just all about instinct,’ the singer explained.
And when she held her son in her arms for the first time, Mandy had never ‘felt higher’.
New parents: The This Is Us star shares her son with musician husband Taylor Goldsmith, 35, whom she married in 2018
She said: ‘You are completely smothered in just that feeling of, I have never felt higher, I have never felt this kind of love.
‘It was like the world stopped again and you’re not aware of anything else going on. [August is] the greatest gift in the world.’
Mandy had originally planned for an unmedicated home birth, but later changed to a hospital birth with a midwife present and on the way into the medical facility, she changed her mind about pain relief.
She recalled telling her spouse: ‘Taylor, I’m getting an epidural. I don’t want you to be mad at me but that’s what’s happening when we get to the hospital.’
‘Gus is here’: Mandy, who had been documenting her pregnancy journey on Instagram, introduced August Harrison to the world on February 23, a few days after his birth
However, her platelet levels ended up being too low to have the epidural.
She added: ‘Labour was intense, it was gruelling, it was harrowing.’
Mandy broke the news of her pregnancy in September with an Instagram snap of herself and her husband caressing her bump.
‘Baby Boy Goldsmith coming early 2021,’ the This Is Us actress revealed to her more than four million Instagram followers.
She recently revealed on Instagram how she and her husband decided to name the baby August.
Doting: The first-time mother said that when she held her son in her arms for the first time she had never ‘felt higher’
She said: ‘It was last August when @taylordawesgoldsmith and I found out we were having a boy (it’s also Taylor’s birth month) and we always loved the name… so it was settled very early on in our book.’
The caption was accompanied by a picture of a little grey baby blanket with the words ‘AUGUST’ stitched onto it.
Mandy added: ‘Then for our anniversary in November, T gifted me with this blanket with the “A” (for Amanda) made from extra material from my wedding dress and “T” (for Taylor) from his wedding shirt.
‘Felt like a very fitting amalgamation of our whole story. I can’t wait to pass this on to our sweet August one day.’
Cute: Moore has explained why she and Taylor chose the name August for their son and showed off a blanket made from pieces of her wedding dress that her husband had made