Mandy Moore Says Her Doctor Wouldn't Stop Scrolling His Phone During Labor
On her That Was Us podcast, Mandy Moore revealed her birth plan was upended by a surprise hospital turn, forcing a last-minute swap of her entire delivery team despite planning for midwifery care.
Mandy Moore just told a delivery-room story that made my jaw drop and also, weirdly, made me crave a lobster roll. Not in a cute way.
The plan vs. what actually happened
On a recent episode of her rewatch podcast 'That Was Us,' Moore, 42, said she planned a hospital birth with midwife-led care at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. The catch: the one midwife with privileges there had to work alongside an OB. The doctor attached to that setup? Not her favorite.
The delivery room play-by-play
Cut to the moment she is actively pushing. Her midwife is hands-on. The OB, meanwhile, is in the room but... not exactly engaged.
'I remember distinctly looking at him and he was on his phone scrolling like CNN.com. I was like, Am I bothering you?'
Then, in between contractions, the doctor mentions there is a lobster truck parked outside the hospital and complains this is taking a long time, so he probably will not make it to snag one. Moore says her people-pleaser instincts kicked in at the worst possible time and she actually felt bad for slowing him down.
'I felt bad, like I was wasting his time.'
Sterling and Sullivan react (appropriately)
Her cohosts and former 'This Is Us' costars were, understandably, baffled. Chris Sullivan, 45, went straight to a bit, joking that she should have launched a baby at the guy. Sterling K. Brown, 50, distilled the vibe perfectly:
'Men, what's up?'
Moore agreed and did not hold back on where that doctor could take his talents next.
'Men, what's up? Maybe you don't need to be doing this anymore. You could retire and go have your lobster roll, whatever you choose, sir.'
Where she is now
Moore and husband Taylor Goldsmith have three kids, and she is clear that the family is complete.
- Gus (born 2021)
- Ozzie (born 2022)
- Louise (born 2024)
Back in January, after a routine OB-GYN checkup, she posted this on Instagram:
'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.'
About that 'geriatric pregnancy' label
Louise arrived when Moore was in her early 40s, which meant hearing that charming medical term 'geriatric pregnancy.' On the 'Not Gonna Lie' podcast in July 2025, she talked about how many of her friends are having kids later and how the system can treat older moms like they are inherently complicated or risky. Her point was simple: that framing is dehumanizing and outdated. Or, as she put it at the time, we are just human beings figuring it out — not anomalies.