US actress and singer Mandy Moore (38) will have to do without pain-relieving medication when she gives birth to her second child. This is due to a rare condition called immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) that the 'This Is Us' star suffers from. Due to the disease, the number of her blood platelets is too low, which makes epidural anesthesia (EDA), which is common in today's births, too risky. Moore explained this in an interview with the US site "Today Parents".
Women who have ITP are at increased risk of bleeding profusely during childbirth. Epidural anesthesia would further increase the risk of blood loss. Moore had to endure the birth of her first child, son Gus, around 17 months ago without anesthetic and in great pain. "It was terrible," she recalls in the post. "But I can do it again. I can climb this mountain again."
Nevertheless, she wishes that medication "would be at least an option - just the idea that it could be a possibility would be so nice. But we'll just do it like last time," the star looks courageously ahead.
Moore announced in June this year that she and her husband, musician Taylor Goldsmith (36), are expecting another child. Son number two is due to be born in the fall. Moore was married to singer-songwriter Ryan Adams (47) from 2009 to 2016, and their marriage remained childless.
