Bachelor’s Ashley Iaconetti Felt ‘Gender Disappointment’ With Son

Bachelor Nations Ashley Iaconetti Recalls Overcoming Gender Disappointment When Pregnant With Son

Ashley Laconetti
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Former Bachelor Nation member Ashley Iaconetti is getting sincere in regards to the second she and husband Jared Haibon found they have been having a child boy.

“I had such gender disappointment with Dawson,” Iaconetti, 35, admitted on the Friday, August 18, episode of “The Ben and Ashley I Nearly Well-known Podcast.”

Earlier than welcoming their son in January 2022, Iaconetti stated she “had a sense” they have been going to have a boy. Regardless of her preliminary emotions about elevating a son, Iaconetti “doesn’t care as a lot” in regards to the intercourse of the couple’s potential future youngsters.

“I’d be glad if we had a boy too as a result of then I’d need them to have that, hopefully, brother bond,” she added, noting that she and Haibon are beginning “very quickly” to strive for one more child.

After being “so sick” throughout her first being pregnant, Iaconetti by no means “actually thought-about” having three youngsters as an alternative of two.

“For me, it was like I’m not going to have that sister-sister bond [with my kids],” she defined. “That was actually unhappy for me. It didn’t final very lengthy.”

Bachelor Nations Ashley Iaconetti Recalls Overcoming Gender Disappointment When Pregnant With Son

Jared Haibon and Ashley Laconetti with their son Dawson on the Los Angeles Premiere Screening Of Paramount Photos’ “80 For Brady” at Regency Village Theatre on January 31, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
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Following their introduction on Bachelor in Paradise season 2, Iaconetti and Haibon kicked off a longtime friendship that ultimately was one thing extra. The couple introduced their engagement in Could 2018 and went on to tie the knot in August 2019. Iaconetti and Haibon introduced in July 2021 that they have been gearing as much as welcome their first child, and Dawson Demitri Brady Haibon was born in January of the next yr.

Iaconetti’s current feedback about child No. 2 come greater than a month after she revealed to Us Weekly completely that she and Haibon have plans to “begin flippantly making an attempt” for a child in September or October.

“We’re excited about it,” she shared in July. “I actually simply must take pleasure in my complete summer season. I really like summer season. I simply wanna be, like, feeling free and having fun with all of it as a result of everyone knows that I can be completely, grossly sick for a very long time, and I believe it’s greatest that that occurs when it begins getting cooler.”

Earlier than giving delivery to Dawson, Iaconetti was candid about her being pregnant struggles, telling Us in July 2021 that she was “very sick” and “persistently nauseous” your entire time. Nevertheless, it was all price it in the long run.

“He’s, like, essentially the most stunning baby ever. I imply, possibly, I’m biased, however holy crap, I bought a cute child,” Iaconetti advised Us of Dawson final month. “And he’s glowing on the within too. He’s fairly the character.”

As for which mum or dad he’s most like? The toddler is a wholesome mixture of each. “He most likely has the most important aspect of each of our personalities,” she shared.