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Ashley Iaconetti Shares How She Knew She Was Ready for Kids: ‘Don’t Know That I Was Ever Ready’
Getting candid.
As Bachelor Nation fans know, Jared Haibon and Ashley Iaconetti Haibon first met on Season 2 of “Bachelor in Paradise” in 2015.
The two later got engaged on Season 5 of “Bachelor in Paradise” and tied the knot in August 2019. Since then, they’ve welcomed son Dawson in 2022 and their second son, Hayden, in 2024.
Now, Ashley is opening up in a recent Instagram Q&A about her and Jared’s readiness to have kids.
A fan asked, “How did you know you were ready for kids? I’m 31, married for 5 years, and my friends have kids, etc.”
The Bachelor Nation star replied, “I don’t know that I was ever ready in that craving-a-baby way. I just heard my biological clock tick and knew I wanted to have two kids in my mid-30s.”
Ashley went on to share, “We had been married almost two years when I got pregnant with Dawson. We had known each other for six years. We definitely were enjoying couple time, but knew we could take on the love and challenge of expanding our family at that point. (I was 33.)”
We love how honest and open Ashley always is about her experience with motherhood and parenting.
She recently also shared how she knew she and Jared don’t want to have any more children.
Ashley said, “Family definitely feels complete. We’ve felt like this for a while. We really knew recently when we were with my sister Lauren, Hunter, and Rocky in the hospital. Same hospital, similar lovely delivery experience, and neither Jared nor I felt the desire to be living that moment again.”
We always appreciate hearing from Ashley, and we can’t wait to see her on our screens again soon on “Real Housewives of Rhode Island.”
