Bachelor in Paradise couple Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon have announced that they're expecting their second child together.
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"We have a big announcement," Jared said via Amazon Live while sitting next to his wife.
"[Dawson] is going to be a big brother!" Ashley said.
"And he's not happy about it," Jared jokingly noted, as Dawson broke down into tears on-camera.
Jared went on to confirm that "Ashley is pregnant," and Ashley added, "I'm pregnant."
Jared also revealed, "We knew it was coming."
Ashley gave birth to Dawson in January 2022, and she is currently 13 weeks into her second pregnancy.
Ashley admitted she's worried Dawson may have "some jealousy issues" with the new baby because he's been "incredibly clingy" lately with her.
"He loves dada, but he just loves mama so much more," Jared noted. "But more importantly, Ashley is pregnant! We're super excited to announce that Ashley is preggers -- just in case you missed it!"
Prior to unveiling their big news, Ashley told People that she's "overwhelmed as hell" preparing for another child to enter the world.
"We want Dawson to have a sibling," Jared said of his son, who turns 2-years-old this month. "That's very important. Both of us come from families with two kids. So we wanted to give that to Dawson."
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELOR' FRANCHISE COUPLES NOWJared continued, "I want that big family dynamic, but man, having so many kids is just so overwhelming. So even the idea of a second kid, it's no longer two-on-one where we can play defense against him. Now it's just one-on-one."
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Although Dawson doesn't really understand Ashley's pregnancy, she and Jared brought him to their first ultrasound appointment.
"I try to teach him, 'Where's the baby? It's in the belly!'" Ashley explained to the magazine.
"Sometimes I'm like, 'Where's the baby?' And he'll point to his belly. So he doesn't get that it's my belly. He has been extremely, even more so of a mommy's boy since this child has been in my belly."
Ashley also shared how her current pregnancy has been easier than her first one.
"I had hyperemesis gravidarum last time, so that meant that basically I threw up almost every, well, I threw up multiple times a day up to about 30 weeks," Ashley admitted.
"And the first 16 to 18 weeks were just absolutely debilitating. So I'm just so freaking grateful that I'm not experiencing that."
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"I don't like the feeling of being pregnant. I never want to feel this again. Just don't like it," Ashley confessed.
In July 2023, Ashley and Jared told Us Weekly that they were "thinking" about trying for another baby in September or October.
"I really need to enjoy my whole summer," Ashley told the magazine.
"I love summer. I just want to be, like, feeling free and enjoying it all because we all know that I will be totally, grossly sick for a long time. And I think it's best that all happens when it starts getting cooler."
And then in August 2023, Ashley shared on her "The Ben and Ashley I: Almost Famous Podcast" how she and Jared weren't initially thrilled about having a baby boy when they found out about the baby's sex.
"I had such gender disappointment with Dawson," Ashley admitted, although she "had a feeling" at the time that she was pregnant with a boy.
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But Ashley clarified at the time that once she got over that emotional hurdle, she no longer cared about gender.
"I'd be happy if we had a boy too because then I'd want them to have that, hopefully, brother bond," Ashley said, adding how she and Jared would probably start trying for another baby "very soon."
After about seven months of trying to conceive and Jared undergoing sperm analysis, the couple revealed during an Amazon Live session in July 2021 that they were expecting their first child and the baby was due on in February 2022.
The pair then announced in August 2021 that Ashley was pregnant with a baby boy and they had already picked out a name for him -- a name Ashley had been sold on for about 20 years due to her love for romantic series and movies, including Dawson's Creek and Titanic.
Ashley and Jared got married on August 11, 2019 at United Congregational Church Newport, RI, followed by a reception at Rosecliff, an oceanfront Gilded Age mansion in the seaside city.
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Jared said he realized his feelings for Ashley and admittedly wanted what he couldn't have when she sparked up a romance with Canadian firefighter Kevin Wendt on The Bachelor Winter Games.
Jared eventually won Ashley over and the couple confirmed they were dating in May 2018.
Jared then proposed marriage to Ashley and they got engaged the following month in Mexico while the fifth season of Bachelor in Paradise was filming.
Prior to their appearances on Bachelor in Paradise, Ashley competed for Chris Soules' heart on The Bachelor's nineteenth season and Jared found fame on Kaitlyn Bristowe's edition of The Bachelorette for Season 11.
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