The Bachelor alum Ashley Iaconetti has revealed Jared Haibon's decision to undergo "sperm analysis" in their quest to get pregnant, which has been ongoing for six months now.
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"Our fur baby is still our only baby right now. We've been trying to conceive for 6 months/cycles now," Ashley wrote alongside a cute selfie with her dog last week.
"A couple months ago, I was saying I would start feeling worried if I wasn't pregnant by June. This month was annoying, because I ovulated five days earlier than expected and we pretty much missed my fertile window. I haven't had an irregular month in YEARS."
Ashley reasoned, "I don't know whether it was the stress of moving into our apartment or what."
Ashley said she was able to prove her early ovulation by tracking her basal body temperature.
"So, there's a slim chance I'll find myself pregnant come June," Ashley shared.
"I would have been nervous about my fertility if I hadn't gone to my OB/GYN a couple weeks ago. She assured me that not being pregnant after 6 months of trying is totally normal and she's not concerned at all."
Ashley was apparently informed it takes many women at least six months to conceive.
"She said to wait until we're a year into trying until running tests on me," Ashley wrote.
"ï¸We are going to do a sperm analysis of Jared's swimmers this week though, just to rule that out as a possible issue. One in three couples who are experiencing fertility problems are so because of sperm quality. Checking your guy's 'junk' is quick and non-invasive."
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RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELOR' FRANCHISE COUPLES NOWAshley clarified, however, she and Jared "are not struggling to conceive" despite her pregnancy concerns.
"That [struggling to conceive] description is for couple's actively trying for a year. I knew when I decided to be open about this chapter of our lives that I put a public timer on how long it would take for us to get pregnant," Ashley said.
"You usually don't know how long people have been trying to conceive once they announce their pregnancy on the gram and that makes it feel like people get pregnant like that! 'Snaps fingers.'"
Ashley assured her followers that she doesn't regret being open about her path to getting pregnant at all.
"I love the dialogue it's created with some of my followers and I think it's important to normalize that a lot of people don't get pregnant right away. Thanks for all the love & baby dust you guys have been sending!" Ashley concluded.
Ashley and Jared got married on August 11, 2019 at United Congregational Church, followed by a reception at Rosecliff, an oceanfront Gilded Age mansion in Newport, RI.
In February 2020, Ashley said on an episode of The Ben and Ashley I: Almost Famous Podcast she co-hosts with former The Bachelor star Ben Higgins that she wanted to try "to get pregnant within the next 12 months," according to Us Weekly.
Ashley then told her Instagram followers in June 2020 that she planned to stop taking her birth control two months later.
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Jared subsequently revealed in February 2021 that he and Ashley were definitely trying to conceive their first child together, according to People.
"We're actually in the 'trying' phase," Jared shared with hosts Tayshia Adams, Joe Amabile and Natasha Parker on an episode of the Click Bait with Bachelor Nation podcast.
"We're gonna try and let the chips fall where they may. Because, you know, we've been told it could -- who knows how long it could take."
When asked whether he'd like to welcome a boy or girl first, Jared replied, "Honestly, it doesn't matter."
"I'd love to have both a boy and a girl," Jared said.
"Now having a girl dog [named Lois] -- this is weird -- but, like, now I really want a girl because having a girl dog, she's so dainty and delicate. It's like Daddy's little girl, and I'm like I kinda want this in a human now."
Ashley has also said in the past she really wants to have a daughter and would be happy to have up to three children.
Ashley and Jared met in 2015 on Season 2 of Bachelor in Paradise.
On the show, they sparked an on-again, off-again confusing romance that simmered into a friendship in which Ashley largely pined for Jared as he dated other women during the show's second and third seasons.
Ashley and Jared confirmed they were dating in May 2018 and then 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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