Ashley Iaconetti Opens Up About Her Decision Not to Breastfeed Her Sons: 'Best Version of Myself' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Ashley Iaconetti and Dawson.Photo:Ashley Iaconetti/Instagram

Ashley Iaconetti/Instagram

AfterAshley Iaconettigave birth to her newborn son Hayden, there was only one thing on her mind – spicy tuna.

“I knew I was going to want sushi because I had been eating deli subs the entire time, which is the other big no-no,” Iaconetti jokes. “But I was like, I can’t wait to have spicy tuna. Spicy tuna is my favorite food ever.”

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Iaconetti is partnering withGrubhub, who for the month of August is giving expectant moms $20 credit towards their first meal post-delivery and offering a year of Grubhub+ for free.

“I don’t think there’s ever been a campaign that was more of a no-brainer than the Grubhub campaign,” Iaconetti says of the partnership. “It just all made sense to talk about that glorious moment post-delivery, which is just glorious in the first place because it’s over, and then you get to eat stuff that has been restricted from you for nine months.”

As for the delivery itself, Iaconetti shares that this time around, things were “shockingly better.”

“I was just hoping for the first time experience again, but it was even better. I was induced, which I had mixed feelings about,” she explains. “I’ve heard horror stories about inductions and stuff, but my midwife and my doctor were like, ‘No, no, it’s going to be so easy.'”

“And that is exactly how it went. I barely didn’t have pain. It was so crazy,” says Iaconetti, who has been vocal in the past about not liking being pregnant. “It was great. It was the best experience ever. I wish every woman had that experience.”

Now that her pregnancy is over, Iaconetti is settling into her postpartum experience.

“I feel awesome,” she says. “I think there’s women who hate being pregnant and then there’s the people who hate the postpartum period. And there’s people I’m sure who hate both, and that’s totally fine.”

“So we formula feed with Bobbie and it’s been going great with them, and I don’t even know how I would’ve kept up with this kid with the feeding if I was breastfeeding because he eats every hour,” she jokes.

“Every hour. I was like, ‘Are you kidding me?’ I was very worried. I was like, ‘Am I overfeeding you?’ But according to the Internet and the doctor, he’s okay.”

source: people.com