Ashley Tisdale Explains Why She Decided to Go Public with Her Struggles with Breastfeeding

Ashley Tisdale is opening up.

Earlier this week, the 35-year-old High School Musical alum, who welcomed her daughter Jupiter in March, shared a personal essay on her website where she detailed her challenging experience breastfeeding.

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“I wish someone would’ve told me how hard breastfeeding really was,” she wrote on her website, Frenshe. “You see your friends who are new moms feeding their babies make it look so easy. But no one tells you how hard it really is. I think there’s this pressure around the subject of breastfeeding, and that those who do it are the best moms, but that’s not true.”

In an interview with ABC Audio on Friday (June 25), the Masked Dancer host explained her decision to speak out about her breastfeeding journey.

“There is a stigma that breast feeding is the way to go. And if you can’t do it… there’s this stress around it,” Ashley said.

She added that she hadn’t expected to receive such positive responses from fellow moms who were also struggling with breastfeeding, but she was happy to help encourage them.

“[It] just felt so great that I.. made them feel better and less guilty. I feel good that I can make people feel less stressed… and good about themselves,” she said. “As a new mom, there’s just so much pressure… We shouldn’t feel that way. We should just do what’s best for the baby.”

Ashley also recently opened up about not feeling “comfortable” in her body after giving birth.