Pregnant Ashley Tisdale Says She 'Can't Wait to Get That Baby Out' as She's 'Exhausted' from Weeks-Long Illness

Ashley Tisdale is giving an important update amid the final stretch of her pregnancy.

On Friday, Aug. 16, the High School Musical star, 39, opened up to fans on her Instagram Story about the past few weeks of her pregnancy with her second baby, sharing that she's "been sick for three weeks" and feels "exhausted."

"I'm exhausted. I'm ready to have this baby but not read," the actress begins to explain as she rests in bed. "I still need to wallpaper the room, get everything organized, so don't come yet! BUT I've been sick for three weeks with adenovirus that turned into a sinus infection."

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Tisdale, who's already a mom to daughter Jupiter Iris, 3, whom she shares with husband Christopher French, goes on to share how these obstacles have made her feel even more ready for her baby's birth.

"My whole body hurts and I literally can't wait to get that baby out," she says. "I think they make the last month this hard so your willing to throw yourself in to something that would normally be so scary but you do it anyway."

Tisdale has been candid about her difficult third trimester on Instagram throughout the past few months.

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On Monday, Aug. 5., the soon-to-be mom of two shared a clip of herself appearing fed up and shaking her head, writing, “You forget what the end of pregnancy feels like."

“Acid reflux, everything hurts, feet are starting to swell and Insomnia. I'm trying to remind myself I'm almost there but I'm too tired to believe that 😂,” she added. 

On July 15, Tisdale spoke out about her challenging pregnancy once again. "This third trimester is really putting me through it,” she wrote on her Instagram Stories at the time. “And there are also those pregnancy days where you are physically over it, in pain, and try to remember that it’s all worth it but then it’s met with this …”