Ashley James shares beautiful new breastfeeding and labour pictures as she reflects on being pregnant and giving birth in lockdown
She welcomed her first child, a son called Alfie Rivers, almost five weeks ago.
And Ashley James, 33, took to Instagram on Monday to share beautiful new breastfeeding and labour pictures with her fans.
She also shared a picture of her boyfriend Tom Andrews, 31, carrying little Alfie out of the hospital as they prepared to go home for the first time.
Special moment: Ashley James shared beautiful new breastfeeding and labour pictures on Instagram on Monday as she reflected on being pregnant and giving birth in lockdown
Ashley wrote: ‘AD: I still can’t believe that I found out I was pregnant in lockdown and gave birth still in lockdown 9 months later. It’s definitely something I’ll be telling my grandkids about in years to come!
‘That’s why I’m so excited to be working with W Channel to celebrate the launch of their new show Emma Willis: Delivering Babies in 2020.
‘This series follows the stories of families whose pregnancy and birthing plans have been thrown in the air by lockdown in the UK in 2020.
Touching: She shared this lovely image of Tommy helping to take care of her while she was in labour
‘Whilst I always like to search for the positives in any situation, there were some definite fears and challenges lockdown brought.
‘I wanted to share all my personal experience with you, so if you head over to @wtvchannel you can hear my full story.’
She continued: ‘I’d LOVE to know how many of you experienced pregnancy and/or birth during 2020 and 2021, maybe you still are? What have you guys found the impact has been?
Happy memories: She also shared a picture of her boyfriend Tom Andrews, 31, carrying little Alfie out of the hospital as they prepared to go home for the first time
‘The hardest thing for me was definitely my mum not getting to feel the baby kick in my belly! Anyway, you can watch Emma Willis: Delivering Babies in 2020 at 10pm tonight on W Channel.
‘It’s available on Sky -109/809 Virgin -125/191, BT – 311/383 or Talk Talk – 311. #DeliveringBabies.’
Ashley had earlier paid tribute to her close friend Caroline Flack who died a year ago, aged 40.
‘I wanted to share my personal experience with you’: Ashley shared these words alongside the new pictures she shared
And she wrote: ‘PS: today feels like a weird day to be doing paid content, but given it’s about life, specifically new life it felt very appropriate.
‘And I’ve been lucky enough to see the first episode and it really is very good. I just wanted to bring this up as I didn’t want it to seem insensitive or out of place. ❤️’
Earlier Ashley had shared a beautiful picture of her friend and shared a thoughtful post alongside it.
In memory: Ashley also paid tribute to her close friend Caroline Flack who sadly died a year ago aged 40
She had penned: ‘For someone who writes really long captions, I don’t really know what to say today, apart from I miss her. I can’t believe it’s been a year.
‘I’m not sure I can write anything articulate, so I just want to say that this is my favourite photo of her. I remember chatting to her all afternoon and she was feeling low.
‘She also had two outfit options and I remember her trying both of them on and me giving my thoughts then finding out the other dress had been put in her room by mistake and belonged to someone else.
‘They came to collect it from her and we laughed so much about that. I remember seeing how beautiful and happy she looked in these photos and sending them to her like YOU LOOK BL**DY AMAZING.’
She continued: ‘I bet we all wish we could hear that wonderful, infectious laugh again. I hope today is a reminder to people to be kind with your words because we don’t know what someone is feeling behind the smiles.
‘Sending so much love especially to her family today. I love you and think of you everyday, and feel so lucky to have been your friend. ❤️.’
Smiling: She shared a picture of herself and Caroline partying together in happier times