Pregnant Ashley James puts on a busty display as she shows off baby bump in floral dress

She announced she is expecting her first child with boyfriend Tom Andrews earlier this week.

And Ashley James admitted she didn’t envision herself getting pregnant a few months ago and it has been ‘quite a surreal change’ because she still feels like the ‘eternally single girl’.

The former Made In Chelsea star, 33, showed off her blossoming bump in a pretty floral summer dress as she took to Instagram on Wednesday.

Ashley put on a busty display in the dress as she chatted to fans, she said: ‘I’m just trying to adapt to people knowing and this new experience in life.   

‘I’m not going to turn into one of those people who only talk about pregnancy and babies. I’m still very passionate about single positivity. It’s weird I almost feels like I’m in two dimensions that this is happening.

‘A year ago I felt like this wasn’t ever going to happen to me. Not even a year ago a few months ago.’  

Ashley added the caption: ‘I still feel the eternally single girl so it’s quite a surreal change’.  

In May, at the height of the pandemic, Ashley discovered she was expecting a child and penned a ‘love letter’ to her body.

She re-shared it on Instagram on Tuesday, revealing the true reasons she posted it earlier in the year.  

She wrote: ‘This was a love letter to my body because I was having a baby and I knew it would never look the same again and I wanted to celebrate it and the journey it goes on over the next few months.

‘Our bodies are amazing, they need to be celebrated not punished!’ 

During her interview with Hello!, which took place at Tom’s parents’ home in Dordogne, Ashley said of the news: ‘From the moment I found out, it felt so right.’

However, while she’s elated at impending motherhood, the blonde beauty – who was single for six years before meeting Tom – was never particularly maternal. 

‘It’s been such a 360-degree shift for me,’ she told the publication. ‘I’ve never been that maternal. When friends have been like: “I want to meet someone, settle down and have children,” I never felt the same. I guess I’ve been a free spirit.’

While Ashley and tech professional Tom, who began dating in October after first meeting ten years ago, in full celebration mode with their baby news, they may have a dispute to navigate when it comes to naming their offspring.

Ashley, who learned she was pregnant in April, said: ‘I like wild hippy names, the kind of names that A-list celebrities call their kids, and everyone’s like: “What?” and Tommy’s like: “I don’t think so.”‘

Such is the couple’s commitment to one another than Tom has given Ashley a Cartier Trinity ring, although she insists that they’re ‘not interested’ in engagement or marriage, and want the accessory to ‘symbolise’ them and their baby as a family.