Ashley James shares heartwarming video of a lavish honeymoon in the Maldives with her partner and son

Ashley James has shown off her growing baby bump in an orange bikini after sharing a sweet video from her honeymoon in the Maldives.

The Made In Chelsea star, 35, has been keeping fans up to date on an amazing holiday with her partner Tom Andrews and their little son Alfie, who just celebrated his second birthday.

And after returning to reality at home in the UK after a long time flaunting her baby bump in bikinis and swimsuits, reality star Ashley took the opportunity to open up about her post-pregnancy body and how important it is to her. she thinks it’s “to love our bodies exactly.” as they are’.

In one of their vacation snaps, Ashley and Tom gazed adoringly at their son Alfie as they stood in front of the beautiful sunset melting into the clear blue sea.

Another showed Ashley wearing a strappy black triangle bikini top and matching bottoms, her unmissable bulge standing out, giving her lover a kiss on the lips.

The Maldives is never short of beautiful sunsets, with a third image showing Ashley holding Alfie with a beaming smile on her face and wearing an all-white outfit.

That same night, the mother-of-one sat on a walkway platform to watch the sharks and rays swimming below.

The parents-to-be got a second look at Alfie playing with the white sand in another image shared on their social media platform.

In another post, Ashley reflected on the New Year’s resolutions of many to lose weight and get in better shape.

Writing to her 322,000 followers on Instagram, Ashley penned a touching caption to express how she feels new moms have pressure to go back to her pre-baby body.

She wrote: ‘This can be a hard time of year to feel good in our bodies – weight loss companies and diet ads are working overtime to tell us we need a new body to be happier and healthier.

It can be especially triggering if your body is going through big changes, such as pregnancy or postnatal recovery.

“So this is a reminder not to let companies make you feel insecure so they can profit from you, and to remember that it’s okay to love and respect our bodies exactly as they are today for all they do for us.”

‘It’s funny because I still feel like my body is postnatal, but now that she’s pregnant again, I’m getting compliments again. “Wow! You’re glowing!” It’s funny, because no one told me that after the delivery.

“The only time I got compliments on my body after Alf was when I had c*vid and lost weight due to illness and stress.

‘But I felt like my body really deserved praise and adoration at the time, for going through labor (what a miracle!), for coming back all the way while keeping a tiny, sleep-deprived person alive.

“It bothers me that the focus around postnatal recovery is still weight-shaming: shaming mothers for not ‘recovering’, shaming mothers who ‘recover’.

“But recovery is so much more than that: it’s about overcoming hemorrhoids, prolapse, incontinence, tears, major surgery and coping with breast enlargement, it’s about the psychological changes of not feeling that you have your own body and the mental shock of feeling like you might be broken.

“So while society has a long way to go, there are many things we can do whenever negative thoughts arise. Remember that our bodies need time to heal. And that takes time.

‘It can take a year just for your bones to move back. that our bodies need nutrition, not restrictions. That our bodies did something miraculous.

‘It’s not the ‘baby weight’, it’s the eyelashes, the toes, the perfect little bodies, the placenta and the milk.

‘My postnatal recovery will be very different this time, as I will be choosing a C-section over a vaginal delivery, but I know I have to be kind and patient with myself.

And to give my body time to heal. And not let any company make me feel like shit so they can take advantage of me.❤️’