Ashley James shares adorable snap of her and newborn son as he turns four weeks old  

She welcomed her son, Alfie Rivers, with partner Tommy Andrews to the world last month.

And Ashley James has shared an adorable snap of her and her new baby as he turns four weeks old.  

The former Made In Chelsea star, 33, shared the heartwarming picture with her Instagram followers on Saturday. 

She looked radiant as she beamed up at the camera, with baby Alfie lying on her chest.

Ashley and her son had a blue cover draped over them as they shared the special moment, with the DJ saying she still didn’t know how to ‘articulate the experience’.     

The star captioned the snap: ‘4 weeks on planet earth. This time 4 Saturday’s ago we were just leaving hospital. About 6 hours earlier, at 1:52pm our little Alfie Rivers entered the world.

‘I’ve had a lot of questions about childbirth, and I honestly still don’t know how to articulate the experience. 

‘I’d love to say it was the out-of-body, magical experience I was hoping for, but it was a little more complicated than that.

‘My contractions started at about 7pm on the 8th January. I wasn’t sure initially if they even were contractions, it felt like period pains. 

‘But I was desperate to meet him, so I started timing the contractions and bounced on my birthing ball and then went to bed – not that I was able to sleep. 

‘Fast forward to 4am, we made our way to hospital and met my amazing midwives there having called them throughout the night. I did my covid test and we made our way to the birthing suite.

‘From that moment, time was a blur. I couldn’t have told you how many hours or days past. I moved between the bed and the pool, I remember the reassuring words of the midwives, the chilled music I had playing, and Tommy holding my hands. 

‘My instinct told me when the time was right to push. I loved this part of the experience. I remember feeling so in tune with my body.  

‘I’ll never forget the relief of feeling Alfie in my arms, hearing him breathe, and just knowing he was here and healthy… But also the exhaustion. This photo was from the moment he was passed to me. 

‘I can’t imagine life without Alfie now. My love grows for him every single day. I love the night cuddles the most. ❤️

‘I can talk more about childbirth & pregnancy in lockdown another time?’

This comes after she hit out at a fan for asking about her post-baby figure, just weeks after she welcomed her first child Alfie.

In an Instagram Q&A on Wednesday she declared her appearance is ‘nobody’s business’ and insisted: ‘I haven’t even thought about my weight’.

Ashley – who shares her baby son with her partner Tom Andrews – also expressed the importance of recovering from childbirth before ‘bringing exercise back into my lifestyle’.  

When asked: ‘Will it be hard to lose weight after pregnancy?’, an irritated Ashley responded: ‘Someone come and collect their man/son from the trash. 

‘Firstly: my weight pre or post pregnancy is nobody’s business but my own. Secondly: I find it MENTAL that our bodies have just grown a baby, and the moment they’re out of our body, people want to talk about weight. 

‘Our bodies are recovering, relax. Thirdly: I’ve not even thought about my weight… But also all of our bodies react differently post birth… The important thing for me is recovering properly before I look at bringing exercise back into my lifestyle.’ (sic)

Earlier in the month, the body confidence advocate detailed her ‘first wobble’ since becoming a mother in a candid post.

The former CBB star confessed she broke down as she was unable to go on her ‘daily walk’ last Saturday due to London‘s rainfall, and also reflected on raising her first child without help from her family amid the nationwide lockdown.