Not long to go! Melissa Joan Hart shows off her huge bump in a strapless orange dress

Not long to go! Melissa Joan Hart shows off her huge bump in a strapless orange dress Melissa Joan Hart looked more than ready for her own baby shower as she stepped out inyesterday. It was fitting, then, that the 36-year-old star of Melissa & Joey was playing host to a huge baby shower for military families affected by deployment. The heavily pregnant actress turned up to host the charity event in a bright orange strapless dress, a huge smile on her face in spite of the summer heat and her heavy load. Glowing: Melissa Joan Hart at the Operation Shower charity event in Farmingdale, New York, yesterday Unafraid to accentuate her very visible tummy even further, Melissa held one hand under her stomach as she posed for photographs, first on her own, and then with members of the military and their families. Hart joined 40 military moms-to-be in New York during The Barclays, the first event of the PGA Tour’s FedExCup Playoffs. The women, whose spouses are deployed members of the New York National Guard and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Trenton, New Jersey, were honored with a group baby shower hosted by Hart. Bumping bellies: The charity event honored expecting mothers who are dealing with the effects of deployment The charity Operation Shower gives its signature Shower In A Box gift to each expecting mother, which comprises high-quality products for mothers and babies. 'Early morning getting ready to go host military moms baby shower for Operation Shower!' Melissa wrote on her Twitter page early yesterday. 'Can't wait to bump bellies with other preg ladies!' Top guns: Air Force General Craig McKinley, Chief of the National Guard Bureau and member, Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, and US Army New York Adjutant Major General Patrick Murphy with Melissa ysterday After the event, Melissa then posted a stream of photos to her Twitter account from the PGA Tour event playoffs, including one of Tiger Woods on the The Black Course in Farmingdale. Melissa broke the news of her third pregnancy in April on her Twitter page. The actress posted a sweet photo of herself with her husband and children Mason Walter, six, and Braydon Hart, four, showing off her then much smaller baby bump. Man of the house: Melissa chats with two-year-old Jonathan Hill, whose father is in the Air Force Melissa has admitted to finding her third pregnancy the most difficult yet. '[I'm] really exhausted. I don’t know if it’s [from taking care of] the two older ones, I don’t know if it’s because I’m older… but I feel so tired all the time,' the actress told People magazine. 'I’ve been in bed at 8.30 every night. I tell my kids, "Go put yourselves in bed. I gotta go to sleep."' The Sabrina, the Teenage Witch star and husband Mark Wilkerson, a musician, have been married since 2003. Hands on: Melissa posted this photo of her family on her Twitter page back in April