Want to be a blushing bridge at 30 weeks!

[ClearlyOpaque]

My wonderful OH proposed in December and we have decided to tie the knot before our little one makes an appearance.

I'm a ftm and 19+5. By the time the wedding comes around, I'll be 30 weeks.

It's a much smaller wedding than we'd have if I wasn't pregnant, and we are planning a humanist ceremony and massive party in the summer of next year, which we'll invite everyone to.

As a result of being a small wedding and the fact I'll be so pregnant, I am completely stumped about what to wear. Do I go for a full on maternity bridal gown or just an occasion dress?

Have any of you been to a small wedding with a very pregnant bride (or even been one yourself)? I'm looking for inspiration either about what to wear, or help me figure out what I want to wear.

My HTB is a very fine figure of a man and will be wearing a blue (his favourite colour) 3 piece suit, with a tie, pocket square and buttonhole. We're getting married at a modern hotel, which does lovely weddings, with 40 people attending. I won't have a bridesmaid, but it will look like a wedding (if you know what I mean)

Hopefully that's enough information for you to throw some thoughts at me!

It was the 'blushing bridge' bit in the title that made me click, but I have no sartorial advice, having got married at 37 weeks wearing jeans!

Congratulations, though!

My friend was 28 weeks pregnant when she got married, she got a dress from debenhams about a month before, had an empire waist so sat nicely over her bump, think the dress cost her around 80 pounds.

Her wedding wasn't small, they still had it as they would had she not been, I have been to smaller weddings though and have always loved how personal they are and how the bride and groom get to spend time with everyone, I remember at mine that I spent so much time trying to make sure that I spoke to everyone there that I didn't get much time to just enjoy the evening with my husband, although I did still enjoy myself obviously lol

Blushing bridge, just bumping for you.

Have a lovely day and congratulations.

Some of these are gorgeous!

www.tiffanyrose.com/maternity/clothes/wedding-dresses.html

A close friend just got married at 37 weeks pg. She had a maternity wedding dress with the final fitting a few days before the ceremony. She looked beautiful. It was a very small wedding and reception and all went very well (they were a bit concerned baby might make an appearance before the wedding!)

What sort of style do you like? It doesn't have to be a traditional wedding dress at all. I don't suit them so wore a 1950s dress -really pretty!- but I wasn't pregnant.

Sorry that's not that much help really..

Thank you for the replies and congrats, lovely people!

I guess I'm worried about not being pull off a wedding dress with my bump. I don't know if I'm worried about being judged for getting up the duff before getting hitched or if I'm just worried about not being able to look all dolled up. I love getting scrubbed up for big events though, so I'm not sure why this is bothering me.

I do love the Tiffany Rose dresses and have an appointment to try them on one month before the wedding, hopefully by then I'll have decided that bridal is the way for me to go.

ThePriceOfMagic your words encourage me. You didn't think she looked odd (for want of a better word) in a bridal gown and a huge bump?

If you lie on your back you could be a humpback bridge

I'd keep an open mind personally. Look at occasion wear, look at full on maternity bridal. If you see anything you love then go for it. If you don't see anything that rings your bell then just get a reasonably priced maternity posh frock that you like enough, and have really great hair and makeup professionally done. You can get the dress of your dreams for the big do next year.

You speak wise words XBox and maybe I just needed to hear someone say that to me. Thank you!

No Clearly she didn't look odd at all. Even with a full term bump she looked bridal and radiant and absolutely lovely. She had professional hair but is a make-up whiz herself so did her own. She tried on a few occasion dresses but in the end decided that she was only going to have one wedding day and she wanted a wedding dress!

Oh and I think the bride wore the Annabella dress from Tiffany Rose - or something very similar anyway. It looked lovely with a lace shrug.

Hi there, me and my OH have our wedding booked in August this year. It's been booked for around 6 months, and I just found out 2 weeks ago I'm pregnant and 6-w1d so will be 8 months too.

I have already got (or did!!) My dress and have now got to exchange it and am also in the same boat as you!

I know Monsoon and Debenham do some lovely dresses and I am planning a day shopping after 12 weeks to see what there is.

All the best to you with baby and wedding.

Xxxx

have you checked how long fittings and alterations take? lots of bridal places want a couple of months to order a dress so ask if you need to try them on soon, with fittings being nearer the time. An experienced company should be able to cope with guestimating the correct size to order.

Annbag, that is a really good point about other guests, hadn't thought about that at all. They'll be a couple of pregnant and very post partum women there. That's given me the final push to go bridal! And yes, wedding insurance was the first thing I bought after booking the venue!

kickassangel Tiffany Rose specialise in maternity bridal and tell you not to go in more than 4 weeks ahead of the wedding. Their dresses only take 2 weeks to come in because they're not made to measure.

Your title just made me burst out laughing at my desk!!!

I got married when I was 33 weeks pregnant (almost eight years ago). I had a bridesmaids dress in ivory, empire line. Slightly cheaper option than a wedding gown.

I didn't bother about people and what they thought. I was told I'd most likely have fertility problems due to a medical condition and so we decided to marry before having the baby. The pregnancy was a surprise as we thought we'd not manage to have any. It was a busy year!

Good luck with your wedding, you'll find that many women do it this way. Some are very early on, but others like myself, don't bother and get married anyway regardless of how pregnant you are.

p.s. Congratulations!

I got married at roughly the same gestation. A wedding dress 2 sizes up with a corset style back left plenty of wiggle room for the tailor to make it fit and the last fitting was then 8 days before the wedding.

I went to a wedding at around 6 months last time & thoroughly enjoyed wearing a beautiful dress, big heels & having an old lady give me a dirty look for my ONE glass of wine all day! I felt great (& think I looked good too). Go with whatever dress makes you feel good and just be yourself.

Congrats!