Wedding invitation

[2dogsandPG]

We've been invited to a wedding party (wedding is abroad) 9 days after my due date. Think we're going to have to decline but was wondering if there's any chance we might make it?

Baby could be up to 14 days late and it's very unlikely you would want to travel that soon after having a baby.

I recommend you politely decline.

The short answer is no.

Your friend should understand.

Nope. decline

Even if baby arrives on time, you're highly unlikely to be able to get a passport sorted in that timeframe. Neither of my kids' births were even registered that quickly as the earliest appointments were several weeks later.

I would have gone when my daughter was 9 days old - I was very excited to show her off and dress her up for the occasion ! I had an easy birth though, maybe I'd feel different if not.

Is it an all day invite? Could you go for as long as you feel up to it ? Comfy clothes and a comfy chair,! Is it close by?

It’s abroad babba. How can she go for the day?

Just seen its abroad - sorry !!

Dont think I'd be up for it ..
And if you end up having surgery... I'm not even sure you would be allowed to fly?

I got too giddy at the word wedding !!! Lol

I'd decline.

• Baby could be two weeks late
• You probably won't be able to sort a passport in time
• You may not be recovered from birth (definitely not if you have a csection)
• Baby won't have had all vaccines yet

You won’t be able to fly if you are still pregnant, you could easily be 2 weeks overdue. Even if you had an early or due date baby getting a passport sorted would be pretty impossible within that timeframe.
I would be declining (I’d also be declining if in the UK though to be honest.
9 days post birth I still looked pretty pregnant (the belly doesn’t disappear overnight) so feeling glam at a wedding wouldn’t be on my to do list x

Is it someone important?

No.

Is this your first?
Due date does not mean that baby will arrive then.
I was still pregnant 9 days after my due date
A wedding? No
Abroad? Jokes

Wouldn't the baby need a passport?

I read it as the party is what she has been invited to (in the UK) following a wedding abroad....

Assuming it is local, i would just explain that you will have to play by ear but if you can be there, you will!

I'd decline but I found the post partum period bloody grim.

@39Suzy oh yeah I see what you mean! Op do you mean you've been invited to a wedding party locally to you? In which case ask the couple if they'd rather you accepted but may not be able to attend or just declined outright.

To clarify, 39Suzy is correct. Wedding is abroad, we've been invited to the party in the UK. It's about an hour and a half away and is a very close friend. I know she will completely understand, as we've spoken about it before. I just feel bad about letting her down.

Good idea, CaseofEllen. Thank you.

Don’t forget that for the first month or two they aren’t supposed to spend more than 30 minutes in a car seat at any one time (it makes it harder for them to breathe), so you’d need to break up both journeys.

I’m using that as a good excuse not to travel to visit my family for a couple of months, but if I really wanted to be somewhere, and felt up to it, I wouldn’t worry too much about traveling 1 1/2 hours (my family is further).