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Due 2 weeks before wedding!

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Colliedogwalker · 06/10/2025 15:46

Hello,
I have just found out i am pregnant and due 2 weeks before my wedding. Unfortunately wedding insurance dose not help for this and alot has already been paid.
First time mother and needing to know really what its like the first two weeks after. I fully understand everyone is different but i want to be as prepared as possible.

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Gowlett · 06/10/2025 17:10

I thought I was going to have a yoga-tastic birth…
EMCS, I could barely walk two weeks afterwards.
If you can re-arrange your wedding, then do that.

Tillow4ever · 06/10/2025 17:11

I agree with everyone else, re-arrange it! My first was a week early and a textbook delivery. I was out of hospital in under 24 hours. I did manage to go to a friends wedding a week later, but I was still on a bit of a high really from the birth. A week later, at home, I was bleeding heavily, in pain, struggling with exhaustion, etc. My second, I was a week late then in hospital for 6 days. No way would I have been able to go and get married the following day. I had a third degree tear, was breastfeeding with only a 20 minute break at a time, bleeding heavily, bleeding from my nipples, sobbing constantly, could barely walk, it hurt to sit down….. I was a mess, I don’t think I managed to get into the shower for a week! With my third I was 8 days later, suffered a 4th degree tear and severe blood loss. They wouldn’t let me leave hospital for nearly a week because I was so ill. There is not a cat in hells chance I would have made it to a wedding.

No two births are alike, and for every woman that tells you it was dead easy and had no issues, you are likely to have 10 women telling you there’s just no way. Realistically, the norm after birth is to be bleeding heavily, exhausted and in pain.

Please consider trying to rearrange the date with suppliers as you’ll lose everything if you wait and have to cancel at the last minute. At least this far in advance they are likely to still be able to book someone else in on the date.

WarrenTofficier · 06/10/2025 17:17

JadziaD · 06/10/2025 16:16

If you've just found out you're pregnant then I'm assumig that you're due in early summer next year? I think notwithstanding wedding insurance, I suspect that a lot of suppliers etc, with this much notice, and for this reason, would be willing to rearrange the date. ie they won't pay you back any of your costs, but will agree to swap to a later or earlier date to accomodate this. You need to reach out asap because no, getting married two weeks after your due date is completely and totally unrealistic.

This - much of what has been paid will be deposits, most suppliers with 7 months notice under these circumstances will be more that happy to change the date that the deposit is applied to.

14 days after my due date I was in hospital being induced and struggling to get to toilet let alone to my wedding.

InMyShowgirlEra · 06/10/2025 17:17

2 weeks after birth, I was bleeding, heavily, breastfeeding and leaking milk all over the place, struggling to get a moment to show and we were getting around 2-3 hours sleep a night. Sitting topless in a nursing chair with my baby was about all I was managing on an average day.

If you picture spending your wedding day mopping up the bodily fluids of two humans in a pair of mismatched PJs, make-up free with unwashed hair, then dozing off at the top table during the speeches, then YANBU.

AlwaysHopefull89 · 06/10/2025 17:18

MidnightPatrol · 06/10/2025 15:58

YABU.

Even if you make it there, you are unlikely to enjoy it.

What do you know about the days and weeks immediately post-partum?

This

WoodlandQuilt · 06/10/2025 17:18

If you really wanted to go ahead I’d look at an elective caesarean birth at 39 weeks. I had an ELCS and could have done a low key wedding two weeks later if I needed to. I was tired but I’ve found four month tiredness worse than newborn tiredness, and I’d have wanted a light weight, comfortable breathing friendly dress. It wouldn’t have been the big white wedding though and I’d prepare for just being there for a few hours. But then this is just my experience and other people will have vastly different ones and obviously your recovery might not be as smooth as mine.

childofthe607080s · 06/10/2025 17:22

yiu will be under midwife care for the first ten days to check for major problems
you will not be doing any exercise for 8 weeks/ no dancing
yiu baby will have not had any vaccinations

intrepidgiraffe · 06/10/2025 17:24

There is no way you should go ahead. It’s very common to go two weeks overdue with your first, even if you were two weeks early, with a 4 week old baby you might have had to spend time in nicu/ have feeding issues/ have c section complications etc etc etc. Not to be doom and gloom but so much is unknown you would be mad to go ahead. I’ve just cancelled a trip to the circus for next spring because it falls within two weeks of my due date!

Superscientist · 06/10/2025 17:29

Two weeks after having my daughter I could have done a low key wedding. However she was 8 days early and at 3 weeks (2 weeks from due date) I developed pnd and spent my days crying and was in utter hell.
My second was 3 weeks early we have another week to go before we are 2 weeks from due date and I could easily do a wedding. I was 4 days post partum when I went to the supermarket and took my daughter to the park. However, I wouldn't have been able to plan the wedding as I spent the last month of my pregnancy in and out of hospital and was on bed rest unable to stay awake for more than an hour or so at a time.

Physical recovery from birth is only one aspect. There is the emotional and mental recovery and also your health in pregnancy to consider.

I'd say there are a lot of moving parts that would have to all go your way for this to go ahead without problems

KoalaKoKo · 06/10/2025 17:33

I was a sticky mess struggling with breastfeeding and in a complete state feeling completely overwhelmed at two weeks pp. Baby had jaundice so the health nurse was coming out constantly to weigh the baby before and after feeds and quizzing me constantly and saying she would have to go back to hospital if she didn’t improve so I was feeding her every two hours and pumping inbetween feeds with a noisy hospital pump to try and get more milk, having to document how much was expressed and drunk - I was so sleep deprived and felt a bit like a cow. I was also quite hormonal and weepy and just felt like a failure. I remember a friend of my mums coming to the door as she wanted to pop in to see the baby and hiding so she didn’t know we were home - I feel a bit guilty about that as she is like family. If you can move it do.

Tryingtoconceivenumber2 · 06/10/2025 17:35

I think it totally depends on the birth. Both babies I had close to due date and natural delivery home same day. On DD1 I had a bad tear and could barely move for 10-12 days.

With DD2 I did the school run after 48 hours and was totally fine after 5 days.

I would rearrange as there are too many things that could potentially go wrong like you being over due, needing a caesarian, you or baby being unwell etc x

Honeybunny75 · 06/10/2025 17:42

I had to attend someone else's wedding with a 2 week old baby ..it wasn't ideal.but I coped .
I suppose the problem is if you go over ,and baby may be very late

DaisyChain505 · 06/10/2025 17:44

Do not stick with the date. Do what you need to to rearrange.

BrotherViolence · 06/10/2025 17:49

Even if your baby came early, say 37 weeks, I still think you wouldn't be able to pull this off. It would be extremely difficult to organise a wedding in the late stages of pregnancy/postpartum and you will at a minimum still be bleeding, leaking milk everywhere, hormonal, exhausted. If you have a caesarian or difficult birth, you might not even be mobile by then, even if the baby isn't late.

My honest advice would be to give it six months. You'll feel like more your old self and in a routine by then, and will have had a reasonable amount of time to adjust to your new life and deal with the final wedding arrangements. Even a tiny, relaxed wedding is still a lot to organise and a big day.

LittleGreenDuck · 06/10/2025 17:52

I don't think you can do this. I did actually attend a wedding with two week old DD (and a birthday party when she was three days old), but I certainly wouldn't have been able to partake in my own wedding. Your baby could be up to 14 days late, so there's a chance you could be giving birth or still in hospital.

If it was six weeks, I'd be inclined to risk it, but not two.

margegunderson · 06/10/2025 17:57

I had very straightforward vag home births on my due date all three times and was out walking around within days - but feeding around the clock, bleeding like mad and yes, sweaty. In a good enough state to marry and enjoy the day? No way. Nor would I have had the headspace to be ready for it.

Latenightreader · 06/10/2025 18:01

I had a pelvic floor injury as a result of my daughter's birth. I was leaking blood, milk and urine. I did manage to walk into town (15 minutes) at 10 days post birth but was so tired when I got there I just wanted to sleep.

Be kind to yourself and rearrange!

MaurineWayBack · 06/10/2025 18:06

I don’t know how things will be for you. I can only tell you how they were for me

Both dcs were born 12 days late. So bay would have been 3 days old. I was still in hospital with dc1.
Uncomplicated birth for dc2 (back at home the day after), a few days on after dc1 as I had bladder issues.
Bled for about 4 weeks afterwards in both cases. Not light either.
Felt completely lost after dc1 birthday. Overwhelmed. Struggled with the very frequent wake up at night.
Hadnt gone out the house as such with dc2 2 weeks on. Trying to establish breastfeeding and it was a nightmare. I wasn’t feeling comfortable feeding out of the house 2 weeks later.
dc1 was ‘easier’ in that I failed at establishing b’feeding so he was bottle fed. But see overwhelm .

Theres no way I’d felt up to doing a full weekend away for any reason at all.

Also you need to remember there will be lots of organise closer to the date of the wedding. Will you really be happy to split some of your time between wedding organisation and bonding with your bay/finding your feet?

It’s crap timing. I get that. But I really wouldn’t keep the date for the wedding.

Sunshineat5pm · 06/10/2025 18:22

I was 10 days overdue, 5 day induction (which was hell) and then emergency c-section, then 2 days in hospital. This was after the ‘perfect’ pregnancy and birth prep. About 5 days after birth I remember bursting into tears as my husband playfully walked the Doritos away from me and I hobbled after him. He thought it was a joke. I couldn’t cope.

This really isn’t meant to be a birth is hard story, it’s just I could not have envisaged just how far away from reality potentially attend a wedding, let alone my own, would be two weeks after my due date.

TheDenimPoet · 06/10/2025 18:29

Others have obviously told you what it's likely to feel like trying to get through a wedding at that stage.

But one thing that I don't think has been mentioned is..

..Do you really want to just "get through" your wedding? You've probably been planning this for a long, long time, and will have paid a lot of money for it. You surely want to be at your best on the day?

I would personally see this as an opportunity to have a little flower girl/page boy for the wedding, and reschedule for at least 18 months later.

I'm not being shallow when I say this, but I know how important it is for people to look and feel their best at the wedding. Your body is likely (certain, in fact) to change with pregnancy and giving birth. It would be impossible to even sort a wedding dress out keeping your original date - but if you put it back 18 months you'll be able to see what your new, post partum body is like, and choose a wedding dress to flatter it. I know how I'd feel if I'd gone from my pre-pregnancy wedding body to suddenly having to get married weeks after giving birth.. not good!

Jade247 · 06/10/2025 19:40

reality is baby may only be a few days old …. It’s hugely unrealistic to think the wedding can still go ahead. Sorry xx

insomniacalways · 06/10/2025 19:41

Two weeks after my due date with my first I was being induced in hospital.

Sassylovesbooks · 06/10/2025 19:44

My son was induced on the 12th day of being overdue and my son was born the following day by emergency C-section. There is no way in a million years, I could have attended a wedding 2 weeks after his birth, regardless if the wedding was mine or someone else's!! You have no idea if you will have had your baby early or be overdue, if you have an easy birth, a C-section or how you'll feel afterwards. My honest opinion is either to move the wedding forward by several months or reschedule for several months afterwards. Don't try and go ahead with the current date, that will be utter madness.

BeenzManeenz · 06/10/2025 19:45

Colliedogwalker · 06/10/2025 16:03

I don't know anything, this is why I am asking what is the reality of it, I will be a first time mum.

The reality is you will be in no fit state to get married. Its insanity and I'm not trying to be mean when I write that.

I could barely move, my body was annihilated, had a baby attached to my boob 24/7. As a ftm myself I totally underestimated how sore, exhausted and lost i was in those first few weeks.

Have you even considered the fact you may have a c-section and would barely be able to walk l?!

Tryingtobedifferent · 06/10/2025 19:47

I went 2 weeks over, had emergency c-section, discharged 48 hours later then readmitted 6 days after that with horrific infection. I'd either cancel or try to bring the date forward