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I found out yesterday that I am pregnant. I am due April 21st.
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With a wedding date of June 21st....
We are very happy, and excited! Withith this news we may have to change our wedding date.
My fiance would like to push the wedding up and get married soon, much before the baby is born.
I am not sure how I feel about it. We could do it in August/September wedding after the baby is born but I think he would dislike that idea.
We sure will need to fiqure it out soon.

Danielle

ETA: Does anyone know of any places that sell maternity wedding dresses?
 
Congratulations Danielle!!! What exciting news for you and you FI! I don''t know of any store off-hand that sells maternity wedding dresses although I''m sure they are out there. Have you called around to any of the shops near you?
 
Congratulations on your pregnancy! Can you send some of the water over to me? I''m not sure if anyone makes maternity wedding gowns but you could consider having a ceremony now and a reception after the little one is born. In the alternative you could just wait until after baby is born and then start planning - which would give you time to adjust to having a baby and give you time to get back into shape. HTH.

Jess
 
I don''t have kids myself ... but I tend to think your fiance is right about doing it sooner than later. The first couple years of a wee one is quite overwhelming on its own. Whereas planning a wedding in a couple of months isn''t so bad! What about a November wedding ... or X-mas time ... or even New Years. The earlier the better in terms of "showing" for the pix.

Perhaps you''ll have to reassess your "dream wedding" & pare things down but TRUST ME -- you''ll still be paring things down AFTER the baby. What with the time & expense & busyness ... you just won''t CARE anymore!
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Do it NOW -- when that''s your focus ... when that CAN BE your focus. At least for a few more months!
 
Okay, I just googled "maternity wedding dresses, maine" and a lot came up. Here''s a site that has some nice things, but unfortunately, they''re in the UK. I linked it so you could see the styles, not necessarily thinking you''d buy from them. Here''s the site. http://www.tiffanyrose.com/maternity/info/contactus.html

I also saw that apparently David''s also has them.
 
Thank you both. Diva, I will be happy to share the water. I have two children, ages 4 and 6 who will be thrilled once I tell them
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At this point, my fiance does not like the idea of waiting until after the baby is born to get married.

I understand his point of view, but also feel like if we do it now, it will be a bit rushed.

Also, we planned an outside, end of June wedding. If we did it before the baby was born, it would end up being a fall/winter wedding, and in Maine the outdoor idea wouldn''t work.

Thoughts, thoughts....

Zoe, I have not called any shops yet, but I plan to tomorrow during business hours :)

Danielle
 
Decoded,
If we did the wedding sooner, we would surely change our ''vision'' of our wedding. That could turn out to be a good thing, if we worked it well.
It may move from outside, to inside. Is it possible to plan a wedding in a few months?

Zoe,
Thank you for that site, I will go check it out!
 
mainemom,

How exciting! Congratulations. I agree with everyone else; sooner, rather than later!

For wedding dresses, try gowns with empire waists and flowing fabric, like this one from JCrew:

Goddess Long Dress

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Date: 8/19/2007 6:49:54 PM
Author: mainemomof2
Decoded,
If we did the wedding sooner, we would surely change our ''vision'' of our wedding. That could turn out to be a good thing, if we worked it well.
It may move from outside, to inside. Is it possible to plan a wedding in a few months?

Zoe,
Thank you for that site, I will go check it out!

Absolutely possible!!! Our daughter (not preggo) planned their wedding for 300 guests in 4 months, but if your fiance wants to get married soon, pare down the guest list, and do it.

DH and I had a small wedding arranged for convenience within 3 weeks of our decision.

Maybe, I''m from the dinosaur age, but I really wouldn''t want a maternity wedding dress.
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i LOVE the "oyster" gown from that UK site! so, so cute!!
 
How fun and how cute!!

We are thinking a winter/indoor wedding. Our plans are back to square one.
Back to finding a location.

My mom called tonight and suggested a lodge or hall.

We will see...
 
Congratulations! How exciting! You can definitely plan a wedding in a few months- as someone said you may just have to adjust things a bit. Were you planning to have a big wedding or a small wedding next year? I guess with a smaller wedding it would be easier to shift things around. Would you consider a destination wedding somewhere warm in the winter months? Maybe then you can still have your garden ceremony.

I agree with your hubby that it might be nice for you to be already married when the baby comes. Babies take so much attention - you may not be able to devote much time to wedding planning once he/she gets here. It might be nice to have such a big event as a wedding, ''out of the way'' so to speak.

Here''s an international site that makes custom wedding dresses, including maternity gowns - http://www.1koo.com/wedding/wedding.asp?t=&catid=1
 
2 from nicolematernity.com

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mainemomof2--

I don''t know how you feel about southern maine, but my best friend''s brother just got married at the rochambeau club in Biddeford. (Which is basically like the town hall.) It is kind of "town hall-y" when you see it without decorations, but you are able to dress it up practically however you want. Their wedding ended up being very beautiful and inexpensive. You would never be able to tell it was at a town hall by the pics.

Actually, my aunt got married there too like twenty years ago. I only have a couple memories of it though--I was four. lol.
Oh! And we threw an anniversary party there for my grandparents when I was 16.
 
EBree, I absolutely adore that J.Crew dress! I''m not pregnant, but I''d wear it in a heartbeat.
 
Congrats on your pregnancy! I really have no advice. Just do what is right for you both. From your name I gather you already have 2 kids right? So you know what motherhood/pregnancy is all about and what you can or cannot handle (in forms of wedding planning). I think it is totally possible to plan one in a few months if you are both flexible.
 
Congrats on the baby!
 
congratulations!
 
It looks like other ladies have found some pregnancy wedding gowns for you (they exist!), but another idea, playing off what some other smart PSers have done, is to look at BM gowns. It seems like most major labels make BM gowns in pregnancy styles, so it couldn''t hurt to check those options out, too.

Congrats on the upcoming addition to the family!
 
oooh!! Congratulations on the pregnancy!!!!
 
Congrats on your pregnancy!!! Love the dresses that have been posted!! Best wishes in your wedding planning, you can get it done in time!!!
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Congratulations on the pregnancy! I agree with your FI about pushing the wedding up and getting married before the baby arrives. I''m sure it would be really stressful taking care of a newborn and planning a wedding. By the way, I love that J. Crew dress. It''s beautiful!
 
Wow!!! Huge Congrats!!!

Soooo exciting!!

I totally think you should move up the wedding (providing you feel up to it!!) and its completely do-able to do a wedding in a few short months!!!

Congrats and good luck!!!
 
Oooooh big congratulations! I definitely understand the argument for moving up the wedding, obviously not for "appearances" (I couldn't care less) but to save you extra stress post-birth. Those maternity gowns are just gorgeous. I think it could be so cute to be a pregnant bride, then you could show your new son or daughter "here you are!" in your wedding pictures!

Whatever you decide about the wedding date, I'm sure it will all be wonderful. I hope your pregnancy is a happy and healthy one! CONGRATULATIONS again!
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ETA: I just love the first "A Pea in the Pod" dress and the other Nicole Maternity dresses that MMM posted!
 
Congrats on your wedding AND your baby!!!
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Two super exciting things at once, yay! And I think that you''d look beautiful as a pregnant bride - pregnant ladies always have that beautiful glow about them!
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All these dresses are beautiful, and you don''t even have to select a maternity one. Lots of choices!

PS I love that name - Pea in the Pod. So cute!
 
First of all... Congratulations! I have a friend who found out she was pregnant around January and planned her whole wedding in 2 or 3 months. Everyone turned out wonderfully... however I think she probably spent more than she wanted to because she didn''t have much time to "shop around" for wedding vendors. Also, she got a regular wedding dress... not maternity... she was about 4 months along at the time of her wedding and she looked normal in her dress. However, she didn''t tell her seamstress that she was pregnant so she kept having to let the dress out at fittings.
 
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