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YIKES - Just Found Out I'm Pregnant - Postpone Wedding or Move it Up??

My fiance and I have been planning our wedding for June 2010. We have both been excited about planning the big party, picking out a good caterer, finding nice ceremony readings, etc, and everything has been going great. And then...a little bump in the road...I just found out I am four weeks pregnant. It was definitely not planned. But these things often aren't. (We do want kids - just thought we'd have them a few years from now!) My fiance says we could just wait a couple years to have the wedding. We've been together for 6 yrs, have good stable jobs and health insurance, so being officially married probably wouldn't change much for our baby. But I was so excited about the event and the milestone itself. I feel like our lives will be completely different once there's a baby in the picture. So what to do?? We haven't sent out invitations. We've only verbally told friends and family that it will be next June. If we keep the wedding date for next June, we'll have baby showers and bridal showers running into each other, I'll be swamped with mom duties right before the wedding, and will probably be leaking through my dress during the ceremony. But it would give us more time. Then again, if we move the wedding date up (to, say, this October), I'll have to start planning and telling people NOW. Some people might not be able to make it, on somewhat short notice.Any advice on what to do? Maybe we should just call the whole thing off and I go live in a cave for a few years. YIKES!

Re: YIKES - Just Found Out I'm Pregnant - Postpone Wedding or Move it Up??

  • I am in the same situation as you.  My wedding is planned for June 5, 2010.  I have already placed deposits on the reception hall, the DJ, the photographer, and already bought my dress. I found out on July 13 that I am about 5 weeks pregnant and will be due sometime in March.  I have decided to move forward with the wedding plans.  It will be hectic, but we have been looking forward to our wedding day and don't want to change it (not to mention the deposits that we would lose). We have decided to go to a JP before the baby is born to make it official but still have a vow renewal ceremony and reception on the planned date.
  • Me three!   FI and I decided to move it up, though, which wasn't too complicated since we hadn't set a date yet.
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  • Wtf.  Holy old thread.
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