I put my dress on yesterday for my Mom's friend who is a seamstress. She came over to see how much fabric and what exactly she needed to do the lace up back.Well, my dress fits!!! I just need to get it bustled and hemmed and I am good to go! I guess loosing 18 pounds since I bought the dress worked! I need to loose about 5 more and I think the dress will fit without having to "suck it in" all night...damn baby pooch!