MOH dress after baby

Kinipela7

So I'm lucky enough to be a maid of honor at a wedding about 3 months after baby comes!!  I have to order my dress within the next few months.  How am I suppose to know what size to order?  Order my current size and hope for the best?  Order a size up?

kilbs

I know you don't want to hear this, but go a size or two up.  At three months PP with my DD1, I was no where near my pre-PG size, despite healthy eating and exercise.  Everyone is different, but at least if you get bigger, it can be altered down.

 

CaliCarly1976

good call! I was in a wedding the month before I got married. I ended up having to take in the dress by 3 sizes! So, better to have bigger and take it in, than smaller and be screwed!! 

LatteLady5

Honestly, I would try to wait to order it until after the baby is born. Everybody's body reacts differently to pregnancy. I could fit into my pre-pregnancy jeans immediately following birth. I chose to wear loose fitting comfier pants but I could get into them. I ended up moving up a pants size but it was because of my hips, not because of additional weight. My breasts were huge. Like, I couldn't wear any of my shirts without falling out. I bought a swim suit at about 6 months post partum with small bottoms and an extra large top... If you HAVE to order it now I would go for a size up or so simply because you can make alterations to a larger size easier. If there is anyway way you can wait, do it.

Dishylo

If you can wait to order until after the baby - do.  But if it takes too long to order/make etc, I would go 2 or 3 sizes up.  Remember.....you can always take a dress in but you can't just add fabric to make it bigger!

My sister was my MOH when she was 5.5 months pregnant and we had dresses made.  She ordered 3 sizes bigger and by that time just had to take it in a little  

cnwilbur1030

Size up and then tailor down. I had to do that 6 weeks post DD for my sister's wedding.

LimeDrops

I got pregnant and had my DD between the time I purchased my wedding gown and our actual wedding (when she was 3mos old) and there were a LOT of ups and downs with my sizing that last month, from hips widening after birth and larger chest from BFing, to losing a lot of weight from an unexpected illness, to shrinking chest and gaining a little from weaning... None of which I would have predicted during pregnancy. That being said, if you have a good tailor they should be able to make "a size up" work in under almost any circumstance, I think.

also, if the dress style is more A-line you may be able to get away with a little more as far as ordering early because there's more wiggle room. 

Cara1024

I have the exact same issue. I'm in a wedding in May so I really hope to be back to me pre-pregnancy size but who knows. I think I will order one size larger to be on the safe side. Hopefully I will be taking it in!!!

mrsjenni

I was in a wedding a few months after DS1 was born and I ordered my dress 1 size up from my pre-preg weight.  I was glad I did! You can always get it taken in if you go right back to your normal size, but taking it out gets a bit tougher... 

OSUWifey09

Yup - at least one size up, if not two. Obviously easier to alter down than add to it.

I'm in a wedding in September and already ordered my dress in my natural size [and it's too late to order a new one and not pay again]. I'm almost positive I'm going to have to back out of her wedding, because I'm not paying to order another dress. Ah well.

LexGator

It's a lot easier to alter a dress down than up. I would order at least a size or two up. Three months postpartum with DD, I had lost a decent amount of weight, but my boobs were huge, and I still was like 2-3 months away from being in my pre-pregnancy size.

Kinipela7

Thanks guys!  I think I will probably go 2 sizes up.  I mean who knows what will happen at the birth.  If I end up needing a c-section that is going to already cut in my time for trying to lose some weight -- better safe than sorry!

Stella2008

I'm in the same situation--I am the maid of honor in my sisters wedding in March. My plan is to order a size up, and then alter if needed. 

sugarland726

Just make sure you account for your boobs if you plan on nursing when ordering size.

Kinipela7

sugarland726:

Just make sure you account for your boobs if you plan on nursing when ordering size.

 I do plan on nursing - but this is my first so I have NO idea on how that is going to affect me.  I have the smallest boobs in the world as of now.  

karenmichelle27

I'm in the same situation, MOH at the end of May so it will be about four months after baby.  I'm hoping I will have lost some of that baby weight by then?