In SIL's wedding 5 weeks after giving birth...

Re: In SIL's wedding 5 weeks after giving birth...

• almostjones member

  April 2010

  Well, 5 weeks after my due date...I realize she may make her appearance before or after that.

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• KNJepp

  April 2010

  The main thing I'd be worried about is the bust measurement.  Besides not knowing what your boobs are going to do, most women's ribcages expand quite a bit.
  

  
  

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• almostjones member

  April 2010

  Womens' ribcages expand??  Really?  I didn't realize that.  I knew the bust measurement would be a toss up but didn't even think about the ribs being part of that.  Pregnancy is a weird thing... haha

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• KNJepp

  April 2010

  almostjones:

  Womens' ribcages expand??  Really?  I didn't realize that.  I knew the bust measurement would be a toss up but didn't even think about the ribs being part of that.  Pregnancy is a weird thing... haha

  Yep.  As your little peanut gets bigger and takes up more room, your belly isn't the only thing that expands to make room (and of course, your hips expand for the whole birthing process).  Although when the baby lodges body parts in your ribcage, you won't feel like it's gotten any bigger, but as I learned postpartum, it sure does!
  

  
  

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• almostjones member

  April 2010

  Interesting.  Boobs, stomach, hips, etc. I had thought about but this had never crossed my mind.  Just part of the adventure!

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• hendy02 member

  April 2010

  i'm in a similar situation -- in SIL's wedding on oct 2, due date is sept 6.   i'd already bought the dress before getting pg and i ordered it and it was pretty big.  instead of exchanging it, i just held onto it -- we'll cross that bridge when we come to it    did try it on last friday though and it fit finally, so i just need to get back to my week 19 size by wedding time!
  

  

  

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• jen5-03 member

  April 2010

  My biggest worry would just be having a seamstress on call who could work on it maybe a week before the wedding, so you have as much time as possible to see what your shape will be.

  FWIW, most women end up with bigger boobs after birth, at least for a little while. I didn't. Mine got 2 cup sizes larger while pg the first time, but went down a cup size almost immediately after birth (ok, so that's still 1 cup larger than I was originally, but it was totally unexpected to me)

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• readyforbaby

  April 2010

  jen5/03:

  My biggest worry would just be having a seamstress on call who could work on it maybe a week before the wedding, so you have as much time as possible to see what your shape will be.

  FWIW, most women end up with bigger boobs after birth, at least for a little while. I didn't. Mine got 2 cup sizes larger while pg the first time, but went down a cup size almost immediately after birth (ok, so that's still 1 cup larger than I was originally, but it was totally unexpected to me)

  My sister was in my wedding 10 days after giving birth!  She worked with a seamstress just days before the wedding so that she could get the most accurate size of what she would be. 

  My boobs didn't change at all during pregnancy but did once DS was born so I would definitely allow for extra room in that area.

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• mom2ll member

  April 2010

  I was in my sister's wedding about 12 weeks after Luca was born..  The boobs were a MAJOR issue..  I had to buy a size 12 and have it taken apart and remade because it was an empire waist...  I usually wear a 2P-4P.  There was NO way my tatas would fit in anything smaller.  I think I spent more on alterations than the dress..

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• almostjones member

  April 2010

  Well, I'm even more nervous since posting.  Haha - oh well, I guess we'll just have to figure it out.  No sense in worrying in April about what I don't know & can't control until September/October!

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