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Needing a suggestion for purchasing a bridesmaid gown
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My due date is 4/28. I am a bridesmaid in one of my best friend's weddings August 13th. I'm trying to decide what to do about buying the dress. I have NO idea what my body will look like till then. I typically am a size 8 or a 10 pre-pregnancy. Here's the dress
https://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Short-Sleeveless-Chiffon-Dress-F12899.
So my question is how do I go about ordering this darned thing. I was thinking about ordering it in a 14, and hoping that I'm down to that size. And if I'm smaller than that I can always have the material taken in...I just don't know what to do. Any suggestions?
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Re: Needing a suggestion for purchasing a bridesmaid gown
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But, I'd go big and then plan on having it altered down. You can only let a dress out so much but you can always cut it down.
That dress is very forgiving except for the boob part.
I was in a wedding 3 months after DD was born. I am an 8 in formal wear/bridal wear and I ordered a 16 (apparently I did not have much faith in myself). I ended up switching with a girl who needed my 16, I took her 14, and it was still HUGE. I would have done better with a 10 or 12. Oh, I was EBF so my breasts were enormous. I think a 12-14 is a safe bet (I would measure for bust since that seems to be the tighest area).
Have you gained a lot so far? I didn't gain much (16 lbs) and was down 22 bt 2 weeks pp. So I was actually "thinner" (HA!) after baby. That also made my initial dress size choice even more of a poor decision.
DD #1 born 9/07 ** DD #2 born 7/11 ** Operation Take Back My Body has begun 10/11
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the people at David's are really good about helping figure out what size to get in these situations.
That said, I'd probably order up at least one size. Are you going to be breastfeeding? If so, that'll be the hardest part to guess size on. I lost my pregnancy weight very quickly with Kennedy, but it's a crapshoot as to whether that happens.
I normally wear a size 8-10 dress, I ordered a size 12. It fit, but barely. I can't see the dress you have to wear. I think a 14 would have been more comfortable.
This is me, 34w pregnant...
ETA: You are due February and the wedding isn't until August? So you are wondering about your pp body? You should be back to or at least close to pre pg shape.
BFP # 1 - 12/19/09 EDD 08/27/10 - D&C 1/26/10 @ 9w5d
BFP # 2 - 06/05/10 EDD 02/17/11, DS1 born on 2/14/11
BFP # 3 - 04/10/13 EDD 12/21/13 - D&C 05/15/13 @ 8w4d
BFP # 4 - 07/27/13 EDD 04/08/14 - CP 07/29/13
BFP # 5 - 09/14/13 EDD 05/28/14, DS2 born on 5/22/14