Maternity Bridesmaid Dress

[sh10]

My sister is in a wedding next Feburary and I'll be a bridesmaid. We are TTC soon, and at the most I could be seven months along or not at all. Due to travel logistics, we are all going dress shopping later this month, but she is letting us wait to order them, just wants to pick them out soon. She wants all the bridesmaids to match, so I guess a maternity dress is out. Can you get additional fabric to alter the dress? Can I try for a more flowy dress? Is it expensive to add fabric? I think it will be David's Bridal if that helps.

[my4girls]

I was in a wedding 8 months pregnant. I ordered 2 sizes up and extra fabric and didn't even need the extra fabric, so you have options. I would probably go up a size and order extra just in case and depending on the dress you choose

[hocus2]

I was in a wedding a week before I gave birth. We briefly considered all wearing the same dress but we would have had to remake the dress entirely based on its cut. I would have ordered a size 24 + 2 yards of fabric and honestly I still wouldn't have look like the other BMs because there is not way to make a very pregnant short person look like the other two 5'8'+ size 2 BMs. In the end I bought a high waist style dress in the same color in size 22 I think. It needed minimal alterations. (FWIW I was wearing a size 10 or so when I got pregnant I gained about 35 pounds.)

[snshne322]

I was 37 weeks at a friends wedding. I ordered 2 sizes up, but there was no making that dress fit. The cost of alterations, if they could be done, would have been way more than a new dress was worth. I ended up with a Boden maternity dress in a similar cut and style. You could only tell mine was different since it had straps.

[simpsongal]

Can you wait to place the order, seperate from the other BMs? I thought David's Bridal could do a 3 month turn around. Hopefully you'll know how far along you'll be if you can order in Oct/November (you never know how long it will take to get KU). There's a chance you'll barely be showing.

You could play it safe and order a couple sizes up. I wore a DB dress for my Aunt's wedding. For some weird reason they ordered me a 12 and I was really more of a 4. I had to have that dress taken in a ton, but it worked out. I'd order big, rather than going through an extra fabric route.

[sh10]

Jun 6, 2013 15:31:29 GMT -5 swizz said:

I was in a wedding last weekend and I'm SO glad I picked a maternity dress.

I have a short torso, and because my bump starts IMMEDIATELY under my boobs, no a-line dress really would have fit correctly, extra fabric or not.

It was also nice to not feel so frumpy as the pregnant bridesmaid.

Does your sister know you're TTC? Would you be willing to let her know? I might go that route. Maybe if you're MoH, she wouldn't mind if you wore a slightly different dress?

I have a long torso, so hopefully that will help. I think if I'm pregnant I'll want a maternity dress. She knows we plan to try soon, and suggested we delay TTC so the dress won't be an issue. She's young, so I don't think she gets it. I don't know what to do, and I don't want to spend a ton on a dress I'll never wear again.

[jenjen]

I was 34 weeks pregnant as a BM and ordered a regular dress 2 sizes up. Luckily my mil is a miracle seamstress and had to take apart and reassemble my dress. The dress had a fitted area under the boobs for 4 or 5 inches and my ribcage expanded too much for the dress. In the end, I had the same dress but a smaller area under my boobs. You couldn't tell but it would have cost $$ to get that altered and now I'm never going to wear this again. I would wait until late fall to order and you'll know if you are pregnant and if you aren't you could order 1 size up incase you are by the wedding.

[soozy87]

I will be in a friend's wedding in September at about 30 weeks. I ordered the dress 2 sizes up and then thought about it some more and ordered extra fabric. We will see how it turns out.

[sh10]

Lol to never wearing it again no matter what! So true!