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Gabriela
Dedicated November 2020

Pregnant Before Our Wedding, Advice?

Gabriela, on July 9, 2019 at 3:51 PM Posted in Family and Relationships 0 14
(Sorry for it being so long ahead of time)

So, I found out I’m pregnant and the baby is due in early March of next year. Our wedding is not till November of next year, which I feel is still doable.

My fiancé and I were already planning a small wedding in San Francisco’s City Hall so we are not concerned about money on that end. We are paying a little extra to have an hour at city hall to be able to include grooms and bridesmaids.

We will obviously have the baby by November of next year and he or she will be around 9 months by then.

The problem is not that we won’t be able to have the wedding (we definitely can) but with our families.

Since we would be having a baby out of marriage, my family and I personally, would love it if I was married before the baby arrived. My family is very traditional. They are okay with the baby but not with my marriage status (or lack of). I personally agree with them and would love to be married to my fiancé before than and still have our ceremony wedding next year as planned.

So my fiancé respects my decision and he is willing to get married before our ceremony wedding. We are planning to just go to the courthouse in state since San Fran is out of state for us. We wanted it to just be us when we get married this way so we don’t have to have a dinner and cater to guests twice. So in a way we can still retain the glitz and glam of our ceremony wedding for our guests next year as planned.

HOWEVER, my fiancé's family is very much against this idea, especially his mother. Once we told her our plan, she immediately (and understandably) started to feel like we were leaving the family out of our wedding. I tried to reassure her that we are not excluding family from our courthouse wedding to be mean but would like our guests to see us all glamorous on our wedding ceremony as planned next year.

She still did not like that idea and has been trying to get us to elope here the same we are planning to elope in San Fran. She wants to throw a celebration with family and go to a venue instead of the courthouse. I told her that I didn’t want family coming to our courthouse elopement and she said she would be the only one who goes, but if she goes I feel bad about my own mother not going. However, my own mother would rather see me in our original planned wedding which I agree as well.

I don’t know what to do. His mother very much wants us to do a formal type ceremony here but we can’t afford that while finishing planning for the other ceremony in San Francisco. I find it repetitive to have two events like that.

I know she is a mother and just doesn’t want to see such an event be brushed aside because of a baby but we will still be having our big wedding where she will be included heavily.

I am not sure what to do I’m this situation.

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Latest activity by Jennifer, on July 11, 2019 at 11:53 AM
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    Master January 2019
    Cassidy ·
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    If you get married now, you won’t be able to get married again at S.Fcity hall next year since you’ll already be married.
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  • 2d Bride
    Champion October 2009
    2d Bride ·
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    Yep, once you are married, San Francisco won't marry you again.

    You could have some kind of celebration of marriage, vow renewal, or anniversary party next year, but it wouldn't be a wedding. And the San Francisco courthouse wouldn't allow you to have it there.

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  • Allie
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    Allie ·
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    If it were me, I would just cancel the event planned for next year and have a small wedding and reception this year. I definitely wouldn't have two separate events.

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  • Kimberly
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    Kimberly ·
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    I don't know much about San Francisco law, but I think you can get married at the courthouse now and I don't see why you can't have a ceremony and reception as planned except with the officiant possibly stating something about your marriage already or excluding whatever part is necessary to avoid the whole remarrying thing.

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  • Kelly
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    Kelly ·
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    My parents got pregnant with me and both sets of my grandparents paid to have their wedding moved up. If both sets of your parents are going to demand changes they should foot the bill, otherwise they should keep their mouths shut. No money, no say!
    You two should do what makes you two happy and your families will get over it.
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  • Gabriela
    Dedicated November 2020
    Gabriela ·
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    That’s what we are thinking of doing a vow renewal. We are basically paying for venue of San Francisco City Hall for an hour as we would still provide an officiant and manage our own marriage license.
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  • Mandi
    Master October 2020
    Mandi ·
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    So your family is ok with you boning outside of marriage but not giving birth? I'm so confused. Getting married before birthing the baby isn't going to change its conception.
    You're gonna make somebody mad. You're gonna have to pick who to make mad.
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    Futuremrsk ·
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    I would just wait until next year and do as you were originally planning. You're going to upset someone either way. Unless you need to get married to get the baby on either of your insurances, then I would wait and keep the San Fran plan since that seems to be what you really want.
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  • Caytlyn
    Legend November 2019
    Caytlyn ·
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    Is his mom getting married or are you? I wouldn’t change my wedding date to accommodate someone else’s feelings. She doesn’t have to like it, that’s her own issue.
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  • October2019
    Dedicated October 2019
    October2019 ·
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    I would let his mom come to the court house one. And ask you mom if she wants to as well. Just let them be the exception. If your mom wants to wait let her wait. It impossible to please ever one nor should you try but I like your attitude you seem cool and chill and open to a little compromise. Where something pretty but not what you plan to wear next year.
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  • 2d Bride
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    The marriage license won't be necessary if you are already married.
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  • DuttonSandersWedding
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    I don't understand the urgency to get married before the baby comes? You guys and apparently your family are ok with you having sex and intimate relations together before marriage but not having the baby outside of it? Makes absolutely no sense. You cant have one without the other. I say either move the wedding up to make it really official - you still have like 8 months to make that work - or just wait and get married the way you originally planned. I never quite understood getting married first and then having a "ceremony" for everyone else later. Seems like more to stress over to me.
    Side question: are you having a separate venue space for a reception after the city hall ceremony (which sounds problematic to me if you are already legally married. You mentioned an officiant and marriage liscense but you wont need either of those if you're already married), or are you just planning the hour long event and that's it?
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  • Sharon
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    Sharon ·
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    Congratulations on the baby! Why cant you get married at the courthouse with both sets of parents present? If you want to get married before the baby comes that is. Then next year you can have a vow renewal and reception with everyone that you want to celebrate with. We're planning a bigger wedding for next year but decided to do a small, immediate family only church wedding followed by dinner at the restaurant where we had our first date a couple of weeks ago due to some concerns with my mother-in-law's health. Not how I envisioned my wedding but I ended up loving it and everyone is still looking forward to the big wedding. At the end of the day you need to do what makes you and your FH happy.
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  • Jennifer
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    Jennifer ·
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    I would just wait to get married in the wedding in San Fran. It may be "traditional" to be married, then have children, but today's society is not like it was when our parents got married! I know you feel that way too, but now with a baby, I think it would be more special to have them there with you. Plus you could really celebrate and eat and drink what you wanted if you get married while not pregnant, and you could get a dress that you really adore. It would be a sweet joining of "you" and "mom you" as well.

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