Pregnant Bridesmaid....help

Can you find a dress that looks similar enough to the other gowns but is maternity?

View Quoted Comment Nope. That is really my problem. I had skin tight dresses for my 5 size 0 bridesmaids. So nothing maternity is even close. I’m okay with changing what I wanted, but the problem is that sites usually only have about 5 maternity friendly dresses, so she would have to order come a different site. Meaning her dress won’t be the same color as the others. Which I can’t do

I would just have her wear a different dress. A week before my wedding my sister who was my maid of honor came to me upset because she hated how the dress looked on her. She delayed having it altered so once the alterations were completed she felt uncomfortable because the dress ended up showing a ton of cleavage. I went and bought her a different dress in her size from David's Bridal in the same color as the rest of the bridesmaids. I mailed it to her with two day shipping and the seamstress altered it within a day.

View Quoted Comment The problem I’m having is that every website has about 5 dresses that are maternity friendly. The place the dresses are from doesn’t offer maternity styles in our wedding colors. So she’d have to order from a separate place than everyone else and I’m terrified to take the kind of chance. The easiest thing would be to go in somewhere and have them matched or choose new dresses for everyone, but our state is on lockdown still and will be until right before our wedding so that option is out

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Where did you get the other dresses from and in what color? Could she get a dress that is just loose fitting not necessarily a maternity dress.

View Quoted Comment They were from Lulus in a shade of sage green!

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It seems like Lulus doesn't have a lot of options for pregnant women. Did she mention trying to have a baby when you picked out the dresses?

One of the reasons I opted out of the bridal party thing. I'd just pick a maternity dress in a similar color and hope for the best. I'm sure having her in the wedding is more important to you than your bridesmaids matching; focus on that.

I'm not exactly sure on what to do about the dress thing (it would be nice to have the same color dress for her if possible), buttttttt with her being due only 2 weeks after the wedding, she may actually have the baby before/on the wedding day and be unable to attend. My friend recently gave birth 1.5 weeks before her "due date." Just wanted to introduce that as a possibility so you're not thrown off in case it comes up! You probably have enough stuff cropping up at the last minute, so just wanted to give you a heads up in advance that it could possibly happen!

Does she mind showing off her belly ? If so, she can wear the same form fitting dress just in a larger size and have it altered.


It would just look something like this.

View Quoted Comment Thanks so much! You’re completely right. She had her daughter a month early a couple years back, so we fully expected an early baby. That almost makes it even harder though, because who knows if she’ll be pregnant, not pregnant, or no even be able to be there lol!

View Quoted Comment I love these! The problem is really the color, shed most likely have to order a maternity dress from a separate site, so colors would be off. I suggested ordering a larger size and altering but she has expressed that she can not afford to do that at this time.

Honestly, I'd just have her pick out whatever she feels most comfortable in that close enough to the color. There's definitely a pretty decent chance she'll be unable to attend (either early birth or even just being 9 months pregnant) but having her as a friend standing up next to you at your wedding (barring her not being able to come because of baby!) is more important than everyone looking exactly the same.

We're doing mismatched bridesmaid dresses (giving a general color and length, letting the gals go with whatever) in small part because of the possibility of pregnancy between my 8 girls--just in general, comfort > uniformity.

Wow, I'm so sorry to hear this joyous time for your friend is such an inconvenience for you... Seriously? Let her wear a maternity dress or whatever she will be comfortable in 9 months pregnant.

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Yeah oh my goodness you are right....I'm sorry to have unintentionally added an extra component! It sounds like you have a very good handle on the situation though I definitely wish you the best!!

View Quoted Comment Lmao, where did I say that her being pregnant is an inconvenience to me?? Literally no where. We both have kids lol, the pregnancy is not the issue. I NEVER told her she couldn’t wear a maternity dress. That’s what I’m TRYING to get her to do. The problem is finding a dress for her in a maternity style that matches the color of the other bridesmaids. She was never supposed to be pregnant at the wedding, we have had to change our date due to Covid, at the fault of nobody. It’s not a great situation, which is why I was hoping someone could direct me to a place that offered maternity friendly dresses along with regular ones or have an idea of two shops that carry the same colors etc. It

View Quoted Comment Besides that, she’s had a history of delivering early, and therefore we really can’t predict if she will be pregnant or not that day. Hence the questions I’m asking, maternity or not? What about color? what should we do? She is asking these exact questions. This is not a problem between her and I, rather bump in the road we need to sort out before my wedding. Literally no reason for you to come on a post and be rude to someone you don’t know about a situation you know nothing about lol

View Quoted Comment Thank you!! That last reply was totally not meant for you, I selected the wrong reply button and can’t seem to fix it. Thank you for your kind words and suggestions ❤️❤️

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No worries at all! I totally knew what you meant. And don't even worry - I even went back and re-read your original post, and it still doesn't come across like "omg how could my bridesmaid possibly be pregnant when i'm planning a wedding"...it is "ok i've always had one vision for BM dresses but I have to pivot and change things up, I just don't know where to look or what to do. Please send suggestions or if someone else has experienced this same dress dilemma." I can't help much with dress options, but I think you are doing everything right!

Azazie has maternity dresses. They offer six different options in dusty sage. My suggestion would be to order a swatch from them and see how closely it matches the other girls dresses.