Pregnant or with children: organize your wedding
To formalize their family situation, to please the children, because ten years ago they did not want it but today yes … some couples go backwards to the tune of “They had many children and got married ”. Having your own children as witnesses to your wedding, being a few months pregnant and wearing a white dress, anything is possible!
Married and parents
Marina Marcourt, author of the book “Organiser son mariage” at Eyrolles, gives valuable advice to future newlyweds who are already parents or if mom is pregnant: if the bride and groom are already parents of a child under 5 years old, it is better to entrust it to relatives, to make the most of this beautiful day and to oversee the organization. Without forgetting to bring them to the photo shoot.
After 5 or 6 years, children can take on a more important role. Often present in the procession, they will love being associated with this great day in honor of their parent’s union. Elders can be designated as witnesses.
Testimonials from mothers
Cécile and her husband decide to conceive a child in 2007. After gynecological examinations, the doctors tell them that the journey will be long. They focus on the preparations for their wedding. Ten days before the celebration, on the advice of the gynecologist, Cécile does blood tests. They turn out to be weird. The gynecologist makes an appointment for an emergency follow-up ultrasound. Problem, Friday is the day of the big preparations and the decoration of the room. No problem, Cécile takes the ultrasound at 9am. Confirmation: there is a small 3 week old shrimp in the picture. On D-Day, the wedding takes place in joy, everyone wishes the bride and groom beautiful babies. In the evening, during the speech, Cécile and her husband thank their guests. And tell the audience the arrival of a baby … in 9 months. On September 22, 2007, the celebration was of course immortalized in photos and films. But for the newlyweds, the most beautiful feeling is to have already been “at 3” that day.
“We got married at the church and at the town hall. We chose a Friday, at 16 p.m., to give the children time to take a nap. We were in a room with an enclosed “garden”, far from a road so that they could play outside during the aperitif which also took place outside. Our big one brought the covenants to the church, he was very proud. The children were really delighted to participate in this event, they still talk to us about it regularly. Moreover, on the announcement, they were the ones who invited people to mom and dad’s wedding. »Marina.
“For our wedding, I was 6 months pregnant. We decided to get married after finding out I was pregnant because I didn’t want to have a different name than my son. We chose the date of the wedding in May 2008, we got married in August 2008 and I gave birth on December 2nd. Our family helped us organize everything. I will not change this choice. For the evening having already 6 nephews and nieces, we are a big united family, we took care of our children all together. »Nadia