My cousin is getting married at the beginning of August.  I am so excited for her, we're the only girls in the family and are more like sisters than cousins.  She was just in my wedding, and I am thrilled to be a part of hers. 

I just found out that I am pregnant.  I am due to give birth at the beginning of July.  I have absolutely NO idea what my body is going to be like a month after delivery.  Of course I am going to want to be back to pre-pregnancy, but I don't have any clue as to what I am ACTUALLY going to look like?  It could definitely affect her choice in what the dress looks like, and what size I am going to have to order.  Any suggestions???

Congratulations! You are like me...I found out 4 days after the wedding. Ha ha.

Ariel is definitely right about the breast size, if you breastfeed. I will tell you that I am shocked at how fast my boobs grew. I was a 36 C and by the time I was 8 weeks I measure a 36 E. Talk about a shocker.

But every body's different. I noticed in your wedding pics that you posted that you seem to be in pretty good shape. Most likely you will be able to lose a pretty good portion of that weight in a month if you stay in shape. I would definitely think the hips area would be the hardest to lose, so you may want to consider that.

Will she let you chose a dress off the rack? That way you could get it closer to the wedding.

Or I would try empire waist dresses. You could get away with a slightly larger size than you need and still look fine b/c of the cut of the dress. I think that would be the best option all around. You could try on dresses according to your boob size then, (b/c if you breastfeed you'll still have them) and leave some extra room in the stomach, but you may end up losing most of that.

Remember though, it's easier to let a dress out than in. So if anything, go up a couple of sizes. Good luck!

PS when are you due? My date's May 5th.

My date in July 6th....but we'll see!!!  SO exciting!!  My first pregnancy!  We just got married 6 weeks ago and had no clue it would happen so fast!  We were prepared to try for a year (or more!) before we actually got pregnant.  We're still in the "risky" 1st trimester though, so I will be much more at ease once we get past that milestone :) 

I guess I'll just have to see what my cousin has in mind...if she chooses an empire waist, that will be really good for me.  I'll just chat with her about it, see what can be done! :)

I think I will look into the bump. I was just looking on babycenter...and I don't know. It was a little nervewracking for some reson. There are new responses like every 30 seconds, and it's kind of overwhelming. Everytime I would go to the main page, there would be a bunch of different posts that weren't there before.

Anyway, I'll take a look there tomorrow probably.

BTW, you can take tylonal (sp?) or stuff that uses aectaminophen. No ibuprofin or asprin though. That may help you sleep better, although, I have found that ever since becoming pg, even though I was super tired, until the past week, I woke up several times a night. It sucks. I am sleeping a little better now - as least for the past few days.

So my first dr appt was kind of like a consultation of sorts. If I were you, I would take DH with you and have a list of things to ask. My DH freaked out about how tired I was, had to hear from the dr that he had to change the kitty litter, etc. You probably are already planning on taking him, but just try to remember to have them talk about what you most likely will be expierencing.

I swear DH doesn't get it.

3 weeks ago he said "you need to call your dr and find out why you are so tired." My answer? "Duh, I'm preg." (Well, not that snotty.) HIS response then was, "I've never known any pregnant woman to be as tired as you." Really. How many do you know? Or, more accurately, how many have you lived with and taken an avid interest in their lives?

It's a big adjustment, for both of us. And the guys just don't have the same amount of sympathy that you would think they would have (unless you are one of the lucky ones) cause they don't expierence it themselves.

Then he's always warning me about "watch what you eat, I want you to be healthy and not have a 10 lb baby." WRONG thing to say. My tummy's been ultra sensitive and I eat what will not make me gag.

Ok...I'm sure I have more, but I'll take a breather.