Life isn’t as simple as it once was. The definition of family is no longer a mommy and a daddy who are married and their 2.5 offspring. A family can be just a woman and a man, joined in matrimony or not, with kids or not. Or it can be a lot of other things, as well. Some people, nowadays, choose to have their babies before tying the knot. Or, as it has happened throughout time, a baby may start a-brewin’ before or after an engagement has been announced.
Luckily, in the present, getting knocked up before marriage won’t get you stoned outside the borders of the city – at least not in most cultures. And that’s good news for wedding dress designers and sellers because it means that there is a market for maternity wedding dresses! From what I can tell, maternity wedding dresses used to be rather blah affairs designed to hide a girl’s shame. Today, a bride-to-be with a bun in the oven has plenty of chic wedding gowns to choose from, like the one above from Tekay Designs.
Matrimonial mommas are also free to wear something a little sexier if they wish. There are plenty of strapless, backless, and off the shoulder maternity wedding dresses designed to flatter babes with a bump. Tiffany Rose Maternity‘s wedding selection is unfortunately small, but their gowns, like the one pictured below are quite sassy. And, if you’re willing to wear a color instead of white, your range of choices grows exponentially!
I’ll admit it. This is a topic I like. I showed up at the wedding of a friend who I hadn’t seen in a quite a while only to discover that she was quite pregnant. I was the maid of honor, so kept my exclamations of surprise to a cool minimum. She simply chose a wedding gown she liked and had a good tailor put an extra panel of fabric in. I plan on touching on this topic again really soon because there is plenty to say!
Actually, during America’s early years, when houses were far apart and spare bedrooms didn’t exist, courting couples practiced “bundling,” where the two people slept in the same bed, separated only by a log. Pregnant brides abounded in those days.
The first dress would look a lot nicer without the gauzy sleeves and if the model had brushed her hair before the shoot. The second dress, though, is very pretty.
Wow, too bad Hee Haw isn’t on the air any more………..excellent demographics…………..
Ya, I know, I’m bad
A log, Lori?? Crazy. I’m not surprised that pregnancies occurred, since it’s pretty easy to move the log and then put it back in the morning! 😉
The first model also looks sort of cross eyed and out of it. Maybe all those hormones are addling her brain. That would explain the Brit Spears hair.