Just found out I'm pregnant- The baby will be due June 2024, the wedding is in 2025

I don’t have any specific advice, but if your baby is due in June 2024 and your wedding is October 2025 (if the date in your profile is correct), then your bridal shower/bachelorette would be way later than a baby shower. Usually bridal showers are about 1-3 months prior to the wedding date. If anything, your baby’s 1st birthday will be more intermixed with any wedding planning.

View Quoted Comment That does make more sense. Thankyou

There are really two questions here, event planning logistics and finances. Babies and children are expensive, or can be. In your place, once a baby is in the picture, everything else would be up in the air and come a far distant second. If budget is already a concern I'd personally skip the expensive reception altogether and get married in an intimate ceremony sooner rather than later, but that's me. You can always have a celebration of marriage or an anniversary party later on.

Congratulations! What an exciting time. I would forget all about having a big elaborate wedding and focus only on baby preparations and saving money. Honestly, I would have a very small intimate wedding ceremony before the baby arrives and then be free to plan for the baby. I know this may not be what is right for you…but babies tend to change everything. They are wonderful and exhausting and quite expensive. Best wishes to you!

I disagree with the above comments, you can totally plan for the baby and the wedding you want and have been saving for!

Yes, kids can be expensive but they don't have to be! Aside from possible medical bills, adding baby to insurance, and the monthly expenses (diapers, wipes, formula) Everything else can be cheap or free. Facebook groups like "Buy Nothing" and other parent groups have lots of free baby items, and marketplace has cheap baby things too. Not to mention thrift stores and consignment shops! Its only as expensive as you want it to be.

Like someone else said, the baby and wedding will be plenty far apart. I would plan your big items for the wedding now (venue, catering, music, etc) then focus on preparing for the baby. a few months after baby is here, I would get a dress, and pick one with a corset style back since your body really keeps changing that whole first year after a baby, and this will lead to less alterations needed. Once baby is 5-6 months, that will be perfect timing to get back to the final details of wedding planning.

View Quoted Comment Thankyou so much for your feedback! I'm really excited about both and I was trying to still have my wedding happen afterthe baby is born and this helps alot!

While I don't have any particular recommendations, it's worth noting that if your baby is expected in June 2024 and your wedding is set for October 2025 (assuming the date in your profile is accurate), the timing of your bridal shower and bachelorette party would naturally occur much later than a baby shower. Typically, bridal showers are scheduled about 1-3 months prior to the wedding date. In this scenario, your baby's first birthday celebration might overlap more with your wedding planning timeline.

Scale down your wedding and get married before the baby is born!