it doesnt matter, just as long as you are in love and the baby is born into a loving relationship

Wouldn't it be more expensive to buy a maternity wedding dress, or to have one altered to fit? I think I would wait. I was five weeks old at my parents' wedding.

It doesn't matter.  I was pregnant with my second when we got married. 

If you're in a rush to get married, there's always the courthouse.  My sister was going to get married in November, but found out that she was due in August.  Whoops.  She's getting married in February instead, when her baby will around 6 months old. :)  If it had been me, though, I would have gotten married at a courthouse and then had a big reception once I had my figure back (which, btw, does that ever REALLY happen?).

We had to fill out less forms at the hospital because we were married.

I think small baby bumps are cute and can easily be accomodated by wedding dresses.  When I get married I was 32 weeks along and I felt awkward and uncomfortable.  My husband and I kept putting it off because we are both procrastinators in the extreme.  I think I would have waited but I was going to an out-of-state trip with my then fiance's family and she wouldn't let us share the same room unless we were married.  That was all the motivation we needed!

If I could have done it again I would have either done it before five or six months or just waited until after the baby was born.  When you stick out really far, you get lots of disapproving looks from people when you have a courthouse wedding.

I think the best situation is usually to be married BEFORE you get pregnant, but if doesn't work out that way, I don't think a baby bump is a good reason to push a marriage back. Get married. You'll want time to adjust to that change before the baby comes.

The expectant bride is just as beautiful and respected as the traditional bride.

She can look just as (if not more) sexy as the traditional bride as well!

http://thematernityweddingdresshop.com

http://maternitytshirtsguide.com

bump it.
don't let the child be an illegitimate ;o

I don't think it matters, I think its just personal preference that should win the day on this topic. My sister didn't mind going down the aisle while pregnant. I wasn't able to attend, but my mother did and she said it was obvious that my sister was pregnant. :p I think she secretly disapproved. Either that, or she was secretly awestruck by my sister's courage. Mom came from a time where women didn't do that. Or if they did, it was looked down on. Or the woman knew that people were talking about her behind her back.

Times have changed, though, and a lot of women are pregnant before getting married. It seems kind of silly to me to hide it, especially if you don't want to hide it.

But, again, it just boils down to what you feel most comfortable with in the end. Sure, you shouldn't be made to feel ashamed of it in this day in age, but if you just don't feel comfortable with it, then there's no reason to do it. Your wedding day is supposed to be a happy day. Even if it is also a nervous day. Either way, you expected to be nervous not miserable. :/ Ya know?

I can see some financial and time consuming issues with a marriage where the bride is already pregnant, though. Depending on when she gets/got pregnant and when the wedding day actually is, that could be a problem for selecting/buying a dress and also for the issue of dress fittings. Plus, you have to factor in that with all the planning, you have to make room for doctor appointments and things like that. :p

There are obviously other issues that would go into it, but I don't want to get into them all here.

So, either way, it should just be personal preference in the end. But, there's nothing wrong with it.

As for whether its better to do that, or be a matrimonial mama, I don't think it really makes a huge difference these days. And again, personal preference should reign supreme. :)

If it were me, I'd wait. Controversy would ensue no matter the choice, but with a bump would make the wedding come of as very "shotgun" no matter how long it was planned.

@sarahsmurfette@xanga - I agree. It should be about getting married, not about this... social event? Fashion show?