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GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 13 Apr 2018 00:07

Our friends attended a wedding on Easter Sunday.

One bridesmaid only, who happened to be expecting her 1st child.
Her due date was the day before the wedding !

Sure enough, on the night of Good Friday, her labour started and baby arrived bang on the due date.

Our friends were gobsmacked...
30 hours after delivery, the new mother fulfilled her duty as matron of honour to the bride.
Her OH and new baby attended the wedding too

Researching:
Brannan/ McGrath/ Kerr/ Jordan/ Finnigan NI and Free State. Devlin/ Lamont / Lamond/ Fyfe/ Pollock/ Johnston/Struthers/ Smith. Scotland. Avi: Hand Fasting or Tying The Knot. Daughters wedding 2016

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 13 Apr 2018 00:17


Good for her, something to tell her baby when it grows up

Lizx

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 13 Apr 2018 00:18

There's dedication! :-D :-D :-D

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Caroline

Caroline Report 13 Apr 2018 00:19

Could have been worse.....making an appearance halfway down the aisle

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 13 Apr 2018 00:32


When o.h's son married 7 years ago last August, the bride was due to give birth two months later and her matron of honour was due in September!

Lizx

GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 13 Apr 2018 00:42

My thoughts exactly Caroline. LOL

My daughter married 2 yrs ago ( Avitar) but, the chosen best man and his wife couldn't attend because it was their 1st baby's due date too.

It was a slightly different scenario because the couple live in Canada.
My daughter recalls that they mentioned this in passing, to their wedding DJ during a meeting about music etc

Unbeknown to either the bride or groom, the DJ did some FB stalking and by contacting friends, he tracked down the (would have been) groom

During the first dance, the DJ turned the music down and played a recording that he had made.
It was from the Canadian couple wishing them well etc
It was so unexpected. My daughter and son in law were delighted.

Halfway through the evening reception, they received a text.

Baby had arrived around the same that they were pronounced husband and wife

Sparkly.
My sister in law was a pregnant mother of the groom at her son's wedding

Researching:
Brannan/ McGrath/ Kerr/ Jordan/ Finnigan NI and Free State. Devlin/ Lamont / Lamond/ Fyfe/ Pollock/ Johnston/Struthers/ Smith. Scotland. Avi: Hand Fasting or Tying The Knot. Daughters wedding 2016

Phyll

Phyll Report 13 Apr 2018 15:03

My youngest daughter wanted her sister & future sil to be her bridesmaids. Unfortunately both were heavily pregnant on the date of wedding so opted out. Her sister's baby started on its journey during the wedding but arrived 2 days later & sil's baby arrived 3 weeks later.

Phyll

Researching:
Newman, Pavey, Sinden from Sussex. Latham from Bucks & Herts

Mersey

Mersey Report 13 Apr 2018 15:06

Awww lovely story <3 <3

Researching:
#Be Kind