Wedding Gowns For Pregnant Brides A Booming Industry

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(CBS) It used to be that women got married, then had a baby.

But these days, according to relationship expert Amy Kean, the rules seem to be changing, in part because so many women are getting married later in life

Many women, perhaps taking a cue from celebrities in Hollywood, are either walking down the aisle pregnant, or having the baby and then getting married afterwards.

If they're expecting when they get hitched, they need a gown to go over their large bellies.

And, Kean told The Early Show co-anchor Hannah Storm, "It's the perfect time, design-wise, to be a pregnant bride," because more and more designers are catering to their needs.

Celebrities such as Jennifer Garner and Amanda Peet were pregnant at the altar, Kean pointed out. Katie Holmes got married after giving birth. Salma Hayek and Jaime Pressly recently announced they're both engaged and pregnant. And Naomi Watts is rumored to be getting married this summer, before her pregnancy begins to "show."

"Today," says Brides magazine Editor in Chief Millie Martini Bratten, "we see so many celebrities who are either pregnant at the altar or they get married after they've had a baby, so it's something people are talking about openly."

Bratten says "brides with bellies" are no longer taboo: "The stigma is definitely gone. If couples have already planned to have a family and it happens to coincide with the wedding, they're perfectly fine with that. … It's a different bride and groom today. Their weddings are not like their parents' weddings. They're marrying older. They're living together. They're doing things all at once. So, it's more about celebration, rather than hiding something."


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[Left Is Write]

1. Did you read the comments readers left?

Wow.

[GirlinContempt]

4. They're pretty scary

[Maddy McCall]

2. Makes me think of that Georgia Satellites video.

[Pithlet]

3. My husband and I didn't get married until I was pregnant with our second child.

I was 8 months pregnant. I didn't wear a bridal gown, though, just a dressy maternity dress.

[Pithlet]

5. BTW, could you snip a bit more off that, please?

[underpants]

6. But what about prom?

http://www.uglydress.com/pregpromdres.html