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A bride gave birth on her wedding day<\/a> when her baby arrived weeks earlier then expected. <\/p>\n Rebecca Macmillan was surprised when the couple discovered they would be parents four weeks after their booked wedding.<\/p>\n But the mum was astonished when she her labour began on their wedding<\/a> day morning, <\/p>\n Whilst she was expected to be preparing for a walk down the aisle, she was actually giving birth to their baby son Rory by emergency caesarean section..<\/p>\n Rebecca told the Daily Record<\/a> : \u201cEvery bride wants a memorable wedding day and Rory has made ours more memorable than most. <\/p>\n \u201cWe ended up not getting married, but we have the most beautiful baby boy instead.<\/p>\n <\/amp-img><\/figure> \n Collect)<\/span> <\/amp-img><\/figure> \n Collect)<\/span> \u201cWe may have lost most of the money spent for our wedding, but the joy of having our son is priceless.\u201d<\/p>\n Hairdresser Rebecca, 32, and Skills and competency manager Nick, 36, got engaged in July last year after meeting online and dating for five years.<\/p>\n The couple, who live in Stirling, booked their wedding for May 21 at Gartmore Village Hall, in the heart of the Trossachs National Park.<\/p>\n Rebecca felt sure it was unlikely she would give birth one month before her baby\u2019s June 20 due date.<\/p>\n She said: \u201cWhen I was a wedding planner I didn\u2019t ever work with a pregnant bride.<\/p>\n “I think most people aren\u2019t mad enough to get married while heavily pregnant – just me.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we first discovered we were going to have a baby we were actually going to postpone the wedding, but after going through the coronavirus<\/a> pandemic we realised life is too short and decided ‘let\u2019s just go for it’. <\/p>\n <\/amp-img><\/figure> \n Collect)<\/span> \u201cWe often joked about our baby arriving on our wedding day – never actually believing it would happen.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d have the conversation on a daily basis with my hairdressing clients too, and I\u2019d always say \u201cAs long as I make it up the aisle\u201d – but that\u2019s not what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n Rebecca, who was poised to have eight bridesmaids at her wedding, said the surprise pregnancy<\/a> led to them altering some of their wedding plans. <\/p>\n She said: \u201cI had to buy a new wedding dress – four sizes too big for me – as my original dress was tiny.<\/p>\n \u201cMy hen weekend plans had to be designed around my pregnancy – but we still had a wonderful time, in Port Patrick, where we did an aromatherapy workshop, dressed up as rock and pop stars, and went out for dinner.<\/p>\n \u201cBut other than that I was probably a bit na\u00efve and believed it would all be fine, and that I\u2019d be rocking out on the wedding dancefloor.\u201d<\/p>\n
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