The swelling will gradually disappear within a week as your body eliminates the excess fluid you retained during the last few months of your pregnancy. Your kidneys are responsible for most of the purging, which means you'll be urinating more than usual.
A DIY wedding reception also usually requires someone like me, who is willing to commit quite a lot of time and energy to making it happen. Even if you're mostly purchasing food, not making it yourself, you need someone to coordinate storage, transportation, and serving.
And although you might want to shrink the cost of the rehearsal dinner, you still want it to be a cohesive part of your wedding weekend. Think of the rehearsal dinner and the reception as parts of one eventâthe wedding weekend, says Richard Nix Jr., owner of Butler's Pantry Catering & Events, in St. Louis.