A bride drove herself to the hospital and gave birth just hours before her wedding ceremony with 200 guests

• Rebecca Macmillan gave birth to her son on her wedding day, Mail Online reported.
• Macmillan was set to marry her fiancé Nick Cheetham, but went into labor hours before the ceremony.

A pregnant bride missed her wedding ceremony by hours after going into labor and giving birth to her baby boy.

Mail Online reported that Rebecca Macmillan, 32, of Scotland was set to marry Nick Cheetham, 36, on May 21 at Gartmore Village Hall in Stirlingshire. But their son, who was originally due on June 20, arrived four weeks early.

Macmillan, a hairdresser, and former wedding planner told the outlet that Rory Cheetham was born via emergency Cesarean section at 11:40 a.m. and weighed 5 pounds, 3 ounces.

"We joked about our baby arriving on our wedding day — never actually believing it would happen," Macmillan, 32, said.

The couple got engaged in July 2021 after dating for five years and later discovered the pregnancy, Mail Online reported. Macmillan told the outlet she didn't predict being a pregnant bride and anxiously anticipated going into labor the day before the wedding.

"I woke on the Friday feeling good. In the afternoon we set up the hall. Our mums went to work making table arrangements, the bar was set up and we set all our chairs out ready for the ceremony," she said. "Things were looking great and there was a lovely buzz but I didn't feel right. By the time the evening came, I was paranoid, so called the midwife."

The midwife calmed Macmillan's fears and she went to bed, Mail Online reported, before waking up early the next morning to see her water broke.

"As I was leaving, I knocked on my bridesmaids' door to tell them I was heading to hospital. I had to drive myself because I was the only one who hadn't had a drink at dinner," Macmillan told the outlet.

Cheetham called the wedding suppliers to cancel the ceremony, while their families worked to contact their 200 guests, Mail Online reported.

"Our family and friends who were local gathered at the venue to start dismantling the wedding — collecting my dress, decorations, jewellery, the cake, putting it all back in storage for the next big day," Macmillan told Mail Online, adding that postponing the wedding cost about £12,000, or around $15,000.

"Our caterers, Alex Graham Bakers of Kilsyth, have been in touch and offered to move the date for a small fee — a cuddle from Rory," Macmillan said. "The piper and photographer have also said they will transfer our booking. Hopefully some others will do the same. We may have lost most of the money but the joy of having our son is priceless."