My MOH is pregnant and is due 1 week before my wedding

Hi Everyone,

I need your advice. I selected my only sister to be my Matron of Honor and now she is pregnant. (We are just two siblings) My wedding is June 5, 2010 and her due date is June 7th. But the doctor want to do a C-section the last week in May. She will be having the surgery and have given birth about 5 days when my wedding day comes along.

Now, I'm not sure what to do. I don't really have someone I'm that close to take her place. I could use my cousin who is already in the wedding party and then I would have to choose another bridesmaid. But I've also exhausted my friends who I'd feel comfortable with being my bridesmaid. There are 6 bridesmaids all together.

Another option I was thinking is having my mother step in for my sister. But my fiance thinks my mother already has a role as Mother of the Bride and I should probably have someone else be Matron of Honor that is more my age.

We are taking pictures at Old Westbury Gardens after the ceremony and I don't know who to pair up the Best Man with. Doesn't he usually get paired off with the MOH. I'm actually very close to my mother and wouldn't mind if she were to step in for my sister as the Matron of Honor in absentia. But not sure if that would look good.

And what do I do about writing my sisters name in the church program and when we make the introduction announcements at the reception. Should I announce that she just had a baby and that is the reason why she can't be with us and still keep her as my Matron of Honor in name but she just won't be present.

My sister is probably going to be sore after the surgery to walk down the isle of the church (which is Ozone Park,Queens) or even ride in a limo to attend the reception which is in Woodbury at the Crest Hollow Country Club.

I don't want to hurt my sister's feelings by making someone else my Matron of Honor though but I would like it if everyone was to be paired up.

What are your thoughts?