Wondered what people would do differently with the benefit of hindsight?

Try and take a moment to stand back with your new husband and absorb the feeling of being surrounded by your closest friends and family.

Throughout the day take a mental snapshot to try and capture the key moments – eg walking down the aisle, saying your vows, arriving at your venue.

Depending on the timing of your meals and how good you are at eating when excited you might want to get your venue to pack a ‘doggy bag’ for you – or ask your mum to swipe some of the buffet. You might find that by the time you’re getting into bed you’re starving as you were too distracted to eat!

Deputise as much as you can – give responsible members of your family areas to look after – eg your mum could be the point of contact with the ushers, his dad could check the best man has everything under control. Anything to stop you feeling you have to check up on things!

Think about the day from guests’ point of view. If you imagine at each stage what they’ll be doing you can see if they’ll end up hungry or bored with your timings as they are. If you change things to avoid 2 hour gaps with no bar then you can relax knowing everyone will be happy!

Try not to worry too much about whether the favours match the bridesmaids knickers. Most people will hardly notice details like this. So long as people are fed and watered they will generally be happy!

Make sure you take a kit of things you might need – if you take it with you then hopefully you won’t need most of it!

Put together a detailed schedule of what will happen when so you can make sure your timings work exactly. This would include details such as what time toasts are served, what time flowers should arrive etc. Once you’ve done this and given to all involved you can relax a bit!

Finally, on the day you won’t notice whether table 8 really does get on, or whether the table decorations look exactly right, so try not to worry too much about it beforehand!

It all goes so quickly, so just try and enjoy it!