31/05/2016 · First comes love, then comes marriage, and then comes baby, right? Well, not necessarily. That may have been the way of generations past, but today’s families don’t always follow a similar trajectory. In 2014, a little more than 40 percent of women in the United States give birth without being. 17/09/2015 · So it used to be that if you got knocked up, THEN decided to marry, everyone would hold their heads in their hands and feel sorry for you because of course your marriage was doomed. Because, well, it sort of was. But this isn't 1985 anymore, people. And having a baby before you say "I do" won't.