Re: Do BAD pregnancy dreams always come true?
From: Kristina (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 14:14:43 -0600 (CST)
Amanda,
Thanks for the words of confidence. I guess I just got a little
hysterical. You're right - most of my dreams do not come true. Thanks.
>NO! Pregnant dreams RARELY come true - I promise! With my daughter, I
>had all manner of bizarre dreams while pregnant, including that I left
>her in the shower overnight. Needless to say, that didn't happen. The
>only "true" dream I had with that pregnancy was the dream that she was a
>girl.
>
>I am now 33 weeks pregnant, and have had terrible graphic dreams about
>miscarriage, birth defects, early delivery etc. Oh, also that I gave
>birth to a giant sea turtle instead of a baby. NONE of those have come
>true - I didn't miscarry, the ultrasound did not reveal the kind of
>birth defect I dreamt about (and this would have been VERY obvious), and
>I didn't deliver at the time I dreamt I would. Incidentally, I also
>dreamed this baby was a girl and I was dead wrong! The only true dream I
>had with this one was that I did get a + on the home pregnancy test
>although sad to say, Ben Affleck is not the father in real life as he
>was in my dream!
>
>Dreams are just a way of surfacing our deepest fears, concerns etc. They
>illustrate and make visible all the internal dialogue that plays in our
>subconcious throughout the day. If you are in fact pregnant, you will
>likely experience all kinds of bizarre dreams - I think there is a
>physiological explanation for this. I do believe in - and have
>experienced - "true" dreams, but these are very rare. Incidentally, I
>had implantation bleeding with both my pregnancies - with this one it
>was just a spot but with my daughter I thought it was my period. Also
>with this pregnany I had spotting at 7 and 9 weeks. It is possible that
>you are pregnant and that you might still bleed a little but carry the
>baby to term nonetheless.
>
>Good luck, and I hope in this case all your dreams DON'T come true!
>
>--
>Amanda
>
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