Vivid dreams disturbing my sleep :o(

[DinkyRowan]

I'm 5 months pregnant and have been having very vivid dreams. Occasionally I have woken in the night and cried because my dream has felt so real. This has been going on for about 8 weeks now. Is this normal? Is anybody else finding this? I feel very tired, and I guess it is because I am not having very much deep sleep...

I think this is very normal. I seem to recall similar happening with both DCs. I also had loads in the weeks immediately after their birth. Is this first DC? It'll be a combo of hormones and your brain trying to process the impending arrival of you LO, which, if it IS your first, is a pretty mind blowing thing to get your head around.

Try not to worry. Hopefully DP or DH is there to cling on to/wipe your nose on

Thank you RamonaFlowers (smile)

Yes, it is my first, and I'm sure my brain is doing A LOT of processing! I'm glad that others have experienced the same thing and I am not going potty!

x x x

Dinky are you on an antenatal thread on MN?

If not, DEF join one. It will be life saving

I had loads of bad dreams! In all three pregnancies (am 12 weeks into my third) and are always about my first born! Then they come back after babies born and they were horrific for me and very graphic! Think it's part of being a mum, gives you a protective quality and our minds way of making us a little paranoid so we don't get complacent!

Dinky, I'm pregnant with my fourth child, nearly 30 weeks, and I a terrible dream last night, woke up and sobbed for 10 minutes at least. I am also getting lots of dreams about being chased. I can't remember this in previous pregnancies so glad to come across your thread.
Here's hoping to a good night's sleep for us all!!

Well, well, I'm not alone, that's a relief...

I had a phase of quite saucy dreams. I wasn't at all up for any of that business during my waking hours, so I guess I was making up for it while I was asleep.

The past few weeks have definitely been about me processing my worries and my past. I had a really upsetting dream about my father (whom I don't have a positive relationship with).

I've been having quite a few anxiety dreams. I'm a primary school teacher and last night I dreamt that the children were climbing out of the velux windows (we don't have velux windows at school, incidentally, but hey!)

Yes, fingers crossed for a peaceful sleep tonight!!!

Mmm. I've had some strange dreams this week. The other night i had even given birth to a duplo baby, which was really struggling to fit my nipple in its mouth at feeding time!
Also dreamt that i was being told to push and really had to wake myself fast to make sure i wasn't. Also that nobody would let me change my baby in the waiting room and i was getting rather irrate with the midwives. Isn't it funny what your brain does in pg?

There was a hilarious thread a few weeks ago by someone who dreamt she'd given birth to a pizza. I think it's normal (the dreams; not conceiving pizzas!)