Bad dreams ruining my life...

[Cyclops905]

27 weeks pregnant and for the past two weeks I've been having the most awful dreams, every night. I dream that someone cuts my baby out of me, that my baby is stillborn, that my pregnancy was all in my head and I'm not actually pregnant. I have dreams that revolve around these themes, I wake up every night in a sweat, I vomited once because I was so distressed, I am scared to go to sleep and don't know what to do anymore.

I've had miscarriages before and this pregnancy has been complicated. We thought we would have to terminate after 24 weeks at one point but looks like everything is ok.

I feel traumatised and don't know what to do. Can anyone advise? Losing my mind a little.

Thank you.

Sadly, this can be perfectly normal. I still remember the dream I had when pregnant with my first where I walked into his room to find him blue and dead in his cot. I grabbed him and started frantically sobbing until I woke up still sobbing. It was horrendous.

During this pregnancy (which is following two missed miscarriages) I have also had some hideous dreams. In one, the baby was literally pulled from my abdomen by someone’s hands .

Strangely, they were both boy pregnancies. I didn’t have any horrible dreams with my DD’s. I wonder if it’s linked in some way, I really struggle with Male pregnancies.

It does sound truly debilitating OP, I would mention to either your GP or midwife. You might benefit from CBT .

@Mousefunky I don't know that I can carry on like it for 3 months. I wake up traumatised every morning. Pregnancy is so rough psychologically