Is it normal to have frequent bad dreams & night sweats?

[mumabee]

Hi. I'm nearly 34 weeks and would like to know if what I'm experiencing almost nightly is normal.

I have starting having terrible dreams, where something bad is happening, I am arguing with someone or that something/one is trying to hurt the baby. DP has woken me up a few times because I've cried out in my sleep and I wake up with my heart pounding and sweating.

Has anyone else gone through similar?

yes it was hideous. It did go after I had the baby though. With my third (but not my 4th) I had major hormonal night sweats for about 9 months afterwards as well!

Phew, thanks CarGirl!

That's reassuring to know that it happens and that it'll pass. I was getting a bit worried that there was something wrong with me.

Yep, I had that too with both my pregnancies. Strangely I actually missed my vivid dreams after my babies were born. Normal dreams seemed much less real.

Is this your 1st?
As with my son i was ok in pregnancy but i had terrible dreams afterwards that something will go wrong n kept wakin every hr to check he was still breathing. i even saw him on a mortuary slab in my dream... he's 8 now.
Its something to do with hormones i think and if its ur 1st its the unknown that can play on ur sub-concience which is why you dream like that.
I had very bad dreams in my 2nd pregnancy with my DD. The amount of times i woke up in tears was horrible, i was certain something was goin to go wrong n i'd not meet her.. Silly now as shes a michevious 3yo but at the time the dreams of losin her were intense that id cry for ages once i woke.
I am now preg with no3 and dreams are ok up to now but i am only 24wks lol
Hope this reassures you xx
So your normal having these dreams. And i am sure everything is goin to be ok

Mumabee, I had this to, and I read it can be a fear of giving birth which manifests itself in bad dreams, even though externally you may say its not a worry.

Hope it stops soon xxx

I'm only 6+6 but have been having very vivid dreams already! All of my dreams revolve around the concept of the baby arriving suddenly and we are completely unprepared.
This usually results in me racing around the shops buying baby-grows while in labour or something similar!

Yes Smiler, I'm a first timer.

Thank you everyone for replying. I feel much better about it, now that I know that it happens to other people and will try not to worry too much when it happens.

Weird pregnancy dreams are the norm as far as I can tell.
With dd they were mostly not very subtle ones about failing to cope with a baby- I'd hear her crying, but not be able to find her or remember where I'd put her, then there were the ones were I'd stuffed her in a drawer instead of her cot, or forgotten her somewhere outside, silly things.
Then there were the ones where she was born too early or all deformed which really upset me in case they were some sort of prediction. I tried really hard to tell myself that it was just natural that all the worry about everything being OK would manifest itself like this. She's a beautiful, perfect 5 year old now of course!
They're horrible but perfectly normal- try, try not to get upset over them. Best wishes they go away soon.