Pregnancy dreams

Not as in those where I dream of being pregnant, but those that I have when pregnant.

It’s very common for preggies to dream a lot and I think I have been dreaming more (compared to me at non-pregnant times) as the textbooks say. I get a whole lot of them:

- The exhausting ones – I’m usually on a mission and it always involves tough, physical work. Examples: I’m in a rush and I’m looking high and low for the husband. I have to make arrangements to ensure that Kate is looked after and when I find the husband, he’s at work (in some tedious escapade) & I have to join him in the physically challenging space and I’m dangling off a speedboat clinging on for my dear life… another was when I was involved in some high level obstacle course & I was with my colleagues. I think this is typically just a

- The rated ones – uh, no examples of these and these don’t occur often and are not that explicit/ pornographic la (!); but I read off the websites that this is a manifestation of pregnant women craving for more TLC. It also stems from insecurity of my growing belly and changing body/looks.

- The weird ones – those that absolutely do not make any sense. I cannot remember what these are though I know I’ve had these.

- The weepy ones – these are the most heart-wrenching! They are most emotionally-engaging and in these dreams, it’s always the husband and I where we are involved in some altercation or other. And we are always arguing about something where I feel very maligned; where the husband is yelling at me or feeling angry with me so much so that I feel exasperated and pissed off because it was NOT MY FAULT but he is so mad that I get angry and end up feeling more sad than angry… I think this has occurred thrice and twice out of the 3 times, I was so upset that I woke up in tears! And I immediately told the husband off “DON’T BE ANGRY WITH ME!” – the first time it occurred I genuinely felt so upset and I woke up and smacked him in the arm while wiping off my tears – the husband obviously thought I was mad but I was soo involved in the dream it was emotionally real. The second time it occurred I teared and didn’t smack him but told him of it after he woke up. The last time it occurred I was on the brink of tears and didn’t bother yelling at him. I just took his hand and sought comfort that it was just a dream.

How weird! I know it all boils down to the fact that the brain is active and working hard; and as said by www.babycenter.com

Pregnancy dreams, especially in the last trimester, are often vivid and scary – and this is completely normal. Such dreams may provide a way for your subconscious to deal with any fears and insecurities you no doubt have about pregnancy and impending motherhood.

All I know is that it’s rather tiring and knowledge that it is common and normal don’t really help, especially for the weepy ones. Boo.

On this same note, I’m exactly 3 months away from my EDD (5 March 2012)!