Are you having crazy, vivid dreams lately? You aren't alone! We constantly hear reports from women who are having intense dreams. Experts say that the dreams are just your brain's way of working through the anxieties of pregnancy. Plus, you are waking up more often now, which means you remember dreams that you otherwise wouldn't.

Here are a few of the dreams our forum members are experiencing: 

• I was back at my 30 week appointment, except this time my midwife does a vaginal exam... she takes a look, looks up at me and says, "Wow, your baby has long hair!" All of a sudden she turns around, grabs a pair of scissors and goes back in this time with the scissors... and she stands up, holding this 3-4" long lock of red hair, and says, "See what I mean?"
  
• I was out swimming in the ocean trying to relax before the baby gets here, and all of a sudden something (never figured out what) grabbed my foot and started pulling me under. It dove very deep toward the ocean floor with me, it seemed like about 2-300 feet down... Eventually a merman..(not mermaid) came to my rescue and started to swim me back to the surface... except it seemed like the surface would never get there. I could feel my chest on fire. Finally as my head broke the surface of the water, I woke up gasping for air and my heart pounding so hard in my chest. The burning sensation in my chest lasted almost 5 minutes after I woke up. It was so crazy, I was actually holding my breath in my sleep!
  
• I was having an ultrasound, but they couldn't see the gender so they pulled the baby out, looked and put it back in!

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