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I’ve been having the nuttiest dreams lately.
What’s the deal?
Don’t worry, it’s completely normal to feel like every time you
go to sleep you enter a science fiction novel. Your hormonal
fluctuations could be the reason behind your nightly dose of
vivid dreams, but you could also just be remembering them more
clearly. The combination of getting up to pee, tossing and turning
whilst trying to find a comfortable position and feeling the baby
move around in your belly keeps waking you up. When your sleep
is interrupted in the middle of a REM cycle, which is the phase
when you’re most likely to have vivid dreams, you’ll be more likely
to remember your dreams.
You’re about to step into one of the most exciting roles of your life
and as such, you’re thinking about it all of the time, even while you
sleep. Just like the nights before a big exam or your wedding, your
dreams are filled with figments of what you anticipate for those
big events. Some of the most common crazy dreams of mamas-to-
be include representations of your baby, such as talking animals
or sea creatures (your baby is indeed swimming around in your
stomach) . Some mamas have dreams that their significant other
is cheating on them, which represents a fear of your baby-making
partner not being there for you during your motherhood journey.
Before you chuck your glass of water over them, remember it’s just
a dream. In fact, your partner is probably having some strange
dreams themselves. Why not compare notes in the morning and
have a good laugh together.