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Why it happens
If your dreams seem crazier than usual — filled with images of sex, talking animals, and huge, towering buildings, perhaps — you can blame the progesterone surging through your veins and your excitement and apprehension about pregnancy and motherhood. "Dreams reflect your emotional reality," says Mary O'Malley, a sleep consultant at Norwalk Hospital in Connecticut. "Pregnancy brings up positive and negative feelings that you'll digest through your dreams."
Here's another reason your dreamlife has shifted into high gear: If you're waking up during the night to pee, ease a leg cramp, or shift to a more comfortable position, you're more likely to interrupt a dream-filled cycle of REM sleep.
What you can do about it
Enjoy your frenetic, technicolor dreamworld! If you want, record your dreams and what you think they mean in a dream journal. Share your nocturnal adventures with your spouse, and while you're at it, find out what expectant father dreams he's having, too.
Want to compare your own dream analysis with a professional's opinion? Dream expert Patricia Garfield offers her interpretations of dreams that you might be having during your first trimester, second trimester, third trimester, and final weeks of pregnancy.
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Why it happens
If your dreams seem crazier than usual filled with images of sex, talking animals, and huge, towering buildings, perhaps you can blame the progesterone surging through your veins and your excitement and apprehension about pregnancy and motherhood. "Dreams reflect your emotional reality," says Mary O'Malley, a sleep consultant at Norwalk Hospital in Connecticut. "Pregnancy brings up positive and negative feelings that you'll digest through your dreams."
Here's another reason your dreamlife has shifted into high gear: If you're waking up during the night to pee, ease a leg cramp, or shift to a more comfortable position, you're more likely to interrupt a dream-filled cycle of REM sleep.
What you can do about it
Enjoy your frenetic, technicolor dreamworld! If you want, record your dreams and what you think they mean in a dream journal. Share your nocturnal adventures with your spouse, and while you're at it, find out what expectant father dreams he's having, too.
Want to compare your own dream analysis with a professional's opinion? Dream expert Patricia Garfield offers her interpretations of dreams that you might be having during your first trimester, second trimester, third trimester, and final weeks of pregnancy.
Hi Togos,
Those certainly sound like pregnancy symptoms. You should wait until your period is due and test again, as your hormone levels may not yet be indicative of pregnancy. Good luck and let us know what happens!![]()