I know I'm not alone - pregnancy for me is paired with the most insane dreams. Scary dreams, weird dreams, sex dreams, random dreams. Like, 5,458,430 dreams per night, and I wake up feeling like I haven't slept.
I haven't started taking calmag yet, but I'm wondering if it'll help calm my brain down.
Did anything work for you?
Pairing the dreams with the bladder the size of ant makes for the shittiest sleep. 
clementine / 874 posts
@littlejoy: Have you tried diffusing any essential oils in your bedroom?
pomegranate / 3375 posts
@Coral: I haven't. I have a diffuser ... what would you try? (we already have a fan and a humidifier - my husband is going to make fun of me for yet another device for sleep, haha)
clementine / 874 posts
@littlejoy: Depends on what works for you! Lavender would be an obvious choice but you could also try cedarwood or chamomile.
nectarine / 2813 posts
I could never find a solution for the dreams. I did find that eating sugary food right before bed made them worse, so I avoided that.
clementine / 874 posts
You probably have your favorite essential oil brand but I really like the quality, education, and value of plant therapy. This one looks promising! I use the "kid friendly version" called nighty night (originally bought it for DS but he sleeps like a log anyway.)
pomegranate / 3127 posts
I think I got worse dreams if I ate too much before bed, or ate something very spicy. So I started eating a lighter dinner, and snacking when I got up at night. They didn't go away, but it seemed like the level of wackiness went down.
Except this one recurrent dream that was driving me up the wall because it was really upsetting and didn't make any sense. Oh well, at least it was nice to wake up and realize that oh, once again, that was only a dream!
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
@littlejoy: lavender with tangerine is my favorite sleep blend! It smells awesome!
pomegranate / 3375 posts
@Mama Bird: I feel like I'm dreaming so much (and waking so much), that I can almost tell myself to wake up when the dreams are disturbing.
I did have a sweet dream last night - DH and I when we were in college, and it was like we were falling in love again. It was so nice ... but then I had a weird dream that LO still had an umbilical cord (at 3 years old), and refused to let us cut it. Hahaha.
pear / 1648 posts
No advice but just wanted to commiserate 
The creepiest part for me is the random people that show up in my dreams... Like people from high school or college that I wasn't even really friends with and not even Facebook friends or anything. So where do they come from?? Pregnancy is so weird!
grape / 99 posts
AAAhhh the pregnancy dreams are the weirdest! I have epic dreams that are longer and have more complicated plot lines than the entire Game of Thrones series. I also have rage dreams where I'm so unbelievably mad at someone, usually my Mom or DH, because they betrayed me in the dream.
I try taking tums before bed and using a lavender oil and rose water pillow spray I made myself with stuff from Walgreen's.
pear / 1737 posts
I thought mine had died down, but they haven't. They have been my constant pregnancy symptom this time...2-3 a night and all kinds of different wild stuff. I didn't know there was anything you could do to get rid of them??!! It's weird how tired it makes you feel to have had a bunch of dreams.
pomegranate / 3375 posts
@JessyMess: Brains are weird, huh? At one point in time, I was really into dream analysis and reading about recurring dreams that many people experience.
apricot / 431 posts
I'm right there with you---I'm having 3+ a night & am sleeping awful because of it. I don't remember it being this bad in my first 2 pregnancies. It is so odd! Hopefully we'll both be getting some better sleep soon!
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