https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:31:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nightmare-remedies-for-mama#post-1442270 Sat, 22 Feb 2014 04:00:24 +0000 Cherrybee 1442270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shimmer: I'm so, so sorry for your loss. I lost my dad 18 months ago and I had nightmares for months after. This is all so recent for you, of course you will still be experiencing nightmares - when you are asleep, that's when your mind processes how you're feeling. Counselling will help but the biggest healer really is time, as much as I hate to say that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nightmare-remedies-for-mama#post-1442226 Sat, 22 Feb 2014 01:20:57 +0000 Mirage 1442226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I lost my mom I had horrible nightmares. I was also her primary caregiver and made decisions and it takes a long time for those feelings to subside. Counselling defiantly helped. I also found that reading a happy "mindless" book or show before bed helped to keep my mind in a happier place. Strangely enough having a nightlight in the hall helped me as well, that way if I woke up unexpectantly I had a better idea of where I was. Also, informing my husband of the situation helped so I could talk about my fears, and he could console me if I was in the middle of a nightmare or when I woke up. I'm so sorry for your loss, if you ever need to talk feel free to PM me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nightmare-remedies-for-mama#post-1442058 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 22:13:01 +0000 Synchronicity 1442058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shimmer: I am so sorry for your loss. Therapy is what I was going to suggest, but you are already doing that. The only other thing that comes to mind for me is exercising before bed so that you are really tired when you go to sleep. I always find that on nights where I'm really wiped out, I sleep more heavily and dream less. Doing something like going for a jog or yoga (yoga would be my preference) before bed might help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nightmare-remedies-for-mama#post-1441994 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 21:38:21 +0000 Dagny 1441994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm very sorry for your loss. Maybe some type of visualization meditation would be helpful? Something to focus on as you go to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nightmare-remedies-for-mama#post-1441960 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 21:22:37 +0000 Shimmer 1441960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you &lt;3 I am in therapy and will be starting a grief support group within the next few weeks. I have dreams doubting my decisions for my mom (I made all her healthcare decisions) even though everyone told me that I did the right thing. I'm so sorry for your loss as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nightmare-remedies-for-mama#post-1441954 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 21:20:48 +0000 blackbird 1441954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so sorry. Have you considered therapy? It helped me process a lot of things when my brother died. It took awhile for the weird dreams to go away, and I still get them sometimes :( I'm so sorry for your loss </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nightmare-remedies-for-mama#post-1441946 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 21:13:23 +0000 Shimmer 1441946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any special remedies for nightmares for me? I've been having nightmares since I lost my mom last month and I am afraid to go to sleep sometimes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-655794 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:53:11 +0000 Cherrybee 655794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been having terrible, vivid dreams, usually about people taking the baby from me. I have a recurring one where I look down and realise I've had the baby - but haven't seen her, I haven't even fed her - and I find out DH has been looking after her on his own, formula feeding.... and I go crazy! The dreams usually end with me strangling or violently beating someone (usually DH!!) to death - and in one dream I started bleeding from my eyes. Weird and scary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-655762 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:34:07 +0000 Pepper 655762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I have very vivid dreams! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-655760 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:33:04 +0000 illumina 655760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@marionberry: it's weird! A couple of nights ago I confronted an ex I had when I was 17 and demanded to know why he broke up with me! I never did find out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-655465 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:34:24 +0000 tororojo 655465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have many while pregnant (that I remember)...but postpartum, every time I wake up hugging a pillow, I think I'm smothering my baby...it's really creepy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-655454 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:31:06 +0000 prettylizy 655454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So many crazy vivid dreams while I was pregnant!! The one I remember the most was that I delivered my own baby on a golf course (I don't golf) because no one was taking me seriously when I said I was in labour. It was a little girl with dark hair and dark eyes. We ended up with a little girl (team Green, and I was sure she was a boy!) with dark hair but light eyes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-655447 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:28:47 +0000 marionberry 655447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: OMG you sound just like me! They're like my normal nightmares but worse and I swear I've confronted every person who's made me mad (including bosses, friends, and ex's) and dreamt things out of scary movies nonstop. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-653348 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:08:19 +0000 Grace 653348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! They are crazy. And I think some of them are so realistic that I think things happened for real. There have been several occasions where I'll mention something that I think someone said and they'll look at me like I'm from the moon! So either, I'm confusing real life with my dreams or some people are screwing with me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-653329 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:00:49 +0000 sarac 653329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I miss them! They were so interesting. Then I'd have dreams where my husband cheated on me and I'd be mad at him all day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-652456 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:28:00 +0000 mrsvdv 652456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pregnancy has definitely made my dreams more vivid and weird! Only dreamt about baby once though, but he had the cutest little face, looking both like DH and my brother when they were babies! But most of the time I'm dreaming strange and unsettling things that are even too weird to remember! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-652436 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:18:13 +0000 lovehoneybee 652436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had vivid sex dreams on a regular basis...like full, hands-free completion. On the flip-side I had nightmares a lot more frequently, and they were just as vivid and I'd wake up gasping and in tears. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-652426 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:12:15 +0000 MrsRoo 652426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg, I always had crazy dreams, but pregnancy has made it so much worse! I've only had 2 nightmares, but they were awful. It took me an entire day to even be able to tell DH about them.<br /> Now I'm having dreams that LO will be here earlier than expected (I'm almost 35 weeks) and she looks the same in every dream- not like a baby I've ever seen, so I'm anxious to see if she looks like that in real life! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-651864 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:46:17 +0000 yourekindapretty 651864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i've always had very vivid and crazy dreams, but pregnancy has definitely made them much more interesting! around week 12 i dreamt that two men were threatening to kill my husband so i stabbed one of them to death with a pair of scissors (the worst part was that i had no remorse what so ever about what i did). i sometimes dream about holding a baby (but it's always a boy, even though i'm having a girl!) . </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-651814 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:13:35 +0000 Foodnerd81 651814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the time. For a long time they were really anxious and I would wake up with my heart racing and upset, but lately they are just weird and kind of funny-- like my friends getting married and having Journey as their wedding band. Much more vivid than usual. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-651787 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:54:37 +0000 lilteacherbee 651787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I had some crazy ones last night!!! One was where I was helping MIL pick out pregnancy tests for herself, and they were positive... Soo weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-651786 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:53:55 +0000 lemondrop 651786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mostly it was that I went to work and forgot the baby and was super stressed about forgetting to feed him. Didn't realize until he arrived that he's not that easy to forget! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-651782 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:51:47 +0000 Bookish 651782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: Weeeird!!! It freaked me out big time.</p> <p>@rahlyrah: LOL! Too funny. I had one the other night where DH and I were gettin frisky and then the dang alarm went off before anything interesting happened! DH was like 'why don't you wake me up after these dreams?!' hahaha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-651779 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:50:32 +0000 Ra 651779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookworm: Oh, the "fun" dreams! A few weeks ago, I had a "fun" dream involving Joseph Gordon Levitt (I have a weird crush on him). It was an insanely vivid dream and definitely the closest I will ever come to "fun" time with my celeb crush. However, right before we got to the good stuff I stopped everything because I didn't want to cheat on my husband! WTF?!?! Even in my dreams I have morals? Bull shit.</p> <p>I was a bitter, bitter bear after waking up from that one. What a tease! Lol. DH thought it was hilarious. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-651758 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:42:29 +0000 illumina 651758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookworm: I've had a couple of train derailing dreams! And one where I was a passenger in a car that got stuck on the train line! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-651755 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:40:15 +0000 Bookish 651755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. I've been having weeeeird crazy dreams the whole time. Some of them are fun (*winkwink*) but the scary ones are like, extra scary and it sucks! Last night I dreamed that we were driving by a train when it derailed and when I tried to call the police my phone wouldn't work. Bleggh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-651750 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:37:22 +0000 anbanan15 651750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was like @rahlyrah. I never can remember my dreams, but I could while pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-651746 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:36:39 +0000 Ra 651746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! I have never been one to remember my dreams. However, I have had some insanely vivid dreams my entire pregnancy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-651735 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:33:31 +0000 illumina 651735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, BUT I have always had pretty vivid, crazy dreams. The difference now is that in my dreams it feels like I am confronting any demons I have and trying to solve things in my life that have always been on my mind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-strange-dreamsnightmares-during-pregnancy#post-651716 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:28:06 +0000 Boheme 651716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have had the most vivid and bizarre dreams my entire pregnancy. Most of the time they have nothing to do with baby. Last night I dreamed I was still a lifeguard at the campus pool in my college town - its been about 6 years since then! - and that the loser I dated before DH was my boss. He was making me sort every pair of goggles in the lost and found bin. So weird! lol</p> <p>And then there are the nightmares... I always dream that something has happened to DH, or that I'm being chased, etc. They are terrifying and usually wake me up for a couple of hours!<br /> Has anyone else had this happen? </p>