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I've had dreams about medical catastrophes - namely doctors ignoring my history of drug/vaccine reactions and maiming me or my child by willfully doing what I've said must never be done. Which is actually my biggest fear in childbirth (though natural childbirth is my goals, I'd prefer a c-section to epi/cervidil/pitocin/whatever, because I know my body handles anesthetics well.)

My most recent one, doctors gave me pitocin because I had GD at something like 32 weeks, and they insisted the baby had to come then. And the pitocin made me go mostly blind and paralyzed me from the waist down. Fortunately, this made them realize that I wasn't exaggerating about not being able to handle drugs, and they decided that my baby didn't need the Hep B vaccine right away. I still died at the end, but I died knowing my baby escaped my fate for a little while at least.

I also had a dream about Quark from Deep Space Nine selling my child on the black market to Cardassians, because I was unconscious for a few weeks after my baby's birth (due to drug reactions). I then had to hunt down my poor mal-nourished baby (and some other babies/small children) with the help of Nog. Somehow, the warehouse (where they were also smuggling large cats and rare domestic cat breeds for some reason) was essentially my grandpa's garage. But that actually resembles my normal dreams more than the other.

I expect moving related dreams this week - we may have a house secured tomorrow, and start moving on Monday.

I've had recurring nightmares (about several random topics, but usually something tragic happening to a loved one). . . I actually woke up this weekend screaming at the top of my lungs. We were glad our neighbors didn't hear and/or call the police! *phew*

@JessLC: OMG, my dreams are EXACTLY the same as yours. High school, locker combo. Or high school / college, time to go to the next class, and I cannot find my schedule so I don't know where I'm going. It's usually the locker combo though. The funny thing is, when I wake up, I remember the combo I did have through high school (same combo for 4 years) and I repeat it into my head over and over!

The college finals one happens to me ALL the time. I'm heading into the final and I realize that not only have I not been to any classes or done any reading, but I'm not even enrolled in college!!!! But I have to take the test!!!

And the wedding thing!! I have seriously had that EXACT SAME DREAM!!! Sometimes I'm looking for something and I don't even know what it is, so I just keep looking, hoping to remember and find it.

@JumpingJacks: In the beginning, my dreams were just really vivid and through-the-looking-glass-ish. Lately, they have been so scary and horrible that when I wake up, I try to stay awake to avoid falling asleep right away and picking up where the dream left off. This past weekend was a new kind of awful though . . . if I close my eyes I can still see (and feel) it happening, and even have some residual feelings of panic. It has been a rough 6 weeks or so (between work and non-stop migraines).

@MsLipGloss: Yikes. That's too bad. Are there things you can do in your waking life to relieve the stress? Talking to someone, meditation? Sometimes it helps if I write down what is stressing me out before I go to bed.

I constantly have your number 2 dream. That exact scenario.

I also have a recurring dream about losing my teeth. This apparently means there is something going on in my life that I wish I could control but can't. Makes sense since I'm a total control freak.

@JumpingJacks: Yanno, I have never thought about writing stressors down before bed. I am going to try that, starting tonight. Thank you!

@JessLC: my mom also has dreams like that. Shell find a bathroom, but the toilet seat cover won't go up. How funny that it's such a common theme!

@mrs. wagon: FYI. I think because of this post and you replying to me I had a dream last night that I taught you how to fly! You were pretty freaked out at first... but you got the hang of it : ) Pregnancy dreams are so wacky!!

@mrs. wagon: There is no such thing as too much hellobeeing!

Hi, SleppyMonkey! I'm doing sort of a research project on this topic now, and I found that many recurring/stress related dreams relate to PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). I find it very interesting that your dreams date back to high school and college, too!