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Pregnancy + Nightmares

August 1, 2016

This pregnancy has been fun. It is officially the only pregnancy during which I experienced any of the notorious (non food related) strange pregnancy symptoms. It actually seems that I didn’t dodge them the first two times at all, I was just bottling them all up to ransack my brain and body with baby #3.

I have all of the obvious complaints; I pee 200 times a day, almost all foods result in esophageal burns via heartburn, and those damn Olympics videos make me bawl. You know the ones I’m talking about, the ones the olympians make for their moms. I’m always pregnant during election/summer olympic years. Those commercials get me every time.

Pregnancy and Nightmares

But worst of all, I have chronic nightmares. It’s basically like reverting back to being a five year old. They’re almost always about my poor husband, who takes it all in stride and let’s me yell at him for things that he didn’t do in real life when I wake up. I suppose it could be worse, I don’t have terrifying dreams about the health of the baby or labor (which I read is most common) so that’s a relief.

Pregnancy and Nightmares

Apparently, it is extremely common for pregnant women to have vivid dreams and nightmares. Hormones and stress and all that science-y nonsense. It never bothered me before. And until pregnancy #3 actually occurred I might have considered myself something of an expert when it came to my own body and pregnancy. Now I can’t help but laugh for thinking such a thing… Know my own body?! The one that I have lived inside for 26 years?! What a joke. 😉

My doctor has chalked it up to… wait for it… my age. As if I wasn’t already terrified of the aging process, it’s been extra fun to witness it in such potent measure. Being pregnant between 19-22 is a breeze, people. Apparently 4 years is a long time in uterus years. eye roll. As a very young pregnant woman I used to almost scoff at the common pregnancy complaints that I heard. Karma has come for me my friends, by attacking my very favorite thing…my sleep.

It’s kind of starting to spill over into insomnia, and then being really tired or emotional during the day. I’m usually the type of girl who is quick to make a sassy remark or feisty comment…now I’m just quick to cry. I don’t know if that’s the pregnancy or the exhaustion, because I always cry when I’m overtired (pregnant or not.) Either way…I have nightmares and they’re making me weepy. haha.

Pregnancy and Nightmares

Honestly, I stay up until 3 or 4 am each day waiting for my husband to get home from work. #nightshiftstruggle Sometimes, he brings me a McFlurry. 😉 At least this baby is letting me consume coffee now, so maybe it’s all fair? No, no I don’t think so. Sometimes I make one of my kids sleep with me. They don’t seem to mind. They also sleep later in the morning when they sleep in my bed…I don’t know why.

Ah well, such is life and we’re coming up on just about 100 days left! I should really probably start preparing sometime soon. 😉

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Comments

  1. Georgiana says

    August 1, 2016 at 12:20 pm

    Nightmares are no fun! I don’t remember having that as a symptom. Hopefully that comes to an end for you soon!

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 10:37 pm

      It was never a symptom for me either until #3! Each pregnancy is different, they say!

  2. Georgiana says

    August 1, 2016 at 12:20 pm

    Nightmares are no fun! I don’t remember having that as a symptom. Hopefully that comes to an end for you soon!

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 10:37 pm

      It was never a symptom for me either until #3! Each pregnancy is different, they say!

  3. linda spiker says

    August 1, 2016 at 12:28 pm

    I can
    t remember if I had nightmares while pregnant. I do remember having a recurring dream that my teeth were crumbling and falling out of my mouth!

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 10:38 pm

      oh my! I feel like I’ve heard that is actually a common dream to have.

  4. linda spiker says

    August 1, 2016 at 12:28 pm

    I can
    t remember if I had nightmares while pregnant. I do remember having a recurring dream that my teeth were crumbling and falling out of my mouth!

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 10:38 pm

      oh my! I feel like I’ve heard that is actually a common dream to have.

  5. Emily Kib says

    August 1, 2016 at 12:53 pm

    I’ve never been pregnant but I can imagine how difficult it must be to not be getting a good nights sleep on top of everything else you’re having to deal with! Hope you get some good rest soon!

  6. Emily Kib says

    August 1, 2016 at 12:53 pm

    I’ve never been pregnant but I can imagine how difficult it must be to not be getting a good nights sleep on top of everything else you’re having to deal with! Hope you get some good rest soon!

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 10:38 pm

      haha, thanks Emily! In the past I had never had this problem, this new baby is just a trouble maker. 😉

  7. Elizabeth Johnson says

    August 1, 2016 at 1:53 pm

    I know that struggle very well. Horrible nightmares that wake you up in a panic and/or sweat and you are exhausted so all you want to do is go back to sleep but the moment you close your eyes the nightmare begins again. 🙁 I do a couple of things to try and help when the nightmare comes: pray (A LOT), read (but most of the time it makes me even more tired), and after those two things I turn on Friends. haha believe it or not it helps distract me and get my mental state in a place as far from my nightmare as possible. I truly hope the nightmares let up and you are able to enjoy peaceful sleep!

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 10:39 pm

      Aw, wow. Thanks for the tips! Its certainly not a problem that Ive ever had as an adult until now, so its been really strange. Glad to know I’m not alone!

  8. Elizabeth Johnson says

    August 1, 2016 at 1:53 pm

    I know that struggle very well. Horrible nightmares that wake you up in a panic and/or sweat and you are exhausted so all you want to do is go back to sleep but the moment you close your eyes the nightmare begins again. 🙁 I do a couple of things to try and help when the nightmare comes: pray (A LOT), read (but most of the time it makes me even more tired), and after those two things I turn on Friends. haha believe it or not it helps distract me and get my mental state in a place as far from my nightmare as possible. I truly hope the nightmares let up and you are able to enjoy peaceful sleep!

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 10:39 pm

      Aw, wow. Thanks for the tips! Its certainly not a problem that Ive ever had as an adult until now, so its been really strange. Glad to know I’m not alone!

  9. Amy Ledyard says

    August 1, 2016 at 2:10 pm

    I had some crrrraaazzzzyyyy dreams with my first, but this one is giving me a break….so far. I still have about 10 weeks left, so tonight I’ll probably have the worst dream ever. Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy!

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 10:40 pm

      haha. I hope you dodged that dream last night? 10 weeks to go?! Youll beat me! Im not due until November. Congrats! What are you having?

      • Amy Ledyard says

        August 2, 2016 at 11:29 pm

        Not so much. I dreamed i was fighting a fire (no idea) in my parents’ flower garden. Very weird. And yes! I’m due early October, but we’re waiting to be surprised. Congrats to you, too! Exciting times. ?

  10. Amy Ledyard says

    August 1, 2016 at 2:10 pm

    I had some crrrraaazzzzyyyy dreams with my first, but this one is giving me a break….so far. I still have about 10 weeks left, so tonight I’ll probably have the worst dream ever. Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy!

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 10:40 pm

      haha. I hope you dodged that dream last night? 10 weeks to go?! Youll beat me! Im not due until November. Congrats! What are you having?

      • Amy Ledyard says

        August 2, 2016 at 11:29 pm

        Not so much. I dreamed i was fighting a fire (no idea) in my parents’ flower garden. Very weird. And yes! I’m due early October, but we’re waiting to be surprised. Congrats to you, too! Exciting times. ?

  11. Rachel @ STCL says

    August 1, 2016 at 4:56 pm

    That doesn’t sound fun at all! I deal with some crazy dreams/nightmares, I can’t imagine how much more intense they’d be pregnant! Hopefully they get better soon!

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 10:41 pm

      I don’t usually have a problem with them at all, so its been real weird! Im sorry that you deal with it on a regular basis, its stressful! Thank you!

  12. Rachel @ STCL says

    August 1, 2016 at 4:56 pm

    That doesn’t sound fun at all! I deal with some crazy dreams/nightmares, I can’t imagine how much more intense they’d be pregnant! Hopefully they get better soon!

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 10:41 pm

      I don’t usually have a problem with them at all, so its been real weird! Im sorry that you deal with it on a regular basis, its stressful! Thank you!

  13. Kelsie Kleinmeyer says

    August 1, 2016 at 6:59 pm

    I love that you get McFlurries to help- YUM. Sorry about the nightmares. I cry about the Olympic commercials too haha!

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 10:42 pm

      haha, the mcflurries definitely help! 😉 And those dang commercials…they have to make most people cry.

  14. Kelsie Kleinmeyer says

    August 1, 2016 at 6:59 pm

    I love that you get McFlurries to help- YUM. Sorry about the nightmares. I cry about the Olympic commercials too haha!

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 10:42 pm

      haha, the mcflurries definitely help! 😉 And those dang commercials…they have to make most people cry.

  15. Shann Eva says

    August 1, 2016 at 10:12 pm

    Awe. I hope the rest of the pregnancy goes by fast and with less nightmares. I don’t remember having very many dreams during my pregnancies, but I was super sick with both of them…and the peeing, of course.

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 10:43 pm

      Thanks Shann. I didn’t have this problem with either of my other pregnancies. Most of my symptoms have been bottling themselves up for #3, hopefully its no indication of how my delivery will be. haha!

  16. Shann Eva says

    August 1, 2016 at 10:12 pm

    Awe. I hope the rest of the pregnancy goes by fast and with less nightmares. I don’t remember having very many dreams during my pregnancies, but I was super sick with both of them…and the peeing, of course.

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 10:43 pm

      Thanks Shann. I didn’t have this problem with either of my other pregnancies. Most of my symptoms have been bottling themselves up for #3, hopefully its no indication of how my delivery will be. haha!

  17. Justine Y says

    August 2, 2016 at 3:33 am

    I get the weirdest dreams when I’m pregnant too, it’s so bizarre to me! And yes, it’s amazing how much “harder” my last pregnancy (at age 29) was compared to my first at age 24! You wouldn’t think 5 years would make that big of a difference but apparently…

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 11:10 pm

      Oh good, Im not the only one! Its SO weird how big of a difference age makes, right?! And my dreams/nightmares are so vivid and I remember them so well when I wake, also super weird.

  18. Justine Y says

    August 2, 2016 at 3:33 am

    I get the weirdest dreams when I’m pregnant too, it’s so bizarre to me! And yes, it’s amazing how much “harder” my last pregnancy (at age 29) was compared to my first at age 24! You wouldn’t think 5 years would make that big of a difference but apparently…

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 11:10 pm

      Oh good, Im not the only one! Its SO weird how big of a difference age makes, right?! And my dreams/nightmares are so vivid and I remember them so well when I wake, also super weird.

  19. ClaireC. says

    August 2, 2016 at 10:14 am

    YES I had the weirdest, most vivid, dreams with both pregnancies!

  20. ClaireC. says

    August 2, 2016 at 10:14 am

    YES I had the weirdest, most vivid, dreams with both pregnancies!

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 11:10 pm

      haha. Good to know that Im not the only one Claire!

  21. Lindsay Katherine says

    August 2, 2016 at 11:48 am

    How far along are you?? I’m 15 weeks, and before pregnancy, I had a strange sleep disorder prior to pregnancy, but it’s definitely heightened with this pregnancy!

  22. Lindsay Katherine says

    August 2, 2016 at 11:48 am

    How far along are you?? I’m 15 weeks, and before pregnancy, I had a strange sleep disorder prior to pregnancy, but it’s definitely heightened with this pregnancy!

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 11:10 pm

      25 weeks on Friday. So you’re have weird dreams too?!

  23. Cara Owens-Kindly Unspoken says

    August 2, 2016 at 12:08 pm

    Ugh, hope you’re able to start getting better rest soon. Nightmares are the worst and especially when you’re pregnant and emotional. Mcflurries do help, though-haha 😉

  24. Cara Owens-Kindly Unspoken says

    August 2, 2016 at 12:08 pm

    Ugh, hope you’re able to start getting better rest soon. Nightmares are the worst and especially when you’re pregnant and emotional. Mcflurries do help, though-haha 😉

  25. Maintaining Me says

    August 2, 2016 at 1:04 pm

    I remember my dreams during pregnancy being so vivid!

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 11:11 pm

      yep! Definitely how it’s going for me this time as well!

  26. Maintaining Me says

    August 2, 2016 at 1:04 pm

    I remember my dreams during pregnancy being so vivid!

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 11:11 pm

      yep! Definitely how it’s going for me this time as well!

  27. Susannah says

    August 2, 2016 at 2:49 pm

    I had SUCH weird dreams while pregnant too! Here’s to hoping they calm down for you soon! <3

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 11:12 pm

      I’m so relived to see that it’s so common! I was lucky the first two times i guess! Thank you, Susannah.

  28. Susannah says

    August 2, 2016 at 2:49 pm

    I had SUCH weird dreams while pregnant too! Here’s to hoping they calm down for you soon! <3

    • Amanda Rinehart says

      August 2, 2016 at 11:12 pm

      I’m so relived to see that it’s so common! I was lucky the first two times i guess! Thank you, Susannah.

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