Pregnant after 40

(I also posted this under Pregnant after TTC, but both boards seem a little quiet lately, so figured I'd double my odds for getting some advice/input).

Okay...as I said in the other post not sure if I should be posting this here or under a board titled "pregnancy symptom no one tells you about or am I losing my marbles?"

So about ten minutes ago, I'm sitting here at my computer and all of a sudden every dream I've ever had (it seemed) came rushing to me one after the other all at once. It was literally like all my dreams just threw up in my mind. It lasted about 3-5 minutes. Has NEVER happened before. I was even having trouble differentiating if some were dreams or real memories. I'm realizing now, that the "memories" were just memories of my more repetitive dreams that I don't consciously think about/remember during the day, but I dream enough that they become familiar when I'm dreaming them. They are/were so abstract that I can't even remember any of them now that the episode has passed.

It kind of started as a deja vu thing, and then one memory of a dream just sparred on another and soon they were all tumbling out. I should have started typing them since I was sitting here at my computer, but I was busy trying to make sense if I was having "real" memories of actual events or not....I know now I wasn't, since I can't remember a darn thing. I guess it's almost like I had a rush of waking dreams??? Does that even make sense?

I woke up about 2 hours ago, but didn't actually get out of bed until about an hour ago.

Really hope to get some insight here...hoping this is one of those pregnancy symptoms no one tells you about....and I'm not losing it.

This is really embarrassing. The only thing I've found on the internet about this is some form of epilepsy that has nothing to do with pregnancy, but it comes with nausea after the flashbacks happen, which I didn't get. Has anyone experienced/heard of anything like this? The feelings/memories were very powerful. Almost a waking dream state if you will. Had to put my head in my hands after awhile until it passed.

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Hey there.  I've had a crazy, busy week so I'm sorry for such a late response...  I've never heard of what you experienced.  And I must say, I'm intrigued!  It doesn't seem like a pregnancy symptom to me, but I'm not basing that on anything other than my (very) humble opinion.  : )  I can see how remembering your dreams could be both enjoyable and disturbing at the same time.  Maybe ask your doc about it -- even if it's not anything related to your pregnancy, s/he may know something more about it.  Good luck and please keep us posted.

   

  

Sounds pretty cool, actually!

Maybe you're tapping in to some awesome inner-spiritual energy there!

I always remember my dreams in vivid detail and have been lucid-dreaming since I was a child, so I'm all about the significance of dreams.

The brain is an incredible thing, and every experience that we have ever had since we were little is still inside there, it's just that not everyone can access all of them at all times.

Pregnancy causes all sorts of interesting (and miraculous) things to happen within us, so I  wouldn't be surprised if this thing was triggered by the pregnancy.

It's probably a rare, once-in -a-lifetime thing, so I would think of it as a gift--pretty neat, IMO!

Thanks for the feedback ladies!

I've come down from the freak out I was having when I posted (right smack after it happened). It hasn't happened since, but I do have to say that my dreams for the past few weeks have been more epic in nature. VERY vivid, lots of adventure to them (sometimes good, sometimes bad) all kinds of random people from my past making appearances, some that make sense, some that I wonder why because I haven't thought of the person in years. And I remember hardly anything when I wake up, other than I was quite busy in my dreams. So I guess my brain was in overload and took that particular moment to throw it up all back at me..ha!

If it happens again, I'm grabbing the nearest paper and pen/pencil and will start recording what I can.

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Hi, I am on the board with a question and noticed your post.

During my last pregnancy, I had very vivid dreams. (Come to think of it, the last few days, I have been having very vivid dreams. Hmmm Well, I am going to take an HPT either in a couple of hours or tomorrow morning.) I think your vivid dreams are normal, but all at once and awake is very different. I would mention it on your next check up.

Take care and be careful

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