Sleep Deprived Dreams

staciemc

I can't even tell you how many times this has happened to me:

I wake up and have a mental freak out moment when I think that I have DS in bed with me (we do not and will not bed share) and that I am holding him but he is suffocating under the covers. Then I sit and think, "what am I doing holding him in bed with me...was I nursing him? Is he crying?" and a million different scenarios go through my mind before I realize that, no, I am not holding him. He is asleep in his room and I need to stop freaking out.

It is really starting to bother me! I had it a lot more a few weeks pp, with those lovely night sweats. Now it is coming back and I hate this dream!

Anyone else having weird hormonal pp dreams? 

Vieve831

I have recurring dreams that I have been out and about all day and totally forgot about LO. Sometimes in my dream I remember "OMG I left him at home", or in the car, or something like that. Then I think he's probably starving because I haven't fed him all day. Not fun dreams.

dpeugh85

staciemc:

I can't even tell you how many times this has happened to me:

I wake up and have a mental freak out moment when I think that I have DS in bed with me (we do not and will not bed share) and that I am holding him but he is suffocating under the covers. Then I sit and think, "what am I doing holding him in bed with me...was I nursing him? Is he crying?" and a million different scenarios go through my mind before I realize that, no, I am not holding him. He is asleep in his room and I need to stop freaking out. 

Holy shiznit I have this exact same freakout.  I don't have it near as often now that DS is sleeping longer stretches at night, but when he was a NB and up all the time I constantly had this melt down.  It's really scary for a minute until reality sets back in.  I normally wake up SO frantically patting the comforter to make sure LO isn't in bed with us.  Sooooo freaky....que scary music ---

Magriet

I've had the just-suffocated-my-baby dream, and always wake up tearing off the sheets and blankets to find him, although he has never slept with us and I don't feed him in our bed.  They have stopped about three weeks after birth and I haven't had them back, thankfully.  I just have other random dreams now but almost never about my LO.

Kristily

I have the same dreams! I wake up and freak out thinking I'm holding DS and fell asleep. Then I realize that he is in his crib and I calm down. I fell asleep feeding him when he was a few days old and I woke up and freaked out. I think I have bad dreams because of that one time. Ugh, When will they stop? I don't bed share and won't either. I am a very hard sleeper and it would be very bad! Back in high school the fire alarm went off in my house and I didn't even wake up! Freaky! Good thing I have mom ears now!

TomsShugShug

I have had a very similar dream, but only once a few weeks pp. I sleep holding my pillow, almost like spooning it, and I woke up and thought it was LO and she was somehow inside the pillow case and I couldn'lt find the openin of the pillow case to get her face uncovered. I completely freaked out until I fully woke up and realized what I was doing. Super weird. I also have dreams alot about mundane everyday activities and the next day can't remember if I really did/said those things or if I dreamt about it. Really confuses me.