The Dream?

Well, after having 4 babies and paying close attention to my dreams that have proceeded their births I know enough to not discount any of them. Although since noticing distinct patterns this baby has proven to keep us guessing so after my dream this morning we are left wondering if we will be welcoming another son in a week or two.

With all the other kids I dreamt about the opposite sex from what they were during my pregnancies, then had none for about a month before they were due and then dreamt of them 1 - 2 weeks to the day before they were born.

With Kain and Gage it was one week to the day that I finally dreamt of boys for the first time during their pregnancies. With Kain I took such a notice in my dreams that 1 week before Gage's birth I woke up and told Dave, "I think we are having a boy next Tuesday" and sure enough we did!

With Aubriel my dreams of baby boys took about a month off as usual but then three weeks before her birth I did dream of a boy once more but then the next week I dreamt of her birth exactly how it happened right down to her round little cheeks. So two weeks to the day later from that dream she was born. Not sure why my home births were 2 weeks to the day and my hospital births were 1 week to the day, perhaps baby was giving us more time to prepare.

Then with Brody it happened again but with the opposite twist. After my dreams of baby girls took a month off I dreamt of a boy. I remember waking that morning and telling Dave we maybe having a boy in two weeks but he said we couldn't since it would be a Sunday and football was on. Well, being Dave's son I suppose he came in the early hours before football was on. But for the first time I continued to have dreams of girls after "the" dream which had never happened with the other kids. With the others I once I had "the" dream I simply waited their arrival.

Now of course with this baby I have not dreamt about boys or girls any more, it has actually been every other and completely even (4 dreams of each I believe, yes, I have been writing them down). Last month although I did not dream of the baby at all I did have a dream that told me I would have "the" dream on Monday. Well, here it is Monday morning and I awoke to a dream that Dave and I were trying to figure out how we wanted to spell one of our boy names. There was no baby in the dream yet so it makes me wonder if this could be "the" dream we have been waiting for but I would not be surprised if after changing Brody's name once he was born if this baby wants us to be SURE of their name before they are born!

So I suppose I will wait and see if I have any more dreams of the baby or not and see if we do welcome a little boy on the 12th or the 19th!