Giving birth dreams are much more related to family and much more related to romantic partners than dreams in general. They are less related to animals, less related to insects, and much less related to unnamed people.

Dreams of giving birth are more related to happiness, more related to sadness, and more related to grief and sorrow than dreams in general. They are less related to embarrassment, less related to confusion, and much less related to fear.

Giving birth dreams are much less related to home, less related to work, and much less related to human-made places.

Giving birth dreams are much more related to friendly acts, more related to sex, and much more related to health events than dreams in general. They are much less related to aggressive acts, much less related to disasters, and much less related to eating and drinking.

Dreams of giving birth are more related to weird dreams and much more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are much less related to lucid dreams, much less related to nightmares, and less related to recurring dreams.

Dreams of giving birth are much less related to hearing, much less related to smelling, and less related to taste.

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience giving birth in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about giving birth in dreams. See how you feel about giving birth now, in your waking life.

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. Childbirth can symbolize the beginning of something new, especially something new in your life or in yourself. In the image of giving birth, you see the emergence of new creativity, new opportunity, new spirituality, new personality traits, new personal qualities, or a new relationship. See: Babies For example, a man dreams he’s in a hospital giving birth, and the doctor is an old friend and the father of the baby. Childbirth in the dream symbolizes the emergence of new qualities in himself, inspired by the old friend. That friend enjoys much success in his life because he’s hardworking and disciplined. The dreamer, wanting to be more successful, made himself become more hardworking and disciplined. The friend in the dream represents the qualities the man associates with him—that’s why the man is both the father and the doctor. The symbolism is especially obvious because a pregnant man is a huge discrepancy with reality. The immediate assumption is that giving birth in the dream is a metaphor. Dreaming about giving birth to an animal can symbolize the emergence of that animal’s qualities in yourself, especially instinctual qualities such as protecting your young and mating. But consider possibilities for metaphors, too. For example, giving birth to a full-size bear can mean that something really big is working through you, such as a big idea or plan. Giving birth to a kitten or puppy can symbolize the emergence of playfulness or innocence in yourself. See: Kittens, Puppies Giving birth to a dead baby can symbolize the phrase “dead on arrival.” It can mean that something you started got halted, such as a creative project. See: Children Dreaming about a premature birth can mean that you don’t feel ready for something. Such as when you are thrown into a situation prematurely, or more is expected than you can “deliver.” See: Miscarriages For pregnant women, giving birth in a dream can connect with related thoughts and feelings such as anticipation of the big day and fears about what could go wrong. The dream is like a dress rehearsal. See: Pregnancy In simplest terms, childbirth means “getting something out of you.” It could be something creative that you want to get out of you, but childbirth can also mean getting out thoughts, feelings or emotions. Oftentimes, you have a tremendous sense of relief after the birth. See: Caesarean sections See also: Adoptions, Babies, Caesarean sections, Caves, Children, Fathers, Fetuses, Kittens, Miscarriages, Mothers, Pregnancy, Puppies