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What are pregnancy dreams about?

The DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon insights from 1,200 dream symbols in over 200,000 dreams. Let’s see what the data has to say about pregnancy dreams.

The word cloud above shows the words that are specifically associated with pregnancy dreams. These are the words that make pregnancy dreams unique compared to all other dream symbols. Just examining the graph and reading the words of pregnancy dreams can be illuminating about show pregnancy affect our dreams. Be sure to check out the example pregnancy dreams at the bottom of the page.

The circular bar chart above shows how pregnancy in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that pregnancy is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that pregnancy is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, pregnancy dreams have more health events than 99.8% of dream symbols, more romantic partners than 96.5% of dream symbols, and more family than 93.7% of dream symbols. On the other hand, pregnancy dreams have less vision than 96.8% of dream symbols, less aggressive acts than 96.6% of dream symbols, and less natural places than 96.4% of dream symbols. Notably, pregnancy dreams are sexy! Dreams of pregnancy are more related to sex than 90% of all of the other dream symbols. Sex in a dream can be great, confusing, digusting, or be just sex. It all depends on the context. Don't assume anything about dreams of pregnancy. Explore what is there. Additionally, dreams of pregnancy tend not to mention places or locations. The dream may or may not take place in varying locations. But dreams of pregnancy simply do not mention the location, places, or settings occuring within the dream. This may be for any number of reasons. Perhaps the actions of the dreams are intense. Perhaps the characters take the focus in the dreams. Also, dreams of pregnancy are family oriented. They are more related to family than 90% of all other symbols. In other words, dreaming of pregnancy will increase your chances of dreaming of a family member. Dreams help us to process our emotions and social relationships. In a certain lens, you can think of dreams as simulations of the world. This can be especially helpful for our relationships with family. Finally, dreams of pregnancy has less movement than 90% of all dream symbols. Movement in dreams is interesting. It reflects action. Things change when things move. There might be reasons why dreams of pregnancy have little movement. Every dream is unique. These are general patterns observed in an analysis of over 200,000 dreams. This analysis is a tool to help you make sense of your dreams. It is best to look at the differences. See how your dream of pregnancy is different than dreams of pregnancy in general.

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of dreams have pregnancy

How common are pregnancy dreams?

2.3% of dreams have the pregnancy symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 45 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively common.

Identification

How are pregnancy dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like pregnant, new born, c-section, etc. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols events and health events.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of pregnancy?

Pregnancy dreams are notable because they have substantially more giving birth, fetuses, pregnancy tests, caesarean sections, abortions, miscarriages, emaciation, uteruses, babies, menstruation, people's ages than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of pregnancy?

Pregnancy dreams are notable because they have substantially less accomplices, Kuwait, Kenya, kayaks, jury members, jackals, Israel, Iran, indigo, Iceland, Laos than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into pregnancy dreams

Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in pregnancy dreams.

Who is in dreams of pregnancy?

Who is in dreams of pregnancy?

Dreams of pregnancy 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 less related to unnamed people.

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What are the emotions in dreams of pregnancy?

What are the emotions in dreams of pregnancy?

Dreams of pregnancy are more related to happiness, more related to grief and sorrow, and more related to love than dreams in general. They are less related to embarrassment, less related to confusion, and less related to fear.

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Where do dreams of pregnancy take place?

Where do dreams of pregnancy take place?

Dreams of pregnancy are less related to home, much less related to human-made places, and much less related to transportation.

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What happens in dreams of pregnancy?

What happens in dreams of pregnancy?

Dreams of pregnancy are much more related to sex and much more related to health events than dreams in general. They are much less related to aggressive acts, less related to friendly acts, and much less related to disasters.

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How do dreams of pregnancy related to the type of dream it is?

How do dreams of pregnancy related to the type of dream it is?

Pregnancy dreams are more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are much less related to lucid dreams, less related to nightmares, and less related to recurring dreams.

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How do dreams of pregnancy related the senses?

How do dreams of pregnancy related the senses?

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

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How can you make sense of pregnancy in dreams?

Pregnancy dreams are relatively common. Among other things pregnancy dreams are sexual, lack places or locations, family oriented, and lacking movement. Do you think this is true for your dream of pregnancy? How might your dream of pregnancy be different?

All dreams have meaning

All dreams have meaning

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.

Look for the differences

Look for the differences

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

Return to the feelings

Return to the feelings

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 pregnancy in dreams. See how you feel about pregnancy now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of pregnancy dreams

An interpretation of pregnancy dreams

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. Pregnancy in a dream can mean that something new about you is brewing, developing, growing. A new part of your personality or character is getting ready to emerge, but for the moment it’s still gestating in the unconscious mind. See: Giving birth, Unconscious minds It can mean you have a new project or idea, something you might refer to as “my baby.” You might be pregnant with an idea or a feeling, or a situation is “pregnant with possibilities.” Children are creations, so being pregnant in a dream can mean you are creating something. See: Children For example, a woman dreams that she’s pregnant with five babies, symbolizing five projects she was given for a work-study program. She refers to them as “my babies.” See: Babies Being pregnant can mean there’s something you need to get out of you. If the baby feels heavy, it can symbolize the feeling of being weighed down. Pregnancy can mean you are anticipating something important. Pregnancy is referred to as “anticipating,” and the dream uses anticipating a baby to symbolize the importance of something, or high level of anticipation. Men dream about being pregnant. See: Giving birth Dreaming about being pregnant with your ex’s baby can mean something from the relationship is still inside you. If you dream your ex is pregnant with your baby, it carries the same idea. You left a part of yourself behind with that person. See: Former partners A pregnancy dream can mean you are working through personal issues before getting pregnant. The dream is preparing you by showing what needs to be done ahead of time, such as getting your finances in order, preparing your body, finding the right mate, judging whether a relationship is ready to handle a pregnancy, and addressing fears. In this sense, a dream can be like a simulation. It runs through scenarios to help you think about pregnancy, and it can ask, “What if?” For example, what if you really were pregnant? How would you react? See: Babies A positive pregnancy test can indicate positive prospects or feelings about pregnancy. The time is right, conditions are good. It can mean “stay positive,” especially if you’ve been trying for a while to get pregnant. In rare cases, a positive pregnancy test in a dream can foretell you will imminently be pregnant. On the other hand, a negative pregnancy test can indicate negative feelings or prospects. The time is wrong, conditions are bad. But remember that dreams associate between ideas, and a pregnancy test in a dream might have nothing to do with pregnancy. Instead, it can be used to indicate positive or negative feelings or prospects. Dreams are very creative with the ways they use associations to create symbolism. For example, a teenage female dreams that she’s pregnant and immediately worries about how she’ll tell her family. She feels that she’s done something terribly wrong but doesn’t remember doing anything to get pregnant. The situation connects with the feeling of being blamed for things she doesn’t do. Her parents constantly guilt-trip her. Along a similar line, being pregnant can symbolize a worst-case scenario come true. Finally, consider the obvious. If you are female, sexually active, and able to conceive, a dream about being pregnant might mean you are or soon will be pregnant. See also: Abortions, Babies, Children, Giving birth, Former partners, Family, Fetuses, Miscarriages, Unconscious minds, Tests

Examples of dreams of pregnancy

Reading dreams is one of the best ways to understand dream symbols. Even though the DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon data, it is grounded in the experience of reading thousands upon thousands of dreams. We invite you to read examples of pregnancy dreams for yourself. These dreams are actual dreams people have had. As result, they may contain racist, sexist, violent, or otherwise offense language and imagery. This can be true even for pregnancy dreams. Read at your own risk.

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