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Can Pregnancy Dreams Predict the Sex of Your Baby?
Many of you know that your dreams during pregnancy can get a little wacky. I forgot about this side effect of pregnancy until I became pregnant for the second time and starting having some really weird dreams – like “a giant spider turns into the kidnapper from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and tries to become my best friend” weird.
I know that hearing about other people’s dreams is not the most exciting thing. I, for one, have been known to sigh and roll my eyes when people ask me if I want to hear about their dreams from the night before. That said, you’ve got to hear about my dreams! I am convinced that my pregnancy dreams have predicted the sex of my babies.
First Pregnancy Dreams
When I was pregnant with my first child, I had very vivid dreams. And in every one of them the baby I was carrying was a boy.
Dream #1: We found out the baby was a boy during the ultrasound. He smiled at us and, surprisingly, had a full mouth of braces.
Dream #2: I bought a bunch of girl clothes before the baby was born. Cut to a year later, my husband is fussing at me for dressing our son in all of the girl clothes.
Dream #3: What we thought was a third leg was actually an abnormally large baby penis. The doctor marveled at its size.
The verdict? When my husband and I went for the anatomy scan, I felt in my heart of hearts that I was carrying a boy. Before the ultrasound tech even announced the sex, I said, “It’s a boy, right?” I honestly felt like my dreams were my subconscious telling me what to expect. My dreams were right. I delivered a little boy in 2013 and there’s lots of things to love about being a boy mom.
Second Pregnancy Dreaming
I am now in the third trimester with my second child. I didn’t dream about the sex of this baby until late into the first trimester.
Dream #1: I was at the hospital walking up and down the hall with my husband a day after giving birth. We were discussing names for the baby. They were all girl names. When we arrived at the nursery to look at our baby, we picked up a beautiful baby girl who smiled up at us with the most jacked up set of teeth we’d ever seen. Then we started wondering if there was such a thing as orthodontists for babies. (What is it with my “babies with braces” dreams???)
Dream #2: In my second dream, I was shopping with my daughter, who just happened to be Madeline from the children’s book series.
So, did my dreams predict the sex of the baby the second time? Yes! A blood test and an ultrasound confirmed that we are expecting a baby girl this fall!
Just Another Old Wives’ Tale?
Maybe this is just a bunch of hogwash. Maybe it is just a coincidence that my dreams were accurate. Or maybe the little babies growing inside of me were telling me something. All I know is that if I get pregnant a third time and my dreams once again predict the sex of the baby, I will be convinced that it is a scientific fact that your dream can predict whether you are having a boy or a girl. And you will not be able to persuade me otherwise.
Both times I was pregnant, I also had very vivid dreams about the sex of my babies that turned out to be right. Pretty neat I think!
I had 3 dreams in my first trimester that I was having a girl, and my daughter was born this year! I had dreams that I was having a boy during my first pregnancy which ended in miscarriage.
I had only one pregnancy and I don’t remember if my dreams predicted the sex of my baby. However, I do believe that dreams can foretell the future.
Both times I was pregnant I also had very vivid dreams that correctly predicted the sex of my babies!
I had dreams of a baby girl before I ever even got pregnant. Once I was pregnant I thought for sure it must be a girl because of my reoccuring dream! Come to find out at my ultrasound, it’s a boy! Even since I have found out it’s a boy (very obviously a boy in ultrasound pics) I am still having dreams of a baby girl!! I’m confused!! Lol.
With both my pregnancies I had 2 dreams where I was holding my baby girl, the second dream, the baby girl vanished and I miscarried at 10 weeks. These dreams happened at 4-5 weeks pregnant. The night before last, had a dream I was holding a baby boy. Seeing as last two pregnancy dreams came true, I don’t see why I should doubt this one. Although, I’m on the pill and it seems highly unlikely.
This is my first pregnancy! I’ve had 2 dreams of having a baby boy, so I’m convinced that I am! I won’t find out what I’m having until June 4th, but we decided to have a gender on June 9th! Hopefully, my dreams are predicting the right thing! Fingers crossed!! lol
I had a very vivid dream that I was 8 months pregnant prior to finding out that I was pregnant. The dream is what made me take a test and I found out just before my missed period. Around 15 weeks I had a dream I was in labour and had a baby girl. I found out at 21 weeks I am in fact having a girl. I firmly believe your dreams can be a way of your body and subconscious telling you something it already knows.
Okay when I was pregnant with my son I had dream of a baby gurl but with this pregnancy I’ve been having dreams of a boy so I’m so confused I really want a baby girl with this pregnancy bc my husband wants to get fixed after
Did you find out what you were having?
Yep! My dreams were right with both pregnancies. 🙂
I was having dreams about having twins and that they would be boys. I always wanted a boy so I put it down to my mind making things up. Turns out I was pregnant 10 weeks with twin boys! What a suprise.