The pregnancy, labor and birth process are very common in dreams, even if you aren’t pregnant or trying to get pregnant, because a good deal of life is spent laboring on new things: a degree, a new job, a cool project, inventions, even a new way of behaving. Below is an example of a pregnancy and birth dream and how this type of dream not only reflects but also encourages the creative process and a good work (labor) ethic…

I dreamed last night I was in labor and found out I was almost ready to give birth to a seahorse! My dear friend was sitting in a glass room there for support and a woman was saying it was time to deliver then I woke up.   – Kimberly 43, Myrtle Beach, SC

Lauri:  This is an adorable dream! It seems to suggest that you are on the verge of bringing something new into your life… something that, like a baby, needs lots of your focus and care. The seahorse is a clue as to what it is. Seahorses live in the water so that tells us this could be an emotional or creative project as water tends to symbolize our emotions as well as our creative flow. Horses are typically about getting back in the saddle after life knocks you down. Any creative endeavor about to happen that has allowed you to pick yourself up and dust yourself off? I think it is especially interesting that at the end of the dream you are told it’s time to deliver. Whatever you are told in a dream is super important because it is really what YOU are telling yourself. “Time to deliver, girl!” Time to put up or shut up, as they say. Bring forth what you have been developing and deliver it to the world.

Kimberly replies: I have had many projects lately that are on the brink of happening. Plus I have been really working on myself altogether from Yoga to meditation. My mind has been so much clearer ever since I started going to yoga class and my whole life is starting to be showing the rewards.  I just had an offer to do a line of clothing. So much is happening and I am loving how creative I am feeling.

Like Kimberly, we can sometimes give birth to creatures in dreams… even strange items! Whatever it is you birth in a dream will be symbolic as to what new thing is happening in your life.

The message of pregnancy and birth dreams: There is a new development in your life or a wonderful idea has been conceived and you are now in the process of bringing it to life.  How far along you are in the dream is connected to how far along you are with this growing and developing issue.  If you have given birth your hard work has paid off but that does not mean you are done.  It is only the ending of one chapter so a new one can begin.

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Film and television often use this “layered dream sequencing” in their story lines to give their audience a good laugh. One of my favorite examples of it is from a Simpson’s episode where Lisa is trying out for first chair in the school band. Her competition is really tough so she overly exerts herself and passes out:

I wasn’t able to find a clip of it. Sorry. But a more recent example of this, which I did find a clip of, was in an episode of The Big Bang Theory…

So, what the heck does it mean when this happens? What causes our subconscious mind to do the time warp?? Well, I have researched this quite a bit and what I have found is that it’s not so much the loop that holds meaning but rather the waking up.  Below is a great example of this. It is from my nationally syndicated newspaper column The Dream Zone…

Dear Lauri,
I had one of those dreams in a dream. In my dream I was fixing a video game and woke up to find out I was pregnant… twice, but not wanting either baby.  Then I woke up for real.
– Staci 29, Gloucester, VA

Lauri:  What have you been trying to fix or repair in real life? A relationship? A friendship? A difficult situation? The video game suggests it might be a situation where someone is playing head games with you! You then wake up to find you are pregnant. Waking up in a dream means you have recently “woken up” to a certain reality and now need to deal with it. Your reality is being shown to you in the form of an unwanted pregnancy, which means something unwanted is beginning to develop in your life… in fact 2 unwanted developments are beginning to take shape it seems.

Staci replies:  I’ve been trying to fix/repair a friendship with my son’s father. I don’t put much effort into it because I’m not sure he wants it or is just laughing at me. I’ve recently “woken up” to the idea that I don’t need his friendship and although it hurts, there’s nothing I can do about it. I literally realized this yesterday! I think the unwanted pregnancies are: his new girlfriend wanting to be a part of the picture (I don’t want her to be anywhere near or in it) and the realization that I’ve got to wholly let any idea of a relationship with him go.  It’s neat that something so trivial can project something so big in a dream.

Lauri:  It’s not trivial. Your emotions are real and valid and your dream is helping you with that by showing you the unwanted developments in the form of pregnancies to let you know that this can actually result in a “new birth” for you, a brand new life once you can fully let go.

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Every Wednesday I get to dissect a sex or relationship dream for my friends at

I’m female, single, and very NOT pregnant, but I recently had a dream in which I had just told the guy I’ve been seeing that I’m pregnant. We haven’t discussed being exclusive, but I haven’t been with anyone else since I met him two months ago. Anyways, I’m at his place when I tell him I’m pregnant and clearly recall that he immediately tells me that he won’t have sex with me anymore because I’m too “delicate” and “fragile.” I get upset and start to argue with him but he won’t let me get upset so he hugs and cuddles me to calm me and keeps whispering over and over again that I’m “delicate” and “fragile.” Sorry there was no sex in this dream, but it’s been preying on my mind. Thanks for the help! – Nina

Lauri: Dreams of pregnancy are very common, even when you aren’t hankerin’ for a hunk of bun in your oven. What it means is that something new is emerging in your life or within you. Seems to me that the idea of becoming exclusive with this guy is what is “growing inside of you.” Through this dream you are going through a dress rehearsal — so to speak — to see how it might go should you bring the idea of exclusivity up to him.

The dream takes place at his place because his place represents his mindset. You are wanting to get in there and see if he would be open to the idea you are pregnant with. He says he won’t have sex with you anymore because you are afraid he will not… ahem… “come together with you” on this idea. When he tells you that you are too delicate and fragile, it is really you telling yourself this. It’s not that you are too fragile to have sex, but perhaps too fragile to be turned down, which is why you argue in the dream. It is an argument with yourself whether you should bring the idea up or not. Just as he hugs you in the dream, you’d love for him to embrace this idea. I don’t think the dream is telling you not to do it, I believe it is letting you know that this is what you want — and warning you that if you do bring it up and he’s not hip to exclusivity, it might be a crushing blow… so be prepared.

Nina replies:  First, I have to thank your for your time and expertise in providing me an analysis. Second, wow.  I’m amazed at the ease and clarity with which you intepret the symbols and circumstances of my dream. Your interpretation hit all the notes of the my ponderings with this possible “relationship” and have subsequently brought my thoughts to focus. I am truly impressed and think it wonderful that you share your skills so generously.  Again, my sincere thanks.

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