Have you had nightmares about your children?

Only a handful. But I can vividly remember them all and they still shake me up years later.

@Alanna yes, it's crazy how they get seared into your memory. I had one about my oldest probably 7 years ago and still remember it vividly

When i was pregnant with my first I kept on having nightmares that my SD would come into my room at night and stab me to death in my sleep. 😬 it got so bad that when I had them I locked my bedroom door at night.( husband was on deployment my whole first pregnancy so it was just me and the SK when i had them)

Frequently! I had an awful dream that we were broken into a few weeks ago when my husband was away with work and the men did unthinkable things to me and then kidnapped my daughter. I tend to have them if I’m alone with my daughter for a period of time without my husband. Maybe it’s the added stress of being protector too 🤷🏻‍♀️

@Brianna oh that sounds awful. I'm sorry 😞. I definitely sleep a lot worse and have more bad dreams when my husband isn't here.

@Em ✨ I think you're right about being the protector. It's a lot of pressure. It wasn't directly about my kids but when I was pregnant with my middle child I had this dream that was so real about someone trying to break in. It was almost like a lucid dream. I felt like I was half awake and it was happening in real time in the window of the room I was in. I started screaming in my sleep and my husband had to wake me up. I rarely ever have dreams that bad. It definitely stuck with me

I had one recently I also have had another before that really affected me for a few days. My childhood rapist found where I lived and tried killing me and my daughter. The mind makes things to real lol.

I get nightmares when I’m really stressed out. I had a terrible one about a year ago, scenario in the nightmare was I wasn’t paying attention and something bad happened. I felt like it was a sign I needed to be more vigilant when I’m with my kids, they move so quickly and if I’m distracted something could happen.

i’ve had a few to the point i wake up crying, even if it’s a completely impossible situation. but i’ve had a few nightmares of situations happening & my baby passed - it breaks my heart everytime i think about it.

I had one terrifying one that I'll never forget. I was awake and bawling and couldn't stop. It felt like it was actually happening still right in front of my eyes even though I was awake already.

@🩷 Patience 🩷 so sorry you went through that and had those dreams ❤️

@Dana 🦅♥️🤍💙 yes definitely agree with being vigilant. In mine my daughter had run away and hidden somewhere unsafe and we didn't notice right away. She is a runner sometimes so it's not a totally impossible scenario. I feel like I need to be more careful now.

Ok trigger warning! I had nightmares real bad for the first year postpartum. One where I got into a confrontation with another mom and my baby got shot, where there was a trail of blood leading down the hallway. Once where I was at a hotel conference with other families and my baby was kidnapped and I just knew whoever took him had very bad intentions. So sad. One where he fell from a considerable height and I looked down to see him de*d on the ground below. Having to run from someone scary and when I got to the hiding place my baby was no longer in my arms. Others were more abstract like I somehow found myself in someone’s yard and they had dead animals hanging everywhere and we were going to be next. I could go on! They seem very real that’s for sure. Sorry to hear you are going through this as well.