From: david.carroll2@btinternet.com   
      
   carl jones wrote:   
   >  Pregnancy ESP Dreams   
   >   
   >  Briana, a first-time mother living in New Jersey, woke terrified from a   
   > vivid nightmare that had a strangely real quality different from normal   
   > dreams. She dreamed her baby was being strangled by a snake. Terrified, she   
   > consulted her physician to see if her baby was healthy. An ultrasound   
   > revealed that the baby was, in fact, being asphyxiated by the umbilical   
   > cord. An emergency cesarean was immediately performed. Brianna gave birth to   
   > a healthy baby boy. Paying attention to her extrasensory dream saved her   
   > son's life.   
   >   
   >  Three types of extrasensory are common during pregnancy. These are:   
   >   
   >  * Announcing Dreams – dreams which reveal the baby's gender and other   
   > characteristics. For example, Sheryl, a nurse in Michigan, recalls: “I   
   > dreamed of rocking a young boy with blond hair two weeks after learning I   
   > was pregnant.” Months later she gave birth to a seven pound eight ounce boy   
   > with blond hair.   
   >   
   >  * Naming Dreams – dreams which reveal information about the unborn child   
   > after the baby appears to announce his or her name to the mother, father, or   
   > other family member. For example, Linda, a first-time mother living in   
   > Boston, experienced a naming dream. “A few weeks before the birth I dreamed   
   > of my baby who, in the dream, was approximately a year old. The baby said   
   > her name was Hannah and I had a very clear visual picture of her. I did give   
   > birth to a girl and named her Hannah. At one year of age she was exactly as   
   > the child in my dream.”   
   >   
   >  *  Precognitive Dreams – which reveal information about future events. For   
   > example, Angela, a mother of one living in Seattle, Washington, dreamed that   
   > her baby had a heart defect. “I awoke, sitting bolt upright,” Angela   
   > recalls. “I usually don't remember my nightmares but this dream was   
   > different. It had a strangely real, vivid quality. I've never forgotten that   
   > dream.”  The baby, Alexandra, was born two months later. “She seemed   
   > perfectly healthy,“ Angela says. “But at her six-week check up, the doctor   
   > said he heard a heart murmur. He diagnosed an atrial septal defect. The   
   > cardiologist confirmed the diagnosis with an ultrasound.”   
   >   
   >  The mother may have extrasensory dreams about persons or things unconnected   
   > to her baby. For example, Leah, an elementary school teacher and mother of   
   > two in New Orleans, recalls, “During my pregnancy I had the most vivid   
   > dreams I've ever had in my life. Some of them were clairvoyant. In one   
   > dream, another teacher came up to me at lunch and said, 'Guess what. I'm six   
   > weeks pregnant!' The next day at lunch I told my colleague about my dream.   
   > She got the strangest expression on her face and asked me if I were talking   
   > to her husband. I told her I didn't even know her husband. It turned out   
   > that she was six weeks' pregnant and hadn't told anyone except her husband.”   
   >   
   >  Recurring dream symbols are also common during the life-creating months.   
   > For example, dreams of vessels – from caves to washing machines – often   
   > symbolize the womb for the expectant father as well as the mother. Small   
   > animals may symbolize the growing child in early pregnancy. For instance,   
   > Kim, a North Carolina mother, had a dream of a small puppy, giving her   
   > accurate information about her unborn child. “The dream was very vivid and   
   > had a weird feeling to it,” Kim recalls. “It was about a boy puppy. The   
   > puppy coughed up a splotch of thin, brownish fluid. The  next day I had a   
   > strange, brownish discharge that was the exact shape of the splotch of fluid   
   > the puppy coughed up during my dream! Later when tests confirmed my   
   > pregnancy. I knew, from the dream, that my baby was a boy.  I never tried to   
   > think of girls' names and when stocking the nursery, I didn't hesitate to   
   > buy boys' stuff.” Kim gave birth to a healthy baby boy.   
   >   
   >  Clinical psychologist Patricia Maybruck, Ph.D., studied 1,048 dreams from   
   > 67 mothers. She found that  a full six percent of them were paranormal   
   > dreams. “Obstetricians should pay more attention to expectant mother's   
   > dreams and give them nonjudgmental attention,” Dr. Maybruck suggests. “The   
   > pregnant woman's occasional psychic dreams may serve as useful warnings,   
   > indicating undetected complications. Therefore they may have significant   
   > value as diagnostic tools.”   
   >   
   >  Paying attention to paranormal dreams can often resolve pregnancy or   
   > childbirth complications. For example, Adrienne, a first time mother who   
   > lives in a suburb of New York City, had the most unforgettable dream of her   
   > life. "I dreamed that both my girls were developing in the same sac yet had   
   > one placenta," Adrienne recalls. Later an ultrasound confirmed this. Such a   
   > detailed description is nothing short of paranormal, since twins can have   
   > separate placentas and develop in separate amniotic sacs.   
   >   
   >  But that was only part of the dream. "I dreamed my unborn girls were crying   
   > out to me. They were telling me they had to be born immediately. A few days   
   > later, I went into premature labor." Adrienne's physician responded as most   
   > physicians would. Without hesitation, he prescribed tocolytic drugs - in   
   > other words, medication to stop labor. Yet Adrienne felt her intuition so   
   > strongly she refused.   
   >   
   >  Failure to give tocolytic drugs might very well have caused the death of   
   > the twins. Her physician made her sign a release stating that she was making   
   > a choice against medical advice. Adrienne says, "There was no question - not   
   > even a doubt that my children had to be born immediately."   
   >   
   >  The thoroughly perplexed physician visited Adrienne a few hours after her   
   > premature birth. He had just discovered something he'll no doubt remember   
   > for the rest of his life. Adrienne's twins were severely anemic. In addition   
   > they were suffering an extremely rare disorder known as twin-to-twin   
   > transfusion syndrome resulting in progressive blood loss.   
   >   
   >  "I don't know how you knew," the physician admitted to the new mother. "But   
   > had we stopped your labor, you would have lost your beautiful baby girls."   
   >   
   >  Many expectant mothers have nightmares. For example, Starr an eighteen-year   
   > old mother, recalls, “I dreamed my baby had the face of an old man, with   
   > fangs coming out of his mouth.” Starr gave birth to a normal, healthy child   
   > as do most mothers who experience terrible nightmares.   
   >   
   >  A tribe in Malaysia called the Senoi have a wonderful way of handling   
   > nightmares. They ask the dreamer to attempt to dream the frightening   
   > nightmare and recreate the scene. .   
   >   
   >  Interesting to explore during pregnancy is the fascinating world of dream   
      
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