Nobody told me there'd be dreams like these...

Vivid dreams. Apparently, vivid dreams are very common during pregnancy. I'm not sure of the science behind it, but I can tell you it's true.

If I'm not being awoken by back/leg/abdominal pain, I'm being awoken by crazy, often scary, dreams. Two nights ago I was convinced someone was crawling through our bedroom window and I woke myself up trying to yell out my husband's name. I was actually pretty annoyed with him--in my dream I had been trying to wake him up when I heard someone outside, but he just kept snoring and ignoring me. When I came out of that dream it took me a few seconds to realize it wasn't real, my heart felt like it was going to jump out of me.

Then, yesterday, I watched an old episode of Quantum Leap. Bad idea. Almost every movie or television program I watch before sleeping ends up making an appearance in my crazy dreams lately. Last night I Quantum Leaped (Leapt?) into my own body, and my mission had something to do with the pregnancy. I can't remember what I was supposed to do, but it was really important at the time. It was really freaky.

Oh, and a few weeks ago, after watching Dexter, I had a dream that our son was grown and had become a serial killer. My husband and I were sleeping and we heard noises in the house. We went out to see who it was and this creepy guy was just standing there in the living room. He turned and looked right at me and I realized who/what he was just before I woke up...scary. But on the bright side, we had a really nice house with a spacious loft-style upstairs landing that overlooked a fabulously decorated living room. Too bad about the murderous offspring standing in the middle of it.