Midday Naptime Dreams...

I need to get this out of my head and onto "paper" just in case I forget

This morning my daughter woke up extremely early, so around 7am I laid her down for a nap, and I came downstairs for a nap myself (which is super unusual for me). While I was sleeping I had the most amazing, vivid, realistic dream that I have had in years...

I can't remember how the dream started exactly but my whole family was in the hospital because my wife was giving birth :-) For some reason her labor started while we were on the postpartum floor (maybe pregnancy complications or something), but once her labor started they needed to move her to Labor & Delivery. Well this hospital was apparently like none other because we had to travel through the entire hospital to get to the labor and delivery ward. The hospital was packed with germy people (of course) and I was trying to shield my wife from all of the stares and people trying to touch her. The nursing staff all seemed very annoyed with my presence, maybe because I am a birthworker, but I can't place why they were so rude to me. Once we got to the L&D floor we got settled in a room, and for some reason I was under the impression that she had an epidural. Kind of out of nowhere all of our family showed up in the room, but no one seemed very supportive. Everyone was doing something else (reading books, checking email, chatting with each other). I was lying behind my wife in the bed rubbing her head and I remember saying why isn't anyone taking any pictures of her labor. My mom said she had her camera in the car but did not make any moves to go get it. Before I knew it my wife was making those "pushy" sounds and I figured she was in transition and baby would be coming soon, so I flipped the covers back and she was CROWNING! She was in the birth zone so I yelled to the nurses that she was pushing but the nurse in the room seemed unphased by the fact that her patient was crowning. With 1 more push I realized this baby was being born right now so I jumped into action and I "caught" our daughter. (I remember thinking in the dream that the 1st baby that I ever caught was my own child how amazing) I placed her on my wife's chest and she had part of the caul (amniotic sac) attached to her still, as a matter of fact it was almost fused to her face for some reason, but the nurse came and removed it which an alcohol pad. None of our family in the room was still excited but my wife and I were over the moon. She was so beautiful and I remember thinking that she looked like our daughter, but in a different way.

And then my wife text me in real life and I woke up...

Crazy stuff right? I am big into dream analysis and I def had to analyze this dream.

Babies & Delivering a Baby: To see a baby in your dream signifies innocence, warmth and new beginnings.  Babies symbolize something in your own inner nature that is pure, vulnerable, helpless and/or uncorrupted. If you dream that the baby is smiling at you, then it suggests that you are experiencing pure joy. To dream that you help to deliver a baby means that you will soon undergo an important life change. You may be making life changes or getting rid of your old habits and ways. The change will begin within you, but will probably require the cooperation of others to be completed. Perhaps there are goals that you regret not being able to achieve. You should allow this child to develop and see if there is some aspect of your life that needs to flourish. To dream of giving or viewing birth represents a flourishing suggestion or notion. It may also symbolize a new start or an anticipated occurrence. If you dream of children that you don't recognize it represents new ideas, or situations that are being encouraged. Something not thought of before. 

Daughter: To dream of having a daughter represents passive ideas, habits, or developments that are being encouraged or allowed to flourish. Situations or aspects of yourself that you are encouraging that have no control or power. A daughter may also reflect the development of situations that give away control or authority to others.

Family: To dream of a family member represents a quality in yourself based on your most honest feelings about them. Ask yourself what memories or feelings stand out the most about them and see how that quality may apply to your own life. Alternatively, it could mean that you are overly dependent on your family, especially if the family members are in your recurring dreams. Consider also the significance of a particular family member or the relationship you have with them. If you dream that your family does not act or appear as they normally are, then it means that you want to distance yourself from them. Or you simply don't understand where they are coming from.

Photographs: To see a picture in your dream symbolizes a mental imprint that remains persistent in your mind. Your actions are irreversible. There is no turning back in what you do. Also consider the pun on "picture this" or "seeing the big picture" in a situation. In particular, if the picture is in black and white picture, then it indicates that you need to consider opposing viewpoints. Alternatively, it may mean that you need to add more color and pizzazz to your life. To dream that you are taking a picture suggests that you need to focus more attention on some situation or relationship. Perhaps, you feel that you need to recapture some past moments in a relationship. Alternatively, taking a picture refers to your desires to hold onto a certain moment in your life. If you are trying to take a picture, but people are standing in your way, then it means that outside influences are not letting you focus on your goals and what you really need to do.

 We are currently going through a point in our lives where change is inevitable and is happening rapidly so that may be playing into all of this. Regardless, my wife was a ROCKSTAR and pushed that baby out in 2 pushes and I may have gotten a glimpse at our future daughter so with or without the dream analysis it was a very powerful dream!