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| | I am sitting on the floor at a meeting. I look down and see a baby inside my uterus. I look again and see the baby outside of me, still attached to the cord and crying. One of the baby's eyes is much larger than the other eye. I scream for help. Mom comes, but she doesn't know what to do. I get angry with her and start screaming for help. I want my husband to come. Someone reminds me that he's out of town and can't be reached. I'm scared. The baby has stopped crying and may not be breathing. I hold the baby in my arms, rocking him and saying, "My baby!"
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Crystal shared this dream with her husband, Jason, expressing her fears and anger. They then worked on the dream together in waking fantasy. At first, Crystal changed her mother (which she came to see as the mother part of herself) to be more knowledgeable, comforting, and capable. This helped her feel better about her mother and her own mothering skills. (The pregnant woman's mother appears in dreams with increasing frequency as delivery approaches.) They created ways for Jason, who was often out of town on business, to be present and available to her, both in the dream and in their waking life. "It was very important for me," Crystal said, "to have reassurance from Jason that he would be there at the birth of our child and for the next several weeks. Discussing this dream and creating a joint vision from it helped me to feel more confident and relaxed about having the baby." The vision Crystal and Jason created was "We are loving and capable parents, working together as a powerful team." This vision carried them through a successful childbirth experience and has helped them with their continuing experience as parents.
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Interestingly enough, working on dreams during pregnancy is helpful for both mind and body. Research shows that preg-
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