Pregnancy
Pregnancy in a dream often speaks to something gestating within—a project, a relationship, an unspoken hope taking shape beneath the surface of daily life. Whether it arrives with excitement or unease, the dream asks what you're nurturing and whether you feel prepared for what might soon need tending.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for pregnancy, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
For a woman to dream that she is pregnant, denotes she will be unhappy with her husband, and her children will be unattractive.
For a virgin, this dream omens scandal and adversity. If a woman is really pregnant and has this dream, it prognosticates a safe delivery and swift recovery of strength.
Fontaine, 1862
For a woman to dream that she is pregnant when she is not, is a sign of some special good fortune; she will either have a handsome present, or else her husband will be lucky in some business transaction and give her a part of the money: if a girl dreams this, it foretells that she will get married about as sudden as if the dream were a reality.