Birth Dream About the Gender of the Baby
Posted by January Harshe on April 15, 2009
by Dana Peters
I had my first birth dream a few months ago. It was a few weeks before I was 20 weeks pregnant. I had been playing with the idea of find out the gender of the baby this time around. We took a peek with our first two children. With our last angel, we waited until she was born. The first thing Brandon did was look at the baby’s parts and yelled “It’s a girl!!!!”
This time I was on the fence because it was a hard adjustment emotionally being pregnant. I wasn’t quite ready and here I was trying to connect to this tiny blessing the Lord decided was time to give us. I thought that knowing the gender might help me connect more.
I read Laura Shanley’s, Unassisted Chilbirth and she talks a bit about birth dreams. I had quite a vivid one myself! In my dream, there were friends wanting to know ‘what I was having’. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to tell. Then, in the dream, my tummy was peeled down like a veil and there was my sweet angel. The baby looked like an 18-20 week old fetus and was breech so that it was looking up at me. I had my arms around my belly and the baby as to protect it while this veil was down. Looking into my baby’s eyes, I know that it didn’t matter if this blessing was male or female. Quite frankly I felt like, in my dream and after waking, that it was none of mine or anyone else’s business. The veil was lifted again so that my baby could grow in comfort, safety and peace.
The next day I awoke and pondered my dream. I felt more connected to my baby and completely okay with not knowing the gender. I am so excited about finding out when I birth him or her. The surprise isn’t ruined!
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Brandon Harshe said,
You’re right. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a boy or girl. Although I wouldn’t mind some more testosterone in the family. T and I can use all the help we can get! ;-D
Nice post!
henny said,
what a sweet dream!!
thank you for your comment
the last thing I needed was someone to tell me “in God’s timing” b/c well… clearly I know that. I just needed to be emotional for a bit! thanks for understanding… you and a cuple others were very kind.
anyhow about the gender – I am SO excited to find out the gender when this baby is born. I haven’t spent too mcuh time wondering b/c it doesn’t matter to me really. I have one of each anyhow heh. But you know? it bigs everyone else! as if they can’t stand the wait! My FIL and my parents clearly think it’s weird I didn’t find out… they keep hinting how nice it would be to know what to expect. um expect a baby!
there is something SO beautiful about waiting to know!
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