Christy,

When I was first pg, our lovely lovely cat, Aris, went missing, and has never returned. I was really sad, & still miss him, but in my 2nd trimester, I am not kidding when I say I dreamt about him EVERY night.

DH would have to wake me from my nightmares about the cat, and other dreams were just as sad, as I could hear him "meowing" all the time.

I mentioned it to the midwife, and she said it was my mothering instinct combined with guilt at losing the cat, all wound up in pregnancy hormones: a ****tail for dramatic dream patterns..............

(They have stopped now, and the only thing I dream of is a decent, comfy night's sleep without 4 trips to the loo!)