Awww. I can’t say that I’ve acted on a dream, but I’ve acted on instinct plenty of times even when it seemed foolish. This is good! Mamas have instincts that they so often dismiss. I’m glad that you’re listening to yours!

I hear you on the gut reactions. I follow mine all the time. Sometimes you just never know and it is better to be safe than sorry.

I do this all the time with driving. I’ll get a presentiment that if I get in the car, I’m going to get in an accident, possibly a serious one, and if the reason for going out isn’t mandatory (like work or school), I’ll either put it off for a few hours or I’ll walk instead. If I have to use the car, I’ll take alternate routes to avoid the highway and busy roads.

I’ve never actually been behind the wheel in a car accident (been a passenger many times), so maybe I’m onto something!

My cat has a leg problem that needs surgery sometime in the next couple years, otherwise he’ll end up with arthritis when he’s older. I am ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED that he will die during surgery, and keep putting it off. (It also costs about $1500, so that doesn’t help). I know it’s a very basic, routine surgery, and he’ll almost definitely be fine, but no amount of research and reassuring statistics is a match for my crazy. I’ll get it done eventually… I’ll just spend the entire time curled up in the fetal position and crying.

Good call, I’m sure it would have been fine but there’s no point in making yourself miserable! Maggie can have clean teeth next week.

The night one of my good friends died (he overdosed, he wasn’t sick) I went home early and kind of slipped out without saying any big goodbyes. But for some reason I really wanted to hug Morgan so I went back and said bye to him. He died a few hours later and I still don’t believe in esp but I’ve always been really glad I got to give him that hug.

A few weeks ago, my best friend and I were planning on a Target/Sushi outing, but the roads were horrible here in Western Wisconsin. The night before, I had a dream that we got into an accident together on snowy roads which knocked her unconscious, leaving me to dig us out and get help. That morning, the roads were ice from the night before and blizzard quality snow was falling on and off. Both my dad and brother said they had seen multiple cars off the road on the way home from work – very, very glad that we postponed the trip!

I say, pregnant or not, trust your instincts! They’re usually right 🙂

I don’t know if it’s available in your area, but our neighborhood has something of a “holistic” pet store that offers anesthesia-free dental cleaning. Maggie may not be a candidate, either because of her temperament (she seems a little…emotional :)) or the amount of work she needs done, but I thought I’d mention it!

Acting on your instincts is what women (especially moms) do best…..you shouldn’t feel bad for doing it! I’ve never had that sort of thing happen to me, but I’ve acted on instinct for decisions all the time, and 95% of the time things work out perfectly when I really listen to my instincts when making decisions.

My boyfriend, on the other hand, most definitely has some kind of weird “ESP.” He had a recurring dream that he would get into a car accident – same place every time. Finally, one day, the accident almost played itself out for real – but since he’d had the dream, he avoided it. He also dreamed that the shuttle Challenger exploded – two days before it did! I don’t think I would normally believe in ESP, but after hearing his stories, I think there might be something there….

I’ve never had a dream like that, but several waking moments of “esp”.

One night, my Future Husband and I decided to go for a walk. About half a block from our house, we both stopped walking and looked at each other. Simultaneously, we’d both independently had some feeling that something bad was going to happen if we kept walking… so we hightailed it home!

I also tend to listen to my gut, and I also hate extraneous anesthesia. Get some dentabones (there are some healthier ones – our local stores carry “Greenies” brand that my cats love and my dog mildly tolerates ;D) and look in to toothpastes.

Ugh, I clutch/cry with my dog every time I have to drop him off somewhere over night. I’m not even pregnant! This is why I can’t have kids yet, I’m too emotionally unbalanced!

YES, a huge yes with having a dream that has changed my life.

Recently I had been seeing someone for a long time, and we were talking about getting married. We were going to move location, move in, get engaged, the whole shebang. He was (is!) a lovely guy and we were really, really happy. I really, really loved him and was so excited about everything, and so was he. However (and I don’t want to go into specifics) I would have had to make one fairly huge sacrifice in order for us to get engaged/married.

Then on 12th April last year (see I even remember the date) I had the most VIVID dream. It was incredibly lifelike, and was a dream of essentially my future life should I continue on the path I was on. I couldn’t tell you exactly what happened in it now – I think that maybe I wasn’t supposed to remember the details. It was quite hazy just after I woke.

But what I can tell you is how intense my dream was. I started awake (just like when someone has a scary dream in the movies!) and burst into tears before I was really even awake because I knew, just KNEW beyond any doubt, that I needed to end this so-far wonderful relationship. I’ve NEVER been so sure of anything in my life. But, I tried to forget about it, and anyway I was very in love, but by June I knew I had to listen and we broke up (amicably).

So now, I’m living in the new place we were going to move to (as I had a new job lined up which I couldn’t change), and we work at the same place (which thankfully is large) so it is really hard and quite lonely. But somehow I know that it was the right thing.

But I honestly know that had I not had that dream, I would now be living with him, making this huge sacrifice and convincing myself that it was ok, getting engaged, and being secretly (even secretly to me I think) unhappy. I still love him, and this will take a long time to heal from, but hopefully I will one day really accept the mistakes that I made here (I mean, I know I loved him, but why was I willing to change SO MUCH about myself for someone else? This is something I still really struggle with, even 6 months down the line).

I am starting to have really weird and vivid dreams during pregnancy. Last night I had a dream that I had to deliver my little girl at 27 weeks (current week of pregnancy!) and I did so in 10 minutes flat. She was fine and I was fine. SO strange. I haven’t had any dreams that have made me alter plans though I don’t think. Sometimes you just have to go with your gut… regardless of pregnancy hormones or not!

When I was in high school, I had a dream that I was in a totally different school, with weird teachers and students and suddenly the teacher in the class said something that stuck with me, on some level. Fast forward a few years, we moved. Guess what school? teachers? students? yep, the same one’s from my dream – I didn’t notice until my math teacher said something really specific – that thing from the dream. So creeeepy.

I dreamt my LSAT score!

I personally have never experienced ESP or anything like it, but my mom has. The night before an earthquake in India she woke up because she swore she felt the bed shaking. She even woke my dad up. The next morning she called my grandmother only to find out they had gone through a [very thankfully] mild earthquake in India.

In my opinion, we are all feelers in one sense or another. You just have to take the time to listen and understand what your gut is telling you.

IMO you did the right thing canceling. Another month or two with dirty teeth is not going to kill her and like you said you’ll get it done another time. I’ve had times when I felt like I just shouldn’t be somewhere at a certain time and so decided not to be there. Honestly I’ll never know if it was the right decision but for me it was. You love your puppy…nothing wrong with that. 🙂