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Tim has recently had his first dream with his little daughter in it. At last!!!
When I told him a few months ago that I have been dreaming of a little Chinese girl that was clearly my daughter almost nightly for months, he was totally shocked.

"You have? Really?"
Looks at me quizically...

So what's going on? In lieu of a pregnancy, do we women somehow just feel something earlier? On some level, do our bodies and minds get ready earlier even though we aren't carrying children around in our uteruses? Is this just a Tim and I thing, or a more common male and female thing?