Hi Polly,

I think your dream could mean many things.  It may have been a message from your Mom, or perhaps not.  I spent a couple years examining my dreams with a Jungian analyst, and would frequently dream of family members.  I learned not to interpret these dreams literally.  Very often, upon reflection, the person in the dream was symbolic of an aspect of myself or a situation I was experiencing in my life at that point.  This doesn't mean you can't communicate with your Mom.  A lot of people who post to this board have good advice about how that can be done.  So I don't think your faith in that needs to be shaken.  Maybe it's just a case of not getting too attached to a certain meaning of this dream.

Then again, those ultrasounds can be wrong!  I know someone who was expecting a girl, and a boy popped out

Well, maybe the girl will be a tomboy? *shrug* Who knows? Just see how it turns out, it's possible that it wasn't meant literally.

I agree with some of whats been said here - dreams can't be taken very literally, because the dream world is so misty and symbolic.  When she dreamed about three children, she could have been dreaming about 3 *anything*, even, not necessarily children.  Or just a "bunch" of children.  Or... anything.  I like the idea of the person who said she might be a tomboy!  That could very well be it ; ).

I'm glad