Dear Dream Zone,

I dreamt that I was pregnant and going into labor but didn’t have any labor pains—just tons of pressure in my groin. I then delivered just the baby’s leg. I knew I needed to deliver the rest of the baby, but I was scared to because I was afraid that the baby would be sick. I never did deliver the rest of the baby.

—Candace, 31, Lehi, Utah

Lauri:The labor in your dream may be connected to something you have been laboring over in real life. Have you been laboring over a decision? Have you been working hard to get a “leg up” on the competition in some way? Or is there something you’ve been working on that has only partially born fruit? The leg could mean you have only completed the first leg of a journey. Just as you were afraid to deliver the rest of the baby in the dream, what are you afraid to finish in real life for fear that it might not turn out the way you had hoped? Also, the pressure you feel in the groin may be connected to waking life pressure you are giving yourself to complete this project because the job is not yet done.