Hi, all. I had a very strange dream recently. I was visibly pregnant and I was sitting on the sidewalk outside of a doctor's office waiting for my appointment. A car full of people I know pulled over because they noticed me and wanted to say hi. (I don't know if it matters, but I don't know them in real life.) We started talking for a few minutes then they drove off.

This encounter threw me off and I forgot about my appointment. I got into my car and drove away. After a few minutes, I remembered my appointment and scrambled to try to make it on time. I ended up getting lost. I somehow ended up on the top of a mesa and there was no way to get down. I looked over the edge and there was an escalator, but it only went up. Next to it, there was a ladder, but it was very old, shabby-looking, and unstable. I looked further down and on the bottom of the escalator and ladder was the ocean.

There was a big, black octopus several feet away from the ladder just chillin' looking like it was waiting for something. I look further and saw that the shore was about 30 to 40 feet away. I decided to take my chances, since there wasn't any other way off of the mesa. I decided to take the ladder and swim to shore as fast as I could.

I tried to do it very slowly and carefully, but as soon as I got on the ladder, the rungs started breaking and I was going down fast and couldn't control it. As soon as I was about to land in the ocean, my dream ended.

Sorry for the length. Also, I'm not pregnant and I'm trying to avoid it, if that matters. Thanks in advance.

I think this dream has to do with a fear of getting yourself into a bad situation that you can't get out of.

It could have to do with getting pregnant, but it could also be about something else.

Your forgetting about your appointment in your dream could be your unconscious' way of warning you to be more responsible.

The octopus, with all of its arms, can have to do with the idea that you are taking on too many responsibilities, or with the fear that you can be trapped.

Pregnancy in a dream can have to do with something new in your life so the dream could be related to a change that is going on with you or a change that you are expecting or are afraid of.