So, I'm fairly used to dealing with periods of nightmares from living with PTSD and there were some medications I could take to ease some of the insomnia and such related to it. Now though, it's a little trickier because I'm pregnant and that seems to be opening a whole new can of worms that I'm having a difficult time dealing with.

I had a traumatic childhood, so becoming a mother for the first time is stirring up a lot of that stuff. I was doing fine the first few weeks that I found out, but I saw my baby for the first time on Monday and that touched off a firestorm of nightmares. I wake up jarred and confused. I wouldn't normally think too much of it, but yesterday and this morning, I started to act out my "escape plan" or whatever reactionary behavior started in the nightmare. Basically, they're becoming night terrors.

The nightmares themselves seem to have nothing to do with my own childhood though. Like, last night, I was running away from a venomous snake that had four fangs. But, the part that worries me is that when I wake up, I start swatting at the ground like the snake is still there for a few moments. I haven't had night terrors in over 7 years I think.

In the past, talk therapy didn't really help very much and medication had its limits. I feel like I really need to get a handle on this for my health and my baby's. I am just not sure what to do about it.

Has anyone who has had similar problems found something that helps?