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301354 tn?1211810520

What causes orgasms in your sleep?

With my daughter, in the third trimester, I would frequently have orgasms in my sleep. Now I'm almost 15 weeks pregnant, and I had one last night. They're starting again. What causes orgasms in your sleep, especially if you're not even dreaming of anything sexual?

Not that I'm complaining or anything..It helps when you get em more often than you do the physical way, lol.
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525332 tn?1213795935
never heard of this before.  I wouldn't complain either! hahaa
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230972 tn?1224470126
omg i want this symptom!!!!!! sorry i cant help!
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118074 tn?1228329003
I am in my third trimester, and I get them weekenly sometimes several times a week....It's awesome.  I am not sure why but I love it......
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I get those too, and I'm not even pregnant.  The weird thing, is I got them when I was younger, and before I was even sexually active, so I didn't even know what an orgasm was.  I would love to hear why. . . I'll get them in my sleep as well, and it happens when I'm not even dreaming about sexual things.  Not complaining, but I would like an explanation. :-D
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358455 tn?1277433619
well you all stink! when you find out what causes them let me know!
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301354 tn?1211810520
I'll search the net. Or ask my doc on Monday
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304970 tn?1331425994
I want this symptom! I am jealous! =)

Other than that, I have no advice.. Sorry!
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357635 tn?1306110809
i had this int he beginning of my pregnancy lol i thought i was the only one it would like really pulsate (tmi) but i didnt complain it was just a little weird i know where you are coming from
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422823 tn?1229736847
OMG Im so glad that I read this. I am 11 weeks and for the last 2-3 weeks this has been happening to me, I wake up right at the end of the orgasm.  Not a symptom I am going to complain about,  but I thought I was completly alone in experiencing this.
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268356 tn?1236002604
I usually have this "problem" when it has been a while since the last time I had one. The other thing is our dreams tend to be a little more vivid during pregnancy anyway and that might lead to orgasmic dreaming if the dream is sexual in nature.
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So why would it happen not in pregnancy?  I've never been pregnant, and have gotten these since I was like 10 years old.  (and at that time, I had no idea what the heck it was, but would explain it to my mom as a "tickly" feeling)  Too weird!
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I would imagine it has something to do with increased blood flow to that area, but that's just a guess.
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301354 tn?1211810520
I can't find anything on why it happens in pregnancy, but apparently the orgasms in sleep is the same as a man's wet dream, only less common. It has to do with hormones and brain stimulation during a sexual dream..the only problem is, when I had it last night, I wasn't dreaming of anything sexual.

I dreamt that my old work (was a dollar store, now a pet store) was a combined dollar store/gym. This made me angry. It made me so angry that I ran away to Idaho and somehow made it back to Canada within 5 minutes. I stopped at my mom's house to change and shower, only to find out my mom had thrown out my clothes and turned off the water in the house. So, I went to Little Caesar's Pizza instead and woke up with an orgasm.
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268356 tn?1236002604
That is a weird dream. Good question though.
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202436 tn?1326474333
you may be dreaming about things and not remembering them OR becuase of increased blood flow your "area" may be more sensitive...it could be something in a dream that is sparking the pleasure area of your brain which is in turn causing them OR it could be something as simple as your underwear rubbing the right spot.  I've never experienced it myself, but you're not the first person I have heard of that has had this happen during pregnancy.
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145992 tn?1341345074
I'm jealous...what causes it is LUCK!!!!  I wasn't sexual at all when I was pregnant.  I was too interested in sleeping.  I wish I had your problem now though.  That would be awesome.
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478429 tn?1265244387
Okay, so I am kinding chuckling to myself reading these and i have to say I am a bit jealous!! But for everyone that this is happening to, what do your DH's say...? lol :)
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301354 tn?1211810520
I'm sure he'd be jealous, but ti's just payback for what he does in the shower because I haven't given him sex for a week.
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378557 tn?1233249392
This was an entertaining post to read!! lol... I hate to say it but I'm one of the lucky ones too... I've always had them periodically in my sleep though, even before pregnancy. But it's really nice now that I am pregnant because I'm really not interested in it during waking hours!! How weird! I tell my hubby about it and he always wants details - LOL! And he's always a bit dissapointed that he's not part of the action. He's like, "wake me up when that happens!" lol men are funny. ;)
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363110 tn?1340920419
I've gotten them too a few times. (mainly in early pregnancy and before getting pregnant) from "sexy dreams"... my husband found it funny since 1/2 the time it'd be a sexy dream with someone I'd NEVER EVER find sexy in real life. (like some old geezer I never even met) Ewwww... I get teased about that one by not only him but my brothers and friends (news travels fast in a family of mainly guys and guy friends!)

Luckily I never made noises or anything so DH was never woken up.... but when I told him later he'd ask who I was dreaming about. Then he'd laugh and say it's not fair!
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118074 tn?1228329003
I had it before I got pregger but not as often.  I had it 2-3 times this week.  I don't know, I am almost 31 weeks and still interested in sex.  My husband doesn't care because sometime I 'd wake him up to you know what......It's dh in my dream sometimes and some random people other times.  I think it's one of the better pregnancy symtoms....
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374593 tn?1257879950
i had them the first month of pregnancy too, but unfortuatnely would wake up with severe cramps afterwards, since we were high MC risk, we were not supposed to have intercourse/ or orgasm.. so i guess it was my bodies way of "dealing" with it! sad thing is soon after my last dream like that i woke up with the worst cramps lasting for nearly 20 or so minutes then some of my preg symptoms dwindled the next day now found out baby has stopped growing: (  
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omg!! lol....i am 8 weeks pregnant and this has been happening to me at least 4 times a week! lol ...i wake up wishing my husband was there cuz he works nights...or else I would totally rape him lol....the weird thing is that I'm usually not like this!  I love it!  but i would like to know why it happens... this could be dangerous! hopefully nobody sleep walks!! lol e
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Avatar universal
I have been such a no no sex person ever since i've been pregnant .. Come up with lame excuses to get rid of having sex but this orgasm out of the blue while sleeping is happening to me as well

Last night i had a dream that i m seperating all white n coloured clothes before puting them for laundry n i woke up with orgasm haha
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