Why do I frequently dream of breastfeeding?

For year, as long as I can remember, I have monthly dreams of either being pregnant with a baby that usually ends up disappearing before it's born or of nursing a baby that is either mine in the dream or someone else's. I have no children of my own and to my knowledge have never been pregnant, but my husband and I have been trying unsuccessfully for three years to get pregnant. In the dreams, it's very important to me that the baby is nursed. I may try to nurse the baby but again, the baby disappears or I am told the baby has died. What's weird is that I can almost feel the sensation of the baby nursing. I have read in numerous dream analysis places that babies and nursing usually represent nurturing new projects, but I have only one new project recently and the dreams have been occuring for years (when nothing new was going on). I honestly don't feel it has to do with any project I'm trying to nurture. Also, the pregnancy dreams have been going on long before I was ever trying to get pregnant, even in my early 20's (I'm now 42). Any insights? Thanks.

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