challenges

Claire,
Baby/ies usually mean a new idea you are gestating/birthing...
what are you protecting from the violence around you?

Holding a baby, "Dreaming of holding a baby is analogous to holding onto an earlier part of your life where you felt more depended on and more needed."

Hostage means, "To dream that you are a hostage indicates that you are feeling victimized or powerless. You feel limited in your choices or physically immobilized. Perhaps this dream is paralleling some situation/difficulties in your daily life or relationship. Alternatively, to dream that you are a hostage suggests that a part of yourself is not fully expressed.
I am being tormented by "two steps forward, one step back" mentality at work. I get things rolling and then theres something that halts forward progress- usually a funding issue. Sometimes I feel like writing a check and just keep the forward momentum going. But, then I am not trusting the universe and its timing."

Challenges...
sometimes they really suck.

Love and Light beautiful sister,
Maggie