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Stomach bug spreading through the house & I have a phobia about vomiting:(

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roundabout1 · 22/12/2011 13:41

Dd's 6 & 18 mths were sick on sunday night & generally unwell on monday & then got better. I have a phobia about vomiting, since having dc's are getting slightly better about looking after sick people but the thought of being sick myself makes me panic & stress something terrible. I was half expecting to get ill after but have felt ok so thought I was safe, then dp started with it last night, although has only been sick once he has bad diarrhoea. Now I am in a right state thinking I might not have escaped it after all. To make matters worse am so behind in xmas preparations & all I can think about is getting ill, silly I know. Given that dd2 is co sleeping with me at the moment, that I rarely gets to have a drink that she hasn't slurped or dribbled in & constantly covers me in sloppy kisses I was thinking that if I was going to get it I would have had it by now. Am cleaning with dettol stuff everywhere & have teh upstairs windows open but it still smells like an ill house, it's gross. Please tell me stop being silly & just get on doing somnething productive instead!

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GincogniHoHoHo · 22/12/2011 16:27

Poor you, that sounds very stressful. How are you feeling now? Have you had any help with your phobia?

roundabout1 · 22/12/2011 17:22

I haven't had any help with my phobia, until a few years ago I thought it was just me, I didn;t realize it was common. I'm feeling a bit rough now but have calmed down a bit, silly as that sounds. It's hard to know if it's because I am ill or because I've had so little sleep the last few weeks.

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pinkyp · 22/12/2011 18:42

Oh my god I could of wrote that post! exactly the same happened to me 2 weeks ago! Ds1 (4) ds2 (1) had a bug, ds1 was sick all night but fine next day just runs and off his food. Ds2 was only sick once but had diorea all week. Thought we were ok then dh got diorrea. I was terrified!! Dettol everywhere even braved toilets after he'd been so I could clean the germs. I never got it (so far anyway touch wood), I just washed my hands more than normal.

GoldFrankincenseAndTwiglets · 23/12/2011 22:12

Have you seen Motilium? It's an anti-sickness drug. Have a Google...

roundabout1 · 23/12/2011 23:07

I have started taking that ocassionally for nausea associated with an inner ear disorder, it works so much better than anything I've been prescribed by gp. Took it last night as I had started with the dreaded bug & it worked a treat, still felt crap but I wasn;t sick & it stopped most of the nausea.

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