Terrified of cats but one's in need of rescue...

[JeddaSkywalker]

I'm terrified of cats. No real reason but I scream and run anytime I see one. It's an instinct. I will literally run for my life if I see one, maybe it's the claws or the teeth. I have nightmares about them too.
There's a cat at the bottom of our garden, has been for two days and looks pregnant. She is HUGE! The kids have been out to look at her and have confirmed her hugeness as has DH when he was here. He's gone on a business trip. He put food and water out for her and I've managed to get my 7yr old and 9yr old to put more out. I think she's close to birth and want to bring her in the house so she doesn't give birth in the cold winter.
Is this the right thing to do or should I leave her there?
I do have knowledge as to how to care for a cat as my best mates both have them.

Hi OP, how's it going?

any news Jedda?

Maybe the cat has eaten her?

I also hope you're OK, OP. Kittens are cute and it's all very well for us to coo over them - we'd have done it even more if you'd managed a picture ;) - but managing a new litter of the very thing you're terrified of must also be pretty stressful. Especially when you've gone from one cat to an entire litter to finding out you're pregnant in the course of only a few hours. I hope you're staying away from the cat litter to avoid problems in your pregnancy, and that none of the kittens or the mother become ill, as I'm sure the last thing you'd need would be a huge vet's bill at this time of the year.