Phobias

shysal There is a condition - teratophobia - the fear of giving birth to monsters. I guess sex comes in there at some point!

Funny that you mention that shysal. When I was expecting my son I watched Alien - then felt my baby moving like nobody's business. For some reason I thought of him as a monster and was rather scared of giving birth. Apart from nearly giving birth to him in the toilet, when I finally saw him I said 'It's a baby!' much to the midwife's surprise. My husband explained and I get the feeling I was watched for a little while afterwards, but all was well and he's now a handsome 6 footer. Moral is don't watch horror movies when pregnant!

My first husband was terrified of spiders, would go an odd alabaster colour and call for my assistance in getting rid of them. Hmm, may even be a clue as to why he was my first husband.
My own phobia is motorway cones - my heart has started racing just thinking of the way they seem to narrow the lane and close in on me. I always thought the Cones Helpline was for people like me until I rang it and discovered - horrors! - it was just telling me where they were around the country when all I wanted to know was where they weren't.