Hello! I just joined this today and I am looking for as much advice as possible. I have been suffering from this phobia since I was 10 years old (I am now 35). It started as a fear of vomiting and as I age, it is getting worse and beginning to impact other aspects of my life as well. Such as; how I prepare food, washing my hands before I eat anything, only ordering certain items that I feel are "safe" from a menu, not eating the part of the food I've touched with my hands, not traveling abroad to lower 3rd world countries (which I would LOVE to do), fear of boats (i recently had an unpleasant experience) and now.... fear of pregnancy.

I have been married for almost a year and my husband and I are talking about starting a family. I am terrified! Does anyone have advice on how to handle the first trimester? (every woman in my family gets sick) - or on treatment success so I may do some therapy before we try to get pregnant.

I haven't had success with traditional therapy (I've been to 3 different behavioral therapists over the past 15 years), but I have had some success with hypnotherapy and EMDR therapy. I am considering accupuncture. Any recommendations?