This is my first post here, so I appreciate anyones feedback. I feel so anxious and am in major need of some support from people who understand this dibilitating fear. So here's the scenario; My husband went away for the weekend and wouldn't you know it; BOTH my children got sick with a SV the afternoon he left (thursday). I was dealing with the two of them sick within hours of each other and I don't know how I kept it together. My daugher is 4, and my son is 20 months. They seem to have bounced back nicely but now my Mother In Law fell ill in the middle of the night!! She slept over last night because I had to work at 6 this morning and she was going to look after them today. Needless to say, I am not at work. She was only with them before they were sick (Thursday morning) and last night, but I think she shared some food with them on Thursday so she must have picked it up that way (She had not been exposed to the *V. Long story short; Now I am a complete wreck. I feel like I am just sitting here and waiting to get sick, which is absolute torture. I should mention, I am also 20 weeks pregnant with twins. The idea of getting sick is eating me up inside. It's my worst nightmare come to life. I am washing my hands like a maniac, doing laundry and bleaching the toilets etc, but I am still terrified. I can barely eat (which is awful when you're pregnant) I have also had "looser" than normal stools since thursday, and on and off stomach cramps, so I just keep waiting to "get it" I have been suffering from emet pretty well as long as I can remember, but it has gotten much worse since my daughter was born 4 years ago. She started school this year and this is her 3rd sv since September; it seems never-ending. Everytime Jan/ Feb rolls around each year, I am a nervous wreck. Last Febuary everyone in the house got Noro and is was like being in hell. I could not eat a thing for days because I was "waiting to get it" then too. It seemed to have paid off though because I only got the "heaves" once and only had *D after that and everyone else was really ill. I am praying that I will only get *D this time if I get it. When can I consider myself "in the clear"? I need to be eating for the babies and I cannot bear to put more than a bit of applesauce or dry toast in me for fear that it will come back to haunt me later. I feel so completely alone. I am so sick of this fear ruining my life. I have turned into a compulsive hand-washer and I live in fear everyday; especially this time of year. Am I doing the right thing by eating less (only toast, etc) to starve-off a potential virus? Will it lessen my symptoms if I do get sick? I don't care if I get *D, but I will do almost anything to avoid *V. Please help!