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I have that all the time pregnant or not. My hands are so dry and alligatory because I wash my hands everytime I touch anything. I make my husband pick up the ketchup and salt&pepper at restaurants, because I wont touch them! You are probably just concerned about keeping your baby healthy and you dont want to get sick! Oh and I wont open doors to stores, whoever is with me I let them lead without them knowing it so they'll open the door! Im really bad!

It's called nesting...

I had OCD contamination when pregnant with my first midly - I thought it was just nesting and would go on the birth of my child. It wasn't and it got a lot worse, I needed therapy to cure it - CBT and it took 6 months for it to reduce to liveable levels. I have been fine until the birth of my second child and now have it again. Its normal to feel you are going mad but you aren't - you do need to get help though, either therapy by an OCD specialist and/or anti-depressants.

Hi Bellybean... I definitley have this!! I didnt know there was a name for it lol It started when my ds was born about 7 months ago...Im a nut...I wash my hands constantley and My babys too! I dont like anyone touching him who doesnt have clean hands...If someone is sick we stay clear for weeks lol Im starting to rub off on my husband now lol Hes becoming a germ a phobe....It got really bad about 3 months ago.....Its soo weird because I was never like this!! I clea___ll his toys 24-7 as well......I thought maybe itwould go away one day but so far im still the same