Min - its not the actual general i have a phobia about per se. My FIL died during emergancy heart surgery last year, and as it was a Coroner case (he died on the operating table), they must by law leave everything attached.

When we went to identify the body he still had the breathing aparatus in, and i'm left with that visual image.

Althought the general had nothing to do with the death, and my fear is completely irrational, i don't want to die with a tube in my throat... Even my DH whose father it was thinks its a bit stupid but anyway...

I hope i don't have to tell my obs about this, b/c i know logically it sounds stupid, but its how i've felt for the past 9 months... I'm actually quite terrified now i've dying during a c-section.

But like i said, i know my fears are rather irrational, and logically i don't want a general for the seperation between me and baby.