Gwen - thanks for posting this topic! I have just read all of your responses word for word and as a first time mum to be - it does make it sound manageable....the pain is not what worries me though surprisingly - it is the thought of damage, major tearing etc and also having the baby yanked out by forceps! Can you really prepare for any of this NOT to happen? I feel that I am physically OK and have had the best pregnancy thus far (not a single day of sickness!!) but am now thinking that I will have a nasty birth experience as everything has been a little too perfect......thanks again for all of your posts, they were wonderful to read and they have instilled me with hope that it can be done!

Thanks girls.....

Megan