This is gonna sound absurd but I was actually scared that I wasnt scared of labour. Does that make sense I figured after an awful pregnancy labour had to be better! I also read a book that was based on the fear= tension= pain theory and figured that if I was scared then it would hurt so much more. But unfortunately when women are pregnant there are way too many horror stories that do the rounds and not enough of the beautiful birth stories. I was concerned about tearing but at the end of the day I couldnt prevent that even though I tried so hard.