I was scared with all my first three.

DD1... I was young & didn't know then what I do now... if I had been offered a CS then, I would have taken it. But I had no choice, so I just did it.
When I fell PG with DS1 I had kind of forgotten what the pain was like until about halfway through when (TMI) I got a bit constipated & the pain brought it all back... but again, I had no choice.
With DS2 I was scared for different reasons.
And with Pie, I was a bit nervous... but I was more focused on other things, and I was confident I could deal with the pain ok, I'd done it before.

Also, by the time they all came to be born I was so over being pregnant that I didn't care about any pain... I figured i could deal with it, as long as they were out!

And the second & subsequent labours were easier to deal with just because I wasn't taken by surprise. In a way, knowing what I was in for made it easier, when it did happen I could just let it be rather than fighting it if that makes sense? And each time, I told myself 'I got through x hours of this last time, I can do it again'

and I'm probably concerned as to how I will manage the contractions, cos I want to do better than I did last time, cos I don't think the screaming and wailing were really helping me then...... lol
I don't know.. I mean, I guess you would know, if it was helping or not but for me, making noise seems to be my thing... I love the idea of a peaceful, zen birth but that's just not how it's happened for me. Making a lot of noise gives me something to focus on & funnel the pain into ITMS.