That's exactly the attitude I'm going to try to adopt. I really want to experience all of this stuff, despite the fact that I'm scared....I'm looking forward to reaching each milsetone safely, and I'm trying to use this as real motivation to be as healthy and happy as I can be, because it's not just me it affects from now on.

As far as what you said about giving birth is concerned, I don't have any qualms about being examined physically and who sees me in a state of undress, so I can't say that side of it bothers me at all. Yes it's undignified, but then again, that's part and parcel of being female (going for Pap smears etc) so I'm not really too worried about that side of things.

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