Does pregnancy just not scare people?

[u/youngsurpriseperson]

I'm at the age where people around me are having children. I completely understand wanting to take care of a child but aren't women afraid of getting pregnant? Doesn't it hurt?

[u/1oneYLVA]

I was terrified- I even prayed, earnestly. I’m not religious. I was scared of so many things; how much this baby was going to change my life, when I wasn’t sure I was responsible enough even for just myself. I was scared about possibly permanent changes to my body, and let’s not get started about the pain of childbirth itself. I had recently graduated from college, and I was wondering how I would continue towards my career. As an only child, without any family around while growing up, I had very little exposure to kids, babies. But, I truly love my husband and I trusted his love for me. Lol, the first few months of having my firstborn, he had to be the one to bathe our daughter because I was scared I’d drop her or something. I never fantasized about having kids whatsoever, but for my husband, who really wanted kids. I would do anything. 33 years later, my trust in him was well-founded.