So I'm going to be giving birth in Japan, and while the medical care and facilities are first rate, personalized birth plans are not really done here. Women give birth in hospitals, and they do it 100% naturally, no pain meds even through IV. And while I've been trying to comfort myself with the thought that women do this every day and come out of it totally fine, I'm really really scared. Like terrified out of my wits. I've never handled pain very well, and I don't know how I'm going to get through this.