Rebe I know you don't want to but you should probably lay your bike down, I mean gentle as to not hurt anything and practice picking it up. Don't leave it down for long or it will flood but trust me you need to make sure you can.
That's the first thing Chris made me do when I got mine. If you go down on the street (esp. by yourself) you get really pumped or get panicey and you may not remember the right tecnique. I went down in the middle of a major intersection in the rain and had to pick the bike up by myself covered in oil. Not fun but I did it b/c I had been taught how.
If you don't want to do it backwards try this, works best if you have frame siders: grab your frame slider that's facing the ground with one hand and your handle bar with the other, you can tip it just slightly up and get your body under it and use you legs to push it up. DO NOT USE YOUR BACK YOU'LL NEVER GET IT UP! This has always worked for me.
Just a different way, I'm not saying the other ways are wrong
Don't feel bad about the sticky, I'm sure other girls have the same question, and everyone has done it or will do it at some point in time.