Natural birth or medicated birth

So I recently witnessed 2 of my closest friends give birth. One friend did it with medicine and the other one did it natural. I'm leaning more towards trying to have my baby natural because my friend was up and walking 30 minutes after she was done and was able to leave the hospital the same day. I have had some people in my family try to do natural birth but ended up in c-sections. My family has a history of high blood pressure but I don't have it currently. Would my family history hinder me from giving birth without medicine? I don't see my doctor until April and I don't want to wait to ask him.