Natural labor

Mamas who’s given birth natural no epidural how did you go into it to succeed? What was your mindset like? Did you want to give up but kept going? Want to hear experiences! I got an epidural with my first but still wasn’t in bad pain. I was 4cm. I end up getting it bc I was so calm during labor at first then I started to think “what if it hurts by the time I’m ready to actually get one and I can’t sit still” so I just let them give it to me. Was kind of upset i wish I would have waited. I know it gets intense but I really want to try naturally with this baby. I’m close to January and want to prepare myself