tips for going natural

So I really would like to have a natural birth for a lot of reasons. However I feel like everyone around me is discouraging me from doing it natural. I'm a little nervous about giving birth, this is my first and I haven't really had that great of a support system for choosing to go natural. Can you guys who have gone natural maybe give me some tips on how to better prepare my body for it or other coping methods that helped you get through your natural birth