My husband said I won’t be able to labor without an epidural

I am pregnant with our second baby and had a very traumatic emergency c section with my first. I think I got the epidural way to early and right after they were not able to find my sons heart beat so we had to do a quick c section. Ever since I’ve been dreaming about going all natural with our second baby. But my husband said “knowing you, you wouldn’t be able to handle it so just get the epidural.” I’m not sure how to react.. I also don’t want to overreact. But what he said extremely hurt my feelings.