Sissie's Story
I’d had a few nights where I really thought she was coming with gentle contractions forming distinct patterns and continuing for hours at a time. The previous Saturday when I saw my midwife, Sara, she thought I really looked like I was in early labor and expected to get called back that night. So when I was still pregnant the following Saturday we talked over my previous birth and how I’d never really gone into labor myself. She offered me the option of taking some cotton root bark the next time I had contractions to help things move along into a more active pattern. Something that if my body was as ready as she believed it was would help my body commit. After having such a confusing week I thought it sounded pretty good. That evening I began having contractions again, stronger than before so I went ahead with the cotton root. It was also the night of the full moon, called the Wolf Moon by Native Americans and it was bright as a street light shining...