This Woman Only Took 40 Seconds to Give Birth Without Pushing Baby
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Pennyslvania - A mother from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania shared her story about how she give birth without pushing the baby and she only needs 40 seconds.
Cianna Gonzales, 24, was in labor for three hours but had a rapid delivery when she welcomed her second child, a baby boy, on August 8, 2022.
"I felt him descending, I was screaming, 'He's coming!' My baby shot out completely voluntarily. I didn't have to push him out. He came out on his own," she recalled.
Gonzales's easy birth was due to a medical rarity known as the Ferguson reflex, or the fetal ejection reflex. The natural phenomenon happens when the body expels a baby involuntarily because of an increase in oxytocin that leads to powerful contractions.
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The experience is more likely to happen when the mother feels safe and supported, according to Healthline.
It's also more common in home births, where there are lower rates of interventions.
Some mothers who have experienced it have likened it to a sneeze - once it starts, it cannot be stopped.
Gonzales did not have such a quick delivery when she welcomed her first so on February 10, 2021, it was a positive experience overall.
She said it gave her confidence and made her excited to do it again.
Gonzalez was 38 weeks pregnant with her second son when she started having what she thought were Braxton-Hicks contractions or false labor pains.
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When she called her birthing center, she was told to come in and discovered she was actually in labor. She was laboring in a birthing pool when she suddenly felt the baby coming.
She tried to get out of the tub to give birth but realized there wasn't any time.
"I was anxiety-ridden at the moment. I thought, 'Who is going to catch this baby?'It was very natural and very fast," she said.
Her midwife was able to grab her son as he slipped out at 10:35 am that morning.
The healthy baby boy weighed 7 pounds, five ounces, slightly less than his older brother, who was 7 pounds, 12 ounces at birth.
The stay-at-home mom believes that being able to relax triggered the Ferguson reflex.
"It was very intuitive on the baby's end. It was incredible. I didn't know I could do that or the baby could. He was on his timing," she expressed.
