Credit: SWNS / Cianna Gonzalez
A unmedicated mum gave birth in just 40 seconds when her baby "shot out" - because of a medical rarity.
Cianna Gonzalez, 24, experienced the Ferguson reflex, when the body 'expels' a child.
Also known as the fetal ejection reflex, it is often seen in home births - but rarely in a medical setting.
Stay-at-home mum Cianna, from Philadelphia, says she felt her son "descending" without control.
And he just slipped out after a three-hour labour - where he was caught by a midwife.
A unmedicated mum gave birth in just 40 seconds when her baby "shot out" - because of a medical rarity.
Cianna Gonzalez, 24, experienced the Ferguson reflex, when the body 'expels' a child.
Also known as the fetal ejection reflex, it is often seen in home births - but rarely in a medical setting.
Stay-at-home mum Cianna, from Philadelphia, says she felt her son "descending" without control.
And he just slipped out after a three-hour labour - where he was caught by a midwife.
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00:00My baby shot out completely involuntary. I did not have to push him out.
00:05So while I was giving birth, what basically happened to me is called the Ferguson reflex.
00:10My baby shot out completely involuntary. I did not have to push him out. He came out on his own.
00:22I have my birth video up on my page, but when you watch it, you can hear me screaming,
00:27the baby is coming, he's coming, and that was me screaming to my team that I'm going to need hands on deck
00:33because I could feel him descending outside of my control.
00:45I was standing up while I was giving birth, so I also feel like just me being in that position
00:50and the way that gravity works, it was also just pulling him down.
00:53So if you're pregnant and you're preparing for labor, I would definitely look up some breathing techniques.
00:58There wasn't any technique that I did specifically, but I just focused on making sure I'm taking very slow, deep breaths.
01:06I was fortunate enough to be able to birth in a birth center and the environment that birth centers have,
01:11especially the one I was at, really allowed me to relax. I was able to move freely without being hooked up to any machines.
01:19I was able to be in warm water, and I do firmly believe that those things helped me progress my labor instantly.
01:27I know that these are amenities that are not necessarily available to anybody, and for that, I would definitely recommend
01:32have somebody keep you accountable for your breathing and try to make the environment as relaxing as possible.
01:39Maybe you want dim lighting, maybe you want certain music, maybe you don't even want to be talked to, maybe you just want silence.
01:44Try to think of those things and think about what might help you relax.
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