{"id":144311,"date":"2023-10-20T04:51:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T04:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=144311"},"modified":"2023-10-20T04:51:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T04:51:22","slug":"i-gave-birth-in-40-seconds-without-pushing-my-baby-shot-out-of-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/lifestyle\/i-gave-birth-in-40-seconds-without-pushing-my-baby-shot-out-of-me\/","title":{"rendered":"I gave birth in 40 seconds without pushing &#8211; my baby &apos;shot out&apos; of me"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>I gave birth in 40 seconds without pushing &#8211; my baby &#8216;shot out&#8217; of me<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cianna Gonzalez, 24, from Pennsylvania, had her second child on August 8, 2022<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>She was in labor for three hours, but her rapid delivery lasted less than a minute<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>The phenomenon\u00a0is known as the Ferguson reflex, or the fetal ejection reflex<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A mother has revealed that she gave birth in just 40 seconds after forgoing an epidural, saying the baby &#8216;shot out&#8217; without her pushing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cianna Gonzalez, 24, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was in labor for three hours, but had a rapid delivery when she welcomed her second child, a baby boy, on August 8, 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I felt him descending. I was screaming, &#8220;He&#8217;s coming!&#8221;&#8216; she recalled.\u00a0&#8216;My baby shot out completely voluntarily. I did not have to push him out. He came out on his own.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez&#8217;s easy birth was due to a medical rarity known as<span>\u00a0the\u00a0Ferguson reflex, or the\u00a0<\/span><span>fetal ejection reflex.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/19\/23\/76772527-12651243-image-a-6_1697756138970.jpg\" height=\"793\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cianna Gonzalez, 24, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, gave birth to her second child in just 40 seconds on\u00a0August 8, 2022<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/19\/23\/76772521-12651243-image-a-7_1697756150565.jpg\" height=\"792\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I felt him descending. I was screaming, &#8220;He&#8217;s coming!&#8221;&#8216; she recalled. &#8216;My baby shot out completely voluntarily. I did not have to push him out. He came out on his own&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/00\/76772525-12651243-image-a-8_1697756442005.jpg\" height=\"507\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez&#8217;s easy birth was due to a medical rarity known as the Ferguson reflex, or the fetal ejection reflex.\u00a0The natural phenomenon occurs when the body expels a baby involuntarily<\/p>\n<p>The natural phenomenon\u00a0occurs when the body expels a baby involuntarily\u00a0thanks to an increase of oxytocin that leads to powerful contractions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The experience is more likely to happen when the mother feels &#8216;safe and supported,&#8217; according to Healthline.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is also more common in home births<span>, where there are lower rates of interventions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Some mothers who have experienced it have likened it to a sneeze \u2014 once it starts, it can&#8217;t be stopped.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez did not have such a quick delivery when she welcomed her first son on February 10, 2021, but it was a positive experience overall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She said it\u00a0gave her &#8216;confidence&#8217; and made her &#8216;excited to do it again.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez was 38 weeks pregnant with her second son when she started having what she thought were\u00a0Braxton-Hicks contractions, or false labor pains.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When she called her birthing center, she was told to come in and discovered she was actually in labor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez was laboring in a birthing pool when she suddenly felt the baby coming.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/00\/76772537-12651243-image-m-10_1697756474699.jpg\" height=\"674\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez did not have such a quick delivery when she welcomed her first son on February 10, 2021, but it was a positive experience overall.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/00\/76772541-12651243-image-a-11_1697756487362.jpg\" height=\"792\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The stay-at-home mom believes that &#8216;being able to relax&#8217; triggered the Ferguson reflex<\/p>\n<p>She tried to get out of the tub to give birth but realized there wasn&#8217;t any time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;I was anxiety-ridden in the moment,&#8217; she recalled.\u00a0<\/span>&#8216;I thought, &#8220;Who is going to catch this baby?&#8221; It was very natural and very fast.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Her midwife was able to grab her son as he slipped out at 10:35 a.m. that morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The healthy baby boy weighed 7 pounds, five ounces, slightly less than his older brother, who was\u00a07 pounds, 12 ounces at birth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The stay-at-home mom believes that\u00a0&#8216;being able to relax&#8217; triggered the Ferguson reflex.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was very intuitive on the baby&#8217;s end. It was incredible,&#8217; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I didn&#8217;t know I could do that or the baby could. 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