https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 19:30:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternal-fetal-ejection-reflex#post-2115932 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 10:47:36 +0000 Mrs. Chocolate 2115932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My body doesnt push at all. I pushed for 4+ hours with my son and they had to use a vacummn to help me. After the first hour of pushing the nurses pretty much told me I had done nothing for that first hour and he wasnt any closer to being born than he had been. I never feel the urge to push at all. It feels exactly the same at 3 cm dilated as it does at 10. I pushed an hour for my daughter which is still long they say for a 2nd baby but a lot shorter than 4 hours so improvement</p> <p>Congrats on your baby </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternal-fetal-ejection-reflex#post-2115923 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 10:44:21 +0000 littlejoy 2115923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with @blackbird: ... In a normal labor, I believe this would happen to everyone. Exceptions would be if something was not normal, which prevented the mother or baby from being 100% active in the birthing process. </p> <p>This sums up my birth: </p> <p>"Just before a fetus ejection reflex, mothers lose their inhibitions completely and may behave in emotionally explosive ways. Medical birth attendants usually wish to interfere verbally at this point instead of calmly refraining from comment. The fetus ejection reflex is rarely seen in hospitals or by midwives and doctors. It is disturbed by vaginal examinations, fundal pressure, masculinization of the birth environment, electronic monitoring equipment, cameras, even eye contact. I am fortunate, as a homebirth midwife, to have witnessed many instances of fetus ejection reflex, and have learnt from them to be less intrusive and more confident in the physiological design for birth. It may be possible to witness the fetus ejection reflex in a hospital setting if it can be adjusted so that the lights are dim, it is quiet and peaceful, the midwife/doctor does not speak or comment or interfere in any way. A reassuring motherly figure who is quietly and unobtrusively present and only assists when and if needed, is the best kind of birth attendant. The fetus ejection reflex is not a 2nd stage of labour and is usually preceded by a pause where the mother may stop contractions and sleep for several hours or a mother may doze between contractions. The vertex is usually positioned for some time just behind the perineal tissue prior to a fetus ejection reflex. When a mother is breathing deeply in-between contractions and is resting and calm, babies keep their tone and do just fine. The onset of a fetus ejection reflex may seem sudden and the baby is born after three to four expulsive efforts."</p> <p>I don't think the need to push is an indication ... as I needed to push a few times, but it was purely instinctual &amp; there was literally nothing my brain/body could do to keep it from happening. Baby was born in our living room after a very short labor.</p> <p>Congrats on your babe! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternal-fetal-ejection-reflex#post-2115908 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 10:28:07 +0000 Anagram 2115908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't even know what this was, so I googled...and found this: <a href="http://www.wombecology.com/?pg=fetusejection" rel="nofollow">http://www.wombecology.com/?pg=fetusejection</a></p> <p>Were you standing up or squatting with your back straight? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternal-fetal-ejection-reflex#post-2115892 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 10:15:23 +0000 cascademom 2115892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My friend didn't push out her second kid after having a long routine labor with her first. Her doctor said if were to have another kid, they would induce her for fast labors. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternal-fetal-ejection-reflex#post-2115626 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 08:08:49 +0000 blackbird 2115626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My OB said that everyone has it. In fact, they used to put women to sleep and their bodies would just push the baby out! Crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternal-fetal-ejection-reflex#post-2115548 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 07:19:34 +0000 yellowbird 2115548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anonysquire: woah! I've never heard of this, but I'm sorry you're hurting :(</p> <p>Congrats on your baby boy though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternal-fetal-ejection-reflex#post-2115537 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 07:13:07 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2115537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a friend who probably has something like this. Her last (#4) was born in like less than an hour. They had planned for another home water birth but they didn't even have time to set up the pool. He was born in bed. The dad has gotten good at catching babies because the midwives don't get there fast enough. Oh and her babies are 9lbs +. </p> <p>She agreed, its not as glamorous and people make it out to be. Yes its nice to not labor for days but its a lot of very rapid changes and pain that comes with it. I hope you rest up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternal-fetal-ejection-reflex#post-2115528 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 07:08:34 +0000 anonysquire 2115528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok, anyone else have experience with this? I thought it was pretty cool when I had my first baby that I didn't have to push at all. She literally fell out. When it happened again just last night, my midwives told me about this reflex. This time wasn't so cool. Does anyone else's body not tell them to push? Omg ouch!!! </p>