This was probably the one part of labour I didn't expect - my body to do it's job so efficiently once I was fully dilated!!

The contraction built up, I felt pressure in my bottom which gradually increased with an urge to bear down, and then at the end of the contraction, there was a HUGE "crocodile snap" VOMIT which pushed the baby out into the world! I got through Stage 2 in 12 minutes and experienced about 4 or 5 of these "body vomits". Some contractions had just one, others had two or three.

I've since done some net research and found this is called the Maternal Fetal Ejection Reflex and that it can happen when the mother feels safe and secure in the birth environment. Telling someone "not to push" through those body vomits would be like telling someone "not to puke" while their stomach was contracting.

Has anyone else experienced this?