What is the Ring of Fire birth?

It’s the feeling created when the baby is crowning – when it’s head is pushing on the vaginal opening – and stretching the tissues there.
Because it’s a burning sensation happening all around your vaginal opening (so it’s a circle, or a “ring”).

(Honestly, you can get a “sort of” idea of what this feels like by stretching your mouth open as widdddddde as possible- use your fingers in each side of your mouth to stretch it farther – only, know that whatever you come up with that way- the ring of fire in childbirth IS worse.)

This doesn’t generally happen early in labor – I mean, unless your baby is coming VERY fast.
The ring of fire usually comes right before baby makes his appearance– USUALLY.