A video of a baby being born still inside the amniotic sac, known as the caul — which occurs in one in every 80,000 births — has gone viral.
A video of a baby being born still inside the amniotic sac, known as the caul — which occurs in one in every 80,000 births — has gone viral.
The clip was captured in Spain and shows the the baby’s body fully intact amniotic sac, with the membrane covering its entire body.
The video shows the baby lying on a hospital table, curled up inside the sac which is tightly stretched around its body.
The baby is clearly visible inside the sac, moving at times with the umbilical cord still attached.
Usually the amniotic sac is broken during the process of childbirth or is pierced with a scalpel during a C-section.
In the video, nurses and doctors can be seen gathered around the table to catch a glimpse of this rare moment.
Normally when the sac breaks, the fluid held inside gushes out of the uterus, which is known as the woman’s ‘water breaking’.
In just a day the video has gotten over 7 million views.
Earlier this year another baby born in Spain was also captured on a video being born inside the amniotic sac.
In that case the doctor used a pair of surgical scissors to cut a small hole in the sac which caused the baby to spill out soon.
