Newborn baby delivered floating in intact Amniotic Sac, En Caul, by Greek Doctor
An astonishing photo of a newborn baby delivered still inside its intact amniotic sac is making the rounds online, months after Greek obstetrician Dr. Aris Tsigiris posted the image on the Facebook page of his medical practice on March 11.
Dr. Tsigiris, an OB/GYN operating out of Marousi, the suburban city northeast of Athens in which Greece hosted the 2004 Olympics, wrote in Greek that the healthy baby was delivered surgically by cesarean section, still surrounded by the amniotic sac filled with placenta.
The delivery was an “ultra rare” occurrence, said Dr. Tsigiris, in which the baby felt and behaved as if it had not yet been born even though it had already exited the womb.
During pregnancy, unborn babies float in the amniotic sac, a fluid-filled membrane that cushions, protects, and nourishes them as they develop.
The amniotic sac usually breaks when a pregnant woman goes into labor – an occurrence that’s generally known as the “water breaking,” with amniotic fluid gushing out of the birth canal, and signals that the baby is on its way.
Source: Medical Daily
Published: 05 June 2013
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