Specialties NICU
Published Feb 26, 2015
guest769224
1,698 Posts
This story is absolutely amazing...
Want to share with the forum. What a cute little guy and so surreal to see. 1 in every 80,000 births, wow.
Rare birth: Baby born completely encased in amniotic sac | KSL.com
klone, MSN, RN
14,856 Posts
Nah, it's really not that rare. I've been a nurse for 10 years, in L&D for 6, and I've seen it twice. It IS very cool, though. Babies born "in the caul" are supposed to have psychic abilities.
Elvish, BSN, DNP, RN, NP
4 Articles; 5,259 Posts
Seen it a couple times at my place too. It is really neat.
Coffee Nurse, BSN, RN
955 Posts
I like the comment in the video
that the baby was "in a fetal position!" Uh...you know where that term comes from, right?
NicuGal, MSN, RN
2,743 Posts
We see this more with preemies, but it is cool! It was once thought if you were born with a caul, you were a witch.
katierobin23
147 Posts
I like the comment in the videothat the baby was "in a fetal position!" Uh...you know where that term comes from, right?
That cracked me up too! I would have had a hard time not responding with, "you don't say!"
Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN
6 Articles; 11,906 Posts
I'm surprised by this admission:
So Silas' doctor snapped a photo with his cellphone.
I'm just trying to figure out the logistics of snapping a photo on one's cell phone while maintaining a sterile field. I'm guessing someone else must have actually grabbed the phone out of his scrubs and took the picture.
But I would guess that they got permission from the family before publicizing the photo.
SweenyG
44 Posts
It would probably happen more often if amniotomy wasn't as common.
No Stars In My Eyes
5,133 Posts
So Dr. Binder 'unbound' the baby. Cool!
YuHiroRN, BSN
58 Posts
This is exactly my first thought when I read this headline initially.
NICUmiiki, DNP, NP
1,775 Posts
This happened in my ER's triage once. Very weird to see.