The moment that a new twin, just seconds after her sister’s birth, punches through an amniotic capsule is amazing.
Named Elis by her family, the little girl was delivered still within its intact body. However, she somehow managed to open it with one tiny hand.
Mother Rosangela Maria Sousa Soares described that the moment in Goiania’s maternity hospital was’magical.
Elis was the name of the baby girl who was delivered still within her intact amniotic cyst (pictured).
Just moments after sister’s delivery, the twins managed to push their way through the amniotic cyst.
Rosangela is from Crixas and gave birth via caesarian to identical twins Isis & Elis.
Isis was the first to emerge, followed by Elis who was still in her amniotic sac. She was later filmed breaking it with her little hand.
They were healthy and weighed 4lbs 14 oz each, while the girls weighed in at 1 oz.
Both the mother and the twins could return to their homes two days following the birth.
Elis was still within the sac intact when she was born. However, her tiny hand managed to get through.
Rosangela has a husband and two children. One is a daughter and one is a son.
According to Case Reports in Obstetrics & Gynology, en caul births are those in which the baby was born intact from its amniotic sac. They are very rare.
The risk of having an en caul birth is not known to both the mother and the baby. Because the amniotic sac is usually punctured by the scalpel, they are less likely to occur during caesarean sections.
The amniotic capsule, which is filled mostly with amniotic liquid (a yellow fluid that keeps the baby warm and protected during pregnancy), usually bursts when the baby is due.