This means that the amniotic sac doesn’t rupture during the birth and that the head is born still covered in the membrane. It doesn’t happen very often even in natural births. And almost never happens in the hospital because the ‘water’ is so often broken unnaturally.
Here are some photos of our son born in the caul. – Andrew
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Amazing <3
Wow, that is awesome.
Beautiful birth, mother and child… Hold on to these precious memories ))
I just had my 4th baby on 3-30-13 and he too is a caul bearer. His birth looked almost identical! We got a video. These pics are great.