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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Baby Born in the Caul Safely with Midwife’s Assistance, Chiropractic Care for Labor and Newborn
At 3:00 am, on March 16th, a strong contraction pulled me out of sleep. I lay in the dark, tried to go back to sleep, when another hit. I decided to get up. I got a drink of water, and took some of my labor prep herbs. The contractions were very, very strong, and very close together. After an hour,…
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Hypnobabies Birth Center Birth Story
March 5th: I still had no signs of labor starting. No sign of a missing mucus plug or bloody show, the only thing happening was stronger braxton hicks over the last couple days. Nothing worth noting. Somewhere between 8-9 pm while I was sipping on my mama’s pregnancy tea, I started getting some stronger braxton hicks which I ignored since…
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Born in the Caul
Every once in a while, that special bag of waters that protectively surrounds our babies stays intact as baby comes earthside. Here are two example sent in from women in our BWF Community! A BWF Mama sent this photo of her baby birthing in the caul. She says, “My midwives did not intervene at all. I was involuntarily pushing as…