Birth is a pretty amazing experience — leaving some to even label it a “miracle.” Well, if childbirth is a miracle, then an en caul birth — which happens once in a rare while — is downright ...

A couple in Buffalo, New York, were surprised when their daughter Annabelle was born still partially enclosed in her amniotic sac, a phenomenon known as a caul birth. This rare occurrence is seen in ...

Ali Gonzalez was born at West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell one minute before the solar eclipse began Monday. She was born with a "caul," or amniotic sac still covering her head, a rare occurrence ...

Before my mother died at 87 from ovarian cancer in 1997, she informed me I was a “caulbearer.” I had been born with a caul on my head. She said the filmy remnant of the amniotic sac enveloped my head ...

A new video of a baby being born in its amniotic sac via cesarean section is making waves online. In the video, doctors slowly ease the baby out, encased in what looks like a semi-transparent balloon, ...

In a rare case of a c-section birth in Asia, a baby was born inside the amniotic sac. An incredible video, which was filmed and shared on social media, shows doctors breaking the sac, which normally ...

Every birth is incredible, but a rare few are particularly miraculous to witness. As a fetus develops, the amniotic sac grows and fills with fluid to cushion the baby. During these rare en caul births ...

In Morgan Jerkins' new novel Caul Baby, a family of Black women has a gift; they're born with a caul, a layer over their skin that protects them from harm. They can share the caul with others — and ...

An en caul birth is a rare event where a baby is born still inside an intact amniotic sac. The sac balloons out at birth, with the child remaining inside of the unbroken or partially broken membrane.

Before my mother died at 87 from ovarian cancer in 1997, she informed me I was a “caulbearer.” I had been born with a caul on my head. She said the filmy remnant of the amniotic sac enveloped my head ...