“It really felt like a moment of awe,” said the surgeon. Warning: graphic images ahead.
Silas Philips was born three months premature via cesarean section at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, 10 weeks ago.
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Normally, it splits open during labour, releasing its protective fluid. This is what people mean when they refer to a mother's waters breaking. But in 1 in 80,000 cases, the amniotic sac — also known as the water sac — remains intact, meaning that the baby is still receiving oxygen and nutrition via the placenta and umbilical cord.
The sight certainly surprised the staff at the hospital. "It was a moment that really did, even though it's a cliche: We caught our breath," William Binder, the doctor who took the photo, told the local TV station. "It really felt like a moment of awe."
He added that doctors had quickly removed the baby from the sac so that it could start breathing. "It felt like slow motion but really realistically probably about 10 seconds that we had to sort of quickly pause and be able to do this, because at the same time, we want to get the baby out of that sac, start helping the baby to begin breathing," Binder said.
Silas's mother, Chelsea, was unaware of what had happened until her own mother showed her the picture.
"It was definitely like a clear film where you could definitely make out his head and his hair," she said of the amniotic sac. "He was kind of in a fetal position and you could see, like, his arms and his legs curled up. It was actually really cool to see."
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