Baby Born inside the Amniotic Sac

Watch the incredibly rare moment a baby is born inside the amniotic sac... something that happens to just one in every 80,000 babies

• A baby from Spain was delivered recently still inside the amniotic sac
• The rare incident normally happens during just one in 80,000 births
• Video of the baby being born has been viewed more than 6.8 million times
• The baby was born just moments after its twin who was delivered normally
• The amniotic sac usually breaks because of stress during childbirth

• By Josh Hanrahan For Daily Mail Australia,www.dailymail.co.uk
• August 10th, 201
  
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It's an incredibly rare, confronting and beautiful phenomenon all at the same time.

This is the moment a child is born while still inside its fully intact amniotic sac - known as the caul - something estimated to occur in one in every 80,000 births.

The video was taken in Spain on Saturday and captures the rare moment the baby was born with the membrane covering its entire body, just minutes after its twin was delivered normally. 

Amazing: The moment this newborn baby was delivered still inside the amniotic sac was captured on video in Spain on Saturday. The video shows the baby moving inside the clear sac on a hospital table as doctors and nurses watch on

Incredible: The baby's blue umbilical cord, through which it is receiving oxygen, can be clearly distinguished.

The picture shows the newborn lying on a hospital table, curled up inside the clear sac which is tightly stretched around its body.

Moving occasionally, the baby is clearly visible inside the sac with the blue umbilical cord - through which the baby is receiving oxygen - easily distinguishable.

With its movements increasing in regularity, the youngster is seemingly ready to escape the sac and meet its little brother or sister.

Normally, the amniotic sac is broken during the strenuous process of childbirth or is pierced with a scalpel during a caesarean.

Doctors and nurses gathered around the table to catch a glimpse of what for most medical professionals is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

When the amniotic sac breaks, the fluid held inside is what is described as a woman's 'water breaking'.

In less than one day the video has been watched by more than 6.8 million people.

Rarity! In February this year another Spanish baby was born inside the amniotic sac, with the moment also captured on video. It is estimated these amniotic births occur only once in every 80,000

Beautiful: Although the sac normally breaks during the stress of child birth, it had to be cut by a doctor in this instance. The umbilical cord was still wrapped around the baby as it was cut free from the amniotic sac after birth

Earlier this year another baby, also from Spain, was captured on video being born inside the amniotic sac.

In that instance the doctor used a pair of surgical scissors to cut a small hole in the sac, causing the baby to spill out soon after.

That video also went viral with a total of more than 26 million social media users watching the birth of the youngster.