A baby comes into the world in its amniotic sac

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Published the 02.09.2017 at 08h21

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The event is rare. It only concerns one birth in 80 000. Raelin Scurry, a 29 year old woman from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States), has given birth to a baby. Until then, nothing extraordinary. If this is just his birth, it was still wrapped in his amniotic sac.
In principle, prior to giving birth, the pregnant women ” to lose the waters “. This loss of amniotic liquid is actually the rupture of this bag. But the experience of Raelin Scurry is a little different.

A baby in a hurry

Last August 5, only 29 weeks of pregnancy, or 11 weeks before the term, it was made of contractions. It was first thought to be contractions of Braxton Hicks contractions, which occur from the sixth week, and may be felt during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.

But, finding that they were not passed, the couple decided to go to the hospital after 45 minutes. “The contractions continued to get closer together and intensify, and before I knew it, I knew it was time to start pushing,” says the mother on his account Instagram.