THIS is the incredible moment a baby girl born still in the amniotic sac punches her way out.
Known as a ‘en caul birth’, this sort of delivery takes place around one in 80,000 births.
The births are so rare because the sac usually bursts when the baby is about to be born and this even happens when women have a caesarean.
Video footage shows mum Rosangela Maria Sousa Soares lying on the delivery table at a hospital in the city of Goiania in the Brazilian state of Goias.
She is seen looking down at the baby girl, who has been born.
But much to the surprise of the family, the little girl starts to punch her way out of the sack, and her little hand emerges.
The now mum-of-four Rosangela described the event as a "magic moment".
Rosangela, who hails from the town of Crixas, also in Goias State, gave birth to identical twins Isis and Elis.
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Little Isis came out first, followed by Elis, who was born still inside an intact amniotic sac.
The healthy girls were born at 36 weeks on November 26 weighing 2.2 kilogrammes (4 lbs 14 oz) and 2.3 kilogrammes (5 lbs 1 oz) respectively.
The newborns did not require incubation, and both mum and daughters were able to return home two days after the birth.
Rosangela is married and the couple has two other children – a daughter, who is the eldest child, and a son.
En caul births are rare as usually the sac bursting and fluids leaking signify a woman being moments away from childbirth.
According to a 2018 study published in Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, en caul deliveries make up around just one in 80,000 live births, and they are not possible to predict.
Experts say that en caul births pose no risks to the newborn. In fact, they can be beneficial, as the intact sac can protect the baby against possible trauma or abrasions during delivery.
In September it was reported that another baby in Brazil was born 'en caul'.
Despite the fact that these cases are rare – it was is the fourth one to have taken place at a clinic in Brazil.
The clinic in Sao Miguel do Oeste welcomed to the world baby Davi Lucca Rosset Basso on September 21.
The unnamed doctor involved in Davi Lucca's delivery said: "It's a very beautiful birth, the baby arriving inside the sac and still moving around.
"Practically still in the intrauterine environment. Still in contact with its mother. It's a very emotional birth."
It was previously reported that a baby boy in China was delivered in a 'protective balloon' after his mother had undergone IVF after struggling to conceive for eight years after getting married.
Another case was also reported in Brazil in 2019 and in 2017 another incredible set of photos showed the moment mum Raelin Scurry delivered her own baby still inside his amniotic sac, on the front seat of her car.
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