Doctors successfully performed ‘bipolar cord occlusion followed by in-utero cord transection’ to save baby in complex rare ...

The odds of giving birth to your baby en caul (inside the amniotic sac) are said to be 1 in 80,000. So we can’t imagine what the odds were for this mum’s birth story to actually happen. 1 in a million ...

We know that not every woman who's pregnant with twins gets the chance to have a natural ... the other – and to see the second twin being born still in his 'waters' (amniotic sac). The picture above ...

Amniotic fluid is the fluid that surrounds a fetus during pregnancy. When the amniotic sac breaks, known as the rupture of ...

The amniotic sac, commonly called the bag of waters ... procedure where fluid from the sac is sampled during fetal development, after 15 weeks of pregnancy, to be used in prenatal diagnosis of ...

When you become pregnant, it can feel a bit like you’re learning a whole new language of medical terms. From ‘gestation’ to ‘amniotic sac,’ the world of pregnancy comes with its own set ...

A pregnancy that has progressed without any ... This prolapse can occur, too, if the amniotic sac breaks before the fetus has moved into place in the pelvis. Umbilical cord prolapse is an emergency.

Rupture of the membrane is the medical term for water has broken and happens during pregnancy. It is when the amniotic sac that surrounds the baby ruptures and the fluid gets out. However ...

A multiple pregnancy is when a woman has two or more babies in her ... Identical babies share a placenta, but each usually has a separate amniotic sac. Identical babies are the same sex and have the ...