On the afternoon of February 3, Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital announced that on the first working day of 2025, doctors at the hospital successfully performed a cesarean section for the pregnant woman N.T.H. (26 years old, residing in Do Luong, Nghe An), the baby boy weighing 2.8 kg was safely born.
The special thing about this surgery is that the baby is still intact in the amniotic sac, a phenomenon commonly known as "birth in a sac". After taking the baby out of the mother's womb, the doctor proactively broke the amniotic sac.
According to doctors, this is a rare case, with a rate of only about 1/80,000 births.
During pregnancy, the fetus develops inside the amniotic sac - a thin but strong membrane filled with amniotic fluid that helps keep the fetus warm, protected, and aid in metabolism.
Normally, when it is time to give birth, the amniotic sac will rupture to facilitate the baby's birth. In cesarean sections, the amniotic sac often ruptures during the doctor's operation. However, in some rare cases, such as the birth of mother N.T.H., the baby is still born in an intact amniotic sac, surrounded by membranes, umbilical cord and nourishing blood vessels - just like when in the mother's womb.
Currently, the health of the mother N.T.H. and the baby are stable and continue to be cared for by doctors at Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital.
