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If women were to purposely birth a baby in its amniotic sac. wouldn't that lessen the chance of amniotic fluid embolism? i want a en caul birth

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Dr. Jeff Livingston answered

Specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Pretty rare: En caul births are quite rare especially in live term gestations. The incidence is less than 1/80,000. It is fine to want to do that but important to understand that nature tends to cause the water to break at some point during labor.

Answered 9/30/2016

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A member asked:

If women were to purposely birth a baby in its amniotic sac. wouldn't that lessen the chance of amniotic fluid embolism? i want a en caul birth

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Jeff Livingston answered

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