A 31-year-old female 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
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Dr. Jeff Livingston answered
21 years experience 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 on Sep 30, 2016
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Dr. Stephen Pappachen answered
21 years experience Obstetrics and Gynecology
Very low: Estimates are probably less than 1%. Unfortunately, there's no real efficient way to predict its occurrence.
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Tarun Jain answered
23 years experience Fertility Medicine
No : It should not
A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeff Livingston answered
21 years experience Obstetrics and Gynecology
1/100,000: Amniotic fluid embolism is an extremely rare even occurring in about 1/100,000 deliveries. In my 20 years of practice I have only seen one. While an A ... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rola Rimawi answered
19 years experience Internal Medicine
Any risk factors?: Uterine rupture occurs usually when the scar of a previous C-section tears open and is rare. Multiple prior C-sections are risk. AFE occurs when amni ... Read More
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