No matter how cynical you are, you have to admit that childbirth is a miracle. There’s just something so mysterious about how a human being comes into the world. And they always bring surprises with them. No matter how meticulous mom is with planning for childbirth, nature will somehow throw a wrench into the system and make mom and dad think on their feet, which is really just the start of many similar adventurous moments to come.
While birthing classes and resources available at your local bookstore can give mom an advantage when it comes to handling childbirth and knowing what to expect, there really is nothing that can prepare a human for the moment of bringing another life into the world. One such surprise is when a child has an en-caul birth. This means that the baby is still fully encased within the amniotic sac or, as some people in their Ivory Towers like to call it, caul.
This type of childbirth is very rare. It happens only one in about every eighty thousand births. That means that few people ever get to see this amazing situation unfold. But photographer Jana Brasil, from Brazil, was lucky enough to be in the room when it happened and captured the entire situation on film.
Photographs from the hospital room show the baby stuck inside the amniotic sac. This amazing view into a world unknown to most of us shows us just how little we understand about life and the world around us. If this is the birth situation for one out of eighty thousand children, it’s not as rare as you might think.
People reacted to the photographs that Brasil posted to her photography business page online. And there’s no wonder why! The images she has shared are so powerful they are meant to be viewed by as many people as possible. And lots of people left comments, too.
“My daughter too was born this way naturally 18th June 2008 home birth,” wrote one mom. “She’s now 11 years old, and in the 20 years, the midwife had delivered babies; it was her first experience of It. They say a child born in an intact placenta has a sixth sense as they grow up.”
Another woman wrote, “He’s a beautiful little boy, and he will have special powers. My mother was born with a veil, and she knew things That was gonna happen.”
Another woman wrote, “My mother in law was born with a caul too. Always proud of it home birth in 1917.”
The baby in the photos is Noah Valasco. He was delivered via a C-section at the Praia da Costa Hospital. He is healthy and happy, and so is his mother, Monyck.
When Monyck first realized that images of her son’s birth had gone viral, she was shocked.
“People all around the world are reposting the photos and looking for us. I saw him being born. They lowered the screen so I could see. I cried a lot. It’s an emotion that has no size.” she said to the media.
What do you think of the images?