Di-di twins are like roommates with their own room and fridge. They each have their own placenta and amniotic sac – and because they don't share as many resources, they have a lower rate of ...

En caul birth is when a baby is born still inside an intact amniotic sac. Learn more about what causes it, why it’s important, and what to expect.

Researchers have developed a new stem cell model of the mature human amniotic sac, which replicates development of the tissues supporting the embryo from two to four weeks after fertilization ...

Amniotic sacs and its fluid are connected to the placenta, which provides oxygen to the baby. So as soon as the baby is born, the sac must be ruptured to help the baby breathe.

Such amniotic sac helmet births are rare enough, but to have the entire baby inside the sac, or ‘en caul,’ occurs in less than one in 80,000 births, Cedars-Sinai said.

Using Chile's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, scientists have peered into the "amniotic sac" of a still-forming star that is host to at least one protoplanet, giving them a glimpse of ...

This amazing video shows a baby who had been born still inside its amniotic sac. It is known as a caul, and happens in an estimated one in every 80,000 ...

THIS is the amazing moment a baby boy born still inside the amniotic sac is cut out so he can take his first breath.

It’s incredibly rare for a baby to be born completely encased in its amniotic sac. While it’s not dangerous to burst out into the world “caul” — which is the actual term for being born ...

Above: monoamniotic twin sisters, so-called because they shared a single amniotic sac, who were born in Akron last Friday to a middle-school math teacher and her husband. The Akron Children’s ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have developed a new stem cell model of the mature human amniotic sac, which replicates development of the tissues supporting the embryo from two to four ...