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Rare footage has shown the birth of twin babies still inside their mother’s amniotic sacs in Brazil.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Doctors say fewer than one in 80,000 are born ‘en caul’ – still inside the protective membrane that surrounds the baby’s foetus.<\/p>\n
The sac usually ruptures at the first signs of labor, but in this case the doctors opened it with their hands.<\/p>\n
They did not know whether this could be called an anomaly at birth or just an unusual case.<\/p>\n
The mother of twins, Cristiane Mucci, gave birth to her daughters Maria Cecilia and Maria Alice by Caesarian section on July 11.<\/p>\n
The babies were then removed from their pouches at the Hospital de Nossa Senhora das Dores in Ponte Nova, southeast Brazil.<\/p>\n
They were received by gynecologist Dr Emilio Garavini and were healthy, as the hospital described the birth as very special.<\/p>\n
Although such cases are rare, the “en caul” birth is believed to be the fifth in Brazil.<\/p>\n
A clinic in Sao Miguel do Oeste welcomed baby Davi Lucca Rosset Basso last September.<\/p>\n