Doctors who carried out the emergency Caesarean section on his mother were astonished to discover he was inside the intact amniotic sac - a bag of clear fluid inside the womb where the unborn baby develops.
The amniotic sac is a bag of clear, pale fluid inside the womb where the unborn baby develops and grows.
Silas' tiny hands and leg were clearly visible inside the sac (left), which normally breaks automatically before birth resulting in the mother's 'water breaking'. Doctors say the chances of it remaining completely unbroken during labour is 'ultra rare'. WARNING GRAPHIC Pictures after cut..
And until the bag was broken, he was still getting oxygen through the placenta, CBS reported.
The fluid helps to cushion the baby from bumps and injury, as well as providing it with fluids it can breathe and swallow. It also maintains a constant temperature for the baby.
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