en caul

alternative en-caul

1. not comparableOf a birth: with the baby still inside an intact amniotic sac.

   en caul birth

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   Trauma to the newborn may be minimized by en caul delivery.

   2007, Ashley S. Roman, Martin L. Pernoll, “Late Pregnancy Complications”, in Alan H. DeCherney, Lauren Nathan, T. Murphy Goodwin, Neri Laufer, Current Diagnosis & Treatment Obstetrics & Gynecology (Lange Current Series), 10th edition, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, section III (Pregnancy at Risk), page 278, column 2

   En caul births were rare, and I’d only ever seen pictures in clinical books.

   2016, Jennifer Manuel, chapter 1, in The Heaviness of Things That Float, Madeira Park, B.C.: Douglas & McIntyre, →ISBN, page 15

   An en caul birth required special attention and slave holders’ physicians did not understand the importance of the caul or even disposing of the placenta appropriately, which also carried special significance in African culture.

   2021, Kimberly C. Harper, “Black Midwives and Reclaiming Choice”, in The Ethos of Black Motherhood in America: Only White Women Get Pregnant (Lexington Studies in Health Communication), Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, →ISBN, pages 87–88

alternative en-caul

1. not comparableOf a birth: with the baby still inside an intact amniotic sac.

   born en caul

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   The membrane from the water sac was still covering her body; she was born en caul.

   2003, Catherine Amador-Locher, “In Her Own Time”, in Sheri L. Menelli, Journey into Motherhood: Inspirational Stories of Natural Birth, Carlsbad, Calif.: White Heart Publishing, published 2005, →ISBN, page 28

   Due to the rarity and strange appearance of the sac, legends have built up over the centuries, the most common being that a baby born en caul will never drown.

   2011, Melissa Coleman, “Water”, in This Life Is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →ISBN, page 126

   She told me once that she was born en caul, which meant when she came into this world, she was still hangin’ out inside the amniotic sac.

   2015, L[aurie] K[ellogg] McCall, “Tobias”, in Sway of the Siren, May River Press, LLC, →ISBN, page 51

   For example, African tradition believed that children born en caul (fully enclosed in the amniotic sac) were gifted with second sight into the spiritual world.

   2021, Kimberly C. Harper, “Black Midwives and Reclaiming Choice”, in The Ethos of Black Motherhood in America: Only White Women Get Pregnant (Lexington Studies in Health Communication), Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 87