Incredible moment newborn twin PUNCHES her way out of amniotic sac moments after sister delivered

This is the incredible moment a newborn twin punched her way out of an amniotic sac just moments after her sister was delivered.

The baby girl, who has been named Elis, was still inside the intact sac when she was born but she managed to break through with her tiny hand.

Mother Rosangela Maria Sousa Soares described the moment at the maternity hospital in the city of Goiania, central Brazil, as ‘magical’.  

The baby girl, who has been named Elis, was born still inside the intact amniotic sac (pictured)

But the newborn twin managed to punch her way out of the amniotic sac just moments after her sister was delivered

Rosangela, who is from the nearby town of Crixas, gave birth to identical twins Isis and Elis via a caesarian. 

Isis came out first, followed by Elis, who was born still inside an intact amniotic sac, which she was then filmed breaking with her tiny hand. 

The healthy girls were born at 36 weeks on November 26 weighing 4lbs 14 oz and 5lbs and 1 oz respectively.

The newborns did not require incubation, and both the mother and twins were able to return home two days after the birth.

Elis was born still inside the intact sac but she managed to break through with her tiny hand

Rosangela is married and the couple has two other children – a daughter, who is the eldest child, and a son.

‘En caul’ births, where the baby is born still inside an intact amniotic sac, are rare – occurring in less than one in 80,000 births, according to a Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology study.

En caul births are not considered to be risky to either the mother or the baby. They are believed to be less common during caesarean section because the scalpel typically punctures the amniotic sac.

In most births, the amniotic sac, which is filled with amniotic fluid – a light yellow liquid that protects the baby and keeps it warm – breaks when the baby is about to be born.