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When a baby is born it usually has still got the remnants of the amniotic fluid on its body. Occasionally the sac does not rupture and the baby is born with these membranes still intact. This is called being born in the caul. In some countries there issuperstition surrounding such a birth.

A sponge bath is given to remove these membranes.

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