Natural caesarean allows baby boy to ‘crawl’ from his mother’s stomach


  • A woman from the United Kingdom has undergone a ‘natural caesarean’
  • A video shows her son wriggling clear of her stomach through an incision
  • The confronting video has been viewed more than 1.6 million times 
  • The trend of natural caesareans is becoming more popular among mothers 

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Decisions around how to deliver a child are among the toughest faced by expectant parents.

And while mums have long had to choose between either a natural vaginal birth or a caesarean, there is now another way.

The latest trend to emerge among mothers is a mixture of both types of birthing methods.

A video posted to Facebook by childbirth educator Sophie Messager shows a woman delivering her son by ‘nautral caesarean’ – and the results are incredible.

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Natural birth: A woman from the United Kingdom has delivered her son through the process of a natural caesarean, the latest birthing trend among mothers – a video of the birth has been watched 1.6 million times

The video shows the baby effectively delivering himself, progressively wriggling his way clear of his mother’s stomach through an incision made during the caesarean.

Doctors and nurses look on as the newborn slowly emerges, removing his head followed by his shoulders and then the full body.

‘Oh look at him,’ the mother can be heard to say as her son emerges from within her.

Posted by Ms Messager on behalf of a friend on Tuesday, the video has since gone viral, receiving more than 1.6 million views and 25,000 shares.

In her post she outlined how the mother had wished to have a natural caesarean, but after having some of her individual wishes for the pregnancy refused, she was forced to change hospitals.

‘A friend had the most gorgeous gentle caesarean yesterday – it was quite a journey because her local hospital refused to entertain any of her wishes,’ Ms Messager wrote.

Wriggling clear: The baby removes himself from his mother’s stomach by slowly moving his body clear through an incision made during the caesarean

Phenomenally successful: Posted by Ms Messager on behalf of a friend on Tuesday, the video has since gone viral, receiving more than 1.6 million views and 25,000 shares

Online sensation: Childbirth educator Sophie Messager posted the video on behalf of a friend and described the birth as ‘gorgeous’

Science stuff: A recent diagram showed what happened when a natural caesarean is performed (pictured)

‘So she had to move to another hospital where she found the most supportive consultant (Dr Andy Simm at Nottingham City hospital), who not only agreed to support all her wishes but filmed the birth to use it to educate other health pros.

‘I especially loved watching the baby walking himself out of the womb,’ she said. 

According to Ms Messager, the doctors at the hospital listened to all the mother’s stipulations including the fact that there be no drapes, no weighing or measuring until the family is ready and ‘even waiting until the cord had finished pulsating before clamping it’. 

Repeat performance: In May this year, another video of a mother undergoing a natural caesarean garnered the attention of the world 

Home based: The woman from Devon was unable to give birth naturally and so delivered her son Leo using a similar mix of ‘gentle caesarean’ birthing methods 

In May this year, another video of a mother undergoing a natural caesarean gained worldwide attention.

Sarah Saunders, from Devon, was unable to give birth naturally and so delivered her son Leo using a similar mix of ‘gentle caesarean’ birthing methods.

A sign of how intrigued mums are by the new birthing method, that video has also been viewed more than 1.7 million times since being posted one year ago. 

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