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Incredible: Baby born inside amniotic sack stuns doctors

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015
The child, Silas Johnson, was born three months early.
Dr. William Binder, who delivered the baby, said he had to puncture the sac with his fingers.
Chelsea Philips, mother, and baby Silas.
The baby was considered a medical miracle after succesfully being delivered.
One newborn child shocked doctors as it was delivered in its full amniotic sac.
The child, Silas Johnson, was born three months early.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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