My friend's first child was born with a caul. I got some funny looks when I gasped "Oh! He's got a caul! He can see through the veil!"
It made perfect sense to me, but no one else there had heard that old wives tale. It was a home birth and I am still honored that I was invited to be there. His caul was not kept.
He had eyes like someone who has lived a long time and seen a lot. His presence impacted everyone he met.
He also was born with a severe heart defect and passed away before his third birthday. He was(is) a radiant person; and I miss him.

My nephew was born with his birth sack intact. His mother was not impressed by this, as this is also known as a dry birth - as the sack had not broken to release some 'lubricating' effect in the process. However, he is only young currently and has not shown and unusually extra-sensory perceptions in his short life. He is school-aged.

I would have to say it must be increasingly rare to be born this way - as most midwives will artifically break the waters before birth; especially if the labour has been long. The waters breaking has been known to speed up the birthing process.

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I'm a caul bearer as well...my mother said I was born with the "veil" and the doctor that delivered me seemed quite pleased, told her she had a "special one" here. Thing is, being born with a caul (veil) the sack can break and the child can come out with what truly does resemble a "veil".

All I'll say is that the old wives tales do hold some truth...

Very interesting reading there are many of us out there and look where we are posting/reading...lol.

~Holly

I just googled images for what the heck you guys were talking about while eating a bowl of coco pops...

I don't think I'll ever be able to look at coco pops the same way ever again.

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hi there, i was born with a caul back in 1980!

i have researched it a littler although there is not loads of info. My mother did not keep it as she was not too spiritual so it got binned.

i have recently got into the whole spiritual side of things and maybe i will come to realise i have some special powers!!!

i have in the past dreamt some things that have came true. like one time i dreamt a famous sports person would die in a helicopter crash and the next day "colin macrae" died in a helicopter crash (google it if you dont know who he is - hes a scottish rally driver - i am scottish too)

i have also dreamt once of all 6 lotto nembers and i played them the following saturday and got 3 out of 6. i thought this was luck and i never thought to play them again. 2 weeks later all 6 came out. true story, i would swear this on my daughters life.

many other dreams that have came true, mostly small things that i cant remember now.

although since starting meditation etc a few weeks ago i have had some really clear dreams. one of which showed 3 U.S. states actually becoming riotous and almost like anarchy in the streets - not sure what that meant, maybe it will happen!!!

also dreamt of a big earthquake in New Zealand happeneing in the next few weeks!!!

thats my story !! thanks for reading!!

hmmm ........... i realise that in the pre industrial era , when the facts of human physiology / anatomy were poorley understood - that people would attach special significance to such a rare event

but nowadays , can anyone give any sort of rational explaination of why it is significant ? or should be regarded as anything but a talking point ?