Mum Delivers Baby in the Red Sea

A mum has stunned the internet with an amazing underwater birth at one of the world’s most iconic tourist destinations.

The images shared on social media show the incredible moment a newborn baby was carried from the Red Sea in Egypt after a Russian tourist travelled to the resort town in order to give birth in the water.

Hadia Hosny El Said captured these images from the balcony of her uncle’s apartment in Dahab, north of Sharm el-Sheikh, showing the new father emerging from the ocean helping to carry his newborn.

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Moments later the mother also emerged from the sea looking as if she had just been for a swim, before being reunited with her child on the beach.

Hadia said the older man carrying the baby is a doctor specialising in water births, meaning the delivery was arranged ahead of time.

Since Hadia posted the pictures on Facebook on Saturday they have gone viral, being shared more than 2,000 times and attracting thousands of comments.

After the birth the placenta was placed into a bowl before the baby was carried from the water with the umbilical cord still attached.

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21 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 13 Jun 2022
    10:44 am
Ah I see from below that she didnt actually give birth in the sea at all and the baby was a few days old when these photos were taken. Perhaps the article nees to be updated with the correct info.

- - mom111059 said
  - 11 Jan 2019
    9:59 am
How remarkable. Not something I would have done but good on her.

- - ella12 said
  - 24 Apr 2018
    4:02 pm
Wow, that’s something you don’t hear about everyday.

- - curlytops said
  - 12 Apr 2018
    7:48 pm
thats a first! good that she had planned it!!

- - tessie said
  - 28 Mar 2018
    4:51 pm
What a wonderful water birth. Glad all went well

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 20 Mar 2018
    9:50 am
How beautiful- I always wanted a water birth but things never worked out for me.

- - rovermum said
  - 19 Mar 2018
    10:52 am
Wow! No words. This is an amazing story. Not one I’d recommend but… WOW!!

- - Ellen said
  - 18 Mar 2018
    3:13 am
Wow, that sounds amazing !

- - musicmum said
  - 17 Mar 2018
    11:14 pm
So true, supervision 100% of the time.
- musicmum replied
  
  17 Mar 2018 , 11:15 pm
  Sorry that has gone onto the wrong topic, supposed to be on the baby products article
- - mom19782016 said
  - 17 Mar 2018
    5:21 pm
Wow, well that’s an amazing way to deliver a baby!

- - mom90758 said
  - 17 Mar 2018
    4:30 pm
I’ve just read this article where the father of the baby says the child was born a couple of days before these pictures were taken. The baby was not born in the sea. They went into the sea to bathe the child. The placenta and umbilical cord were still attached because it seems to have some health benefits. https://www.providr.com/water-birth/?utm_source=BC13&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=providr
- Ellen replied
  
  18 Mar 2018 , 3:39 am
  Oh, that makes the story a bit different. Still an interesting read. I love water births.
  - mom90758 replied
    
    18 Mar 2018 , 11:52 am
    
    They are amazing, I agree!
- - rachel1970 said
  - 17 Mar 2018
    11:26 am
Congrats to the parents for a safe delivery. My thoughts would be how dangerous this could be, all the toxins in the water (stuff from drains, effluent, even the fish poo) Pretty amazing though.
- musicmum replied
  
  17 Mar 2018 , 11:09 pm
  More like the pollution from ships, oil spill and microplastics.
- - mom206279 said
  - 16 Mar 2018
    1:48 pm
Wow. She’s one tough mum. I’d have drowned about 2 minutes in.

- - BellaB said
  - 14 Mar 2018
    8:20 pm
Erm. Even with medical assistance Im not sure that was safe.

- - mom81879 said
  - 14 Mar 2018
    7:57 pm
Eeewwwww! All the rubbish and poisons that are emptied into our oceans, why would you even consider bringing your brand new bub into such filth?!?!