Photos: Kim K & North West dress in matching ski outfits on family vacation

Kim K and her daughter North West dressed in matching Ski outfits to hit the slopes in Montana on their family vacation. Kanye didn't go with the Kardashian klan but Jonathan Cheban went along. See more photos after the cut...

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Photos: Perfectly healthy baby delivered still inside his amniotic sac

His hands and feet were clearly visible - but baby Silas Philips was in no rush to enter the world. Born still inside his amniotic sac, he has since been described as a 'medical miracle' by doctors. 

Silas was delivered three months prematurely at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in California. And doctors performing the Caesarean section on his mother, Chelsea, were astonished to see his amniotic sac was still intact. Pictures show Silas curled up inside with the placenta and umbilical cord, his tiny hands and a leg clearly visible.

And until the bag was broken, he was still getting oxygen through the placenta, CBS reported. The amniotic sac is a bag of clear, pale fluid inside the womb where the unborn baby develops and grows.

The fluid helps to cushion the baby from bumps and injury, as well as providing it with fluids it can breathe and swallow. It also maintains a constant temperature for the baby. 

Typically the amniotic sac breaks on its own during birth, which is commonly referred to as a mother's 'water breaking'.

Or during a C-section, the surgeon cuts through it to deliver the baby. 

Doctors say the chance of the amniotic sac remaining completely intact after birth is 'ultra rare'.

It was a moment that mesmerised Dr William Binder, who delivered Silas.

'Even though it sounds cliched, we caught our breath,' he said. 'It really felt like a moment of awe... and one that will stick in my moment for some time.

'He was seconds old and still in the water bag, with the placenta and umbilical cord tucked inside.' 

After taking a few seconds to snap the incredible sight in front of him, Dr Binder set to work removing Silas out of his amniotic sac and getting him breathing. 

However Silas's mother didn't realise the excitement her son had caused until her mother showed her Dr Binder's photo.

'It was definitely like a clear film where you could definitely make out his head and his hair,' she told CBS News.

'He was kind of in a foetal position and you could see like his arms and his legs curled up. 

'It was actually really cool to see. And when I heard that was actually really rare I was like "oh my gosh you're a special little baby".'

Despite being born at just 26 weeks, Silas is doing so well that doctors hope he will go home within the next month.

Actress Jessica Alba has spoken out about her daughter Haven who was born inside the amniotic sac in 2011.

She said at the time: 'The doctor had never seen anything like it before. He grabbed the nurse and said: 'Look at this!'.

'I was in the middle of pushing and he told me to hold on a minute and not to push.

'He was wearing basketball shorts and a T-shirt and said: 'Oh I have to get my scrubs on for this!' The sac burst on its own after she came out. It was a trip.'

In fact Jessica's experience inspired Haven's name.

She explained: 'When I was in recovery we still hadn't chosen her name. [Her father Cash Warren] picked her up and said she came into the world in her 'safe haven' and [her name] clicked right then for both of us.'

Culled from UK Daily Mail

Pics: Beyonce nearly exposes boobs as she goes bra-less in denim

The superstar singer went bra-less in a sexy unbuttoned blue shirt that was tied up, showing off her cleavage as she went to lunch with Jay Z yesterday in LA. Beyonce narrowly escaped a wardrobe malfunction. See more pics after the cut...

Obasanjo tore an expired party card - PDP

According to the National Secretary of the PDP, Professor Adewale Oladipo, the PDP membership card torn by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on February 16th had long expired as it was signed by a former acting chairman of the party, Alhaji Abubakar Baraje who is now a chieftain in the APC.

According to Professor OLadipo, Chief Obasanjo is over 80 years old and there are certain actions people of his age take that they themselves can't explain. Prof Oladiposaid this while speaking to a group of students who came to show their solidarity for President Jonathan at the party's National secretariat in Abuja yesterday.

"Baba is over 80 and my mother is around Obasanjo’s age. When you reach that age, you do things that only you can explain. Secondly, you will see that Baba did not tear our card. He asked somebody ostensibly to do the tearing and I am assuring you that the card that was torn was not the current PDP card. The current PDP card is signed by Mu’azu and Professor Oladipo. So the card he tore was a Baraje card, which we were going to destroy anyway. So I think Baba started it. Lastly, Baba is a very intelligent man. When Baba was helping us, he knew that a lot of people could have complained that they could have voted for PDP but Baba was there. You know when a big tree exists in a big forest, smaller trees cannot grow. If that big tree leaves, 10 to 20 smaller trees will grow. In politics, one big tree has a vote, while 20 small trees have 20 votes. If you do the arithmetic, I am a scientist, I know that head or tail, it is a win win situation for PDP,” he said.

Photos: Tonto Dikeh, D'banj on set of her new music video

The actress is shooting the video for her single ( Sugar Rush) with D'banj. The video was directed by Moe Musa and styled by Jeremiah Ogbodo of Swanky's Signatures Styling. More pics after the cut.

 

 

Ramsey Nouah arrives London for ROK Studios' Thy Will Be Done Premiere

Pictures of Ramsey Nouah touching down at Heathrow airport in advance of the glittering premiere of Thy Will Be Done featuring Mercy Johnson and Mary Njoku.

The premiere holds Thursday night at the massive and very glamorous 500 seat BFI IMAX in London. Nollywood, just got big! Some tickets are still available but be quick - get them here. 

The film, produced by Rok Studios and directed by Obi Emelonye, also stars Mercy Johnson and Mary Njoku, who according to my sources, are touching down today, for the big night.

Atiku remembers the school boys slaughtered & abducted by Boko Haram

Today marks a year since the brutal murder of secondary school boys of Federal Government college, Buni Yadi, in Yobe state by Boko Haram members. Former Nigerian Vice President, Atiku Abubakar shares some words in their memory. See more tweets after the cut...

20 yrs later & still in love. Will & Jada Smith kiss passionately on the red carpet

Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith have been together since 1995 and got married in December 1997 & after all these years, they seem to still be passionate about each other. Amazing! The A-list couple kissed passionately on the red carpet at the LA premiere of Will's new movie, Focus, yesterday. See more pics after the cut..

 

Newly commissioned power plant by GEJ not working - Saraki says

The 750 megawatts Olorunsogo II Power Station that Pres. Jonathan commissioned last Friday Feb. 20th in Olorunsogo, Ifo LGA of Ogun state is allegedly not working. This is according to Senator Bukola Saraki who tweeted that the plant doesn't have gas to generate power. He also commended the Nigerian military on their recent victories. See that after the cut...