Amazing pictures have captured the moment a woman gave birth underwater in the Red Sea with help from a ‘tourist’.
Images show two men, believed to be a Russian doctor and the baby’s dad, carrying the newborn through the waves in the Egyptian resort town of Dahab.
The unknown mum, reported to be a Russian national, is later seen emerging from the water in her bikini.
Pictures show the baby’s placenta was placed into a bowl before being taken to the shore with the umbilical cord still attached.
A young child was seen waiting on the beach before being joined by the mother.
The exhausted, bikini-clad mum steps out of the sea after the baby’s birth
Two men, believed to be the dad and a Russian doctor, followed her with the infant
The baby’s placenta was kept inside a bowl
The photos, which were posted on Facebook, were reportedly snapped by a tourist from a nearby hotel balcony.
Social media praised the apparent “beauty” and “easiness” of the baby’s water birth.
A young child was waiting on the beach
The mum rejoins the group after leaving the water
Local media reports Dahab, which lies on the south-eastern coast of the Sinai Peninsula, 50 miles north-east of Sharm el-Sheikh, is becoming popular with mums-to-be wanting a water birth in the sea.
The woman, her husband and their baby have not been named and there is no report on the baby’s gender or latest condition.
Dahab, formerly a Bedouin fishing village, is now considered to be one of Sinai’s most treasured diving destinations.
