A couple, Jonathan and Lesia Pettijohn were pregnant with their third child in July 2015 and were heading toward the birthing center. However, 45 minutes into the drive, the expectant mom knew she was going to give birth soon. An incredible 4-minute clip has captured the mom going from contractions to her water breaking, and finally giving birth to a 10-pound 3-ounce (approx. 4.5-kilogram) baby in the seat of a car.
However, within seconds, Lesia is seen moaning in pain and agony before finally announcing that her water has just broken. Her husband offers to stop the car, but the mom-to-be tells him she’s still unsure what to do. “I don’t know if I can do it!”
The video then showed Lesia screaming louder, to which the soon-to-be dad removed her seatbelt and helped her pull down her pants. Within moments of that, Lesia gave birth to her baby boy, Josiah.
“When he was out, I was like I gotta push the rest of him out and grab him and pick him up, and I was like what do I do, what do I wrap him in? My shirt is pretty long I will wrap him up in that,” Lesia said.
“He’s crying, he’s breathing just fine,” the happy husband assured, as Lesia held the baby, worrying that he needed to be “suctioned.” Jonathan then instructed Lesia to hold the crying newborn upside down and “pat him” on the back. “Oh my gosh, we just had a baby in the car,” the dazed new mother exclaimed. However, her husband seemed completely calm and happy.
Additionally, the father also said, “He came really quick. With our other two, it took more than an hour after the water broke.”
Most people would wonder why Jonathan did not just stop the car and call someone, to which the father said: “For one thing, we don’t have a cell phone with service, so we couldn’t have called anyone if I would’ve pulled over. Number two, she said she wanted me to keep driving.”
The birth of little Josiah became an internet sensation amassing over 65 million views to date. Responding to his viral fame, Lesia said, “I can’t believe so many people want to see something like that.”
