Texas woman gives birth in minivan as husband drives – and films

HOUSTON — A baby boy was born in the family car on a highway while on the way to the birthing center — and it was all captured on video.

The video shows a mom in the last stages of labor. Lesia Pettijohn and her husband, Jonathan, had been driving to a center in the Houston suburb Pasadena for more than an hour when their baby boy decided he was ready to join the world.

Lesia Pettijohn says that when she gave birth to the couple’s two other children, they got to the hospital way too early. So this time, she decided to wait a little longer — too long, as it turned out.

During the drive, Jonathan never pulled over, and he never took his hand off of his GoPro camera.

"The only reason I would pull over is if there is something wrong that needed to be dealt with immediately," he said.

When they got to the birthing center, the staff was amazed that Lesia had self-delivered a healthy, 10-pound baby boy in the minivan.

They named their baby Josiah.