Mother Gives Birth To Child In Pacific Ocean In Viral Video

A mother giving birth to her baby boy filmed the event, creating a viral video as the mother birthed the child in the Pacific Ocean.

Josy Peukert, 37, gave birth to her son Bodhi on the shoreline of Playa Majagual, Nicaragua.

“The waves had the same rhythm as the contractions, that smooth flow made me feel really good,” Peukert claimed.

The father of the child, Benni Cornelius, 42, emigrated with Peukert from Germany to Nicaragua; they already had a two-year-old child together. They have had seven children in total counting those with others, four of them Peukert’s.

The couple brought a birthing kit on February 27 that included “towels, a bowl with a sieve to catch the placenta, gauze and paper towels,” kv

“I got this idea in my head I wanted to give birth in the ocean and because the conditions were right on the day that’s what I did,” Peukert stated. “After Bodhi was born and wrapped up in towels I went back into the ocean to freshen up. Then I got dressed and we packed everything up and drove home where the three of us got straight into bed.”

Peukert explained why she wanted to birth her baby in the ocean:

I wanted to be worry-free for once. My first birth was traumatic in a clinic and my second birth was a home birth but by the third even a midwife in my home was too much. This time I had no doctors’ appointments or scans or outside influence. We didn’t have a due date or deadline for the baby to arrive we just trusted that our baby would make its way.

“I had no fears or worries to welcome a new little soul into our lives, just me, my partner and the waves,” she gushed. “It was beautiful. The soft volcanic sand under me reminded me there is nothing else between heaven and earth just life.”

After she was criticized for birthing her baby in an unsanitary place, Peukert responded, “Bodhi was born in the midday sun when it was about 35 degrees, we weren’t worried at all that he’d be cold and I had no concerns about waterborne infections. He is perfectly healthy. I did all the research I needed to make sure it was safe. Water is a barrier that is medically proven. For me and this baby I wanted to feel completely connected by my own self-directed care.”

“This pregnancy was the greatest gift we could have imagined and wished for,” she concluded.