Danielle C Probable NDE

Experience Description

I had just given birth to my daughter. The nurses were showing me how to bathe her as I lay in the bed. The doctor was at the foot of the bed, still waiting for the placenta to pass. I felt my insides being pulled and screamed. He tried to pull the placenta out but it had grown into my uterus. This is a condition called placenta accreta. I remember telling them that I was very hot and thirsty. I kept asking for water and they refused to give me any. Then I remember the nurse yelling, 'She's turning blue.'

Everything turned black. I saw a tunnel with a light in the distance. I can’t remember feeling like my body was in the tunnel. I can just remember what I saw. I don’t remember any feelings at all. Suddenly the light got super bright and I heard, 'Danielle, you have to wake up.'

I briefly opened my eyes to being pushed in the hospital hallway. I saw the nurse’s face and she was telling me to stay awake. I remember entering the elevator and then everything went black again.

I went back to the tunnel. It was the same as it was before. But it felt like it was only seconds before the bright light appeared above me, almost blinding my eyes. I could feel it in my eyes.

At the exact moment the light appeared, I woke up to feeling my veins burning in my hand from something going through the IV. I was hysterically screaming at them to stop and to get off of me. I had lost massive amounts of blood and was in the operating room. When I woke up, the procedure to remove my placenta was done.

The time I saw the tunnel felt like mere seconds though. I didn’t see any other beings or valleys or anything while in the tunnel. The only voice I heard was my nurse, Amy. I had to end up staying in bed receiving blood transfusions throughout the night. My body was extremely swollen.

My experience may differ from most but I truly believe it was a real near death experience. Who knows maybe nurse Amy was my guardian angel. She ended up treating me again when I went into labor two months prematurely three years later.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: September 5, 2008

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Childbirth. Life threatening event, but not clinical death. Hemorrhaging after childbirth

How do you consider the content of your experience? Neither pleasant NOR distressing

Did you feel separated from your body? No

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? More consciousness and alertness than normal. My eyes burned, the pain on my hand was intense, and the rage I felt when I woke up was so unlike me.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? When I felt the bright light in my eyes and felt the burning sensation going through my veins.

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning. It didn’t feel like it was long but I had a whole procedure done.

Were your senses More vivid than usual? More vivid than usual

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. The tunnel was dark, so I didn't see anything too exciting with my vision then. My eyes hurt from the light. Both times I woke up, my surroundings appeared super bright and white.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I don’t know if my hearing was different or not. I woke up to the nurse talking to me.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? No

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Yes I was in blackness that was rounded like a tunnel and saw a light in the distance. Don’t feel like I was walking toward the light, but light did get closer to me and ended up hovering over me before waking up.

Did you see any beings in your experience? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? No

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? An unusually bright light

Did you see an unearthly light? Yes It was like a small orb of light when in the distance; like sunlight shining through a window when the sun first rises. The light was nothing but brightness and whiteness when it was over my face.

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? Some unfamiliar and strange place. Black tunnel as described

What emotions did you feel during the experience? I don’t remember any type of feeling when in the tunnel. When I woke up the first time in the hallway, I remember being super tired. When I woke up the second time it was like I was scared and angry. But during the time I was not awake, I don’t think I felt any emotion or had any thought what so ever; just complete quiet.

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? No

Did you have a feeling of joy? No

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? No

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? No

Did scenes from your past come back to you? No

Did scenes from the future come to you? No

Did you come to a border or point of no return? No

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? I believe in God but no affiliated religion.

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Unaffiliated- Nothing in particular- Religious unaffiliated. Faith unchanged from before

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was entirely not consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience. It didn’t really affect my beliefs any.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? No

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? No

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any beings who previously lived on earth who are described by name in religions (for example: Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, etc.)? No

During your experience, did you gain information about premortal existence? No

During your experience, did you gain information about universal connection or oneness? No

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? No

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? No

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? No

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? No

Did you gain information about how to live our lives? No

During your experience, did you gain information about life's difficulties, challenges and hardships? No

During your experience, did you gain information about love? No

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? No changes in my life

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes. It has been almost 16 years. While I can still see the tunnel, the light, and feel the sensations, what I felt that day was hard for me to remember some things. For example, did I hear a voice telling me it wasn’t my time? I feel like I may have, but I don’t remember if that actually happened or not. Also, I feel like I may have heard the sound of rain or water dripping in the tunnel. But I cannot remember if I actually did or not.

How accurately do you remember the experience in comparison to other life events that occurred around the time of the experience? I remember the experience as accurately as other life events that occurred around the time of the experience. I feel like it is the same with most things; I forgot some parts but remember the big parts.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Uncertain. I don’t know. My mother recently passed. The week of her death, I was extremely anxious and worried. The day before she died, a gut feeling told me to take off work. The day she died, I had an intense feeling that was the day. I felt like I was racing the clock to get there. She passed within a half hour of my arrival. I don’t know if it was intuition or what.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? I don’t know. I feel like I pulled myself out of it; that I already knew that it wasn’t my time. I didn’t want to be there because I had so much to live for.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I don’t remember how long it was. I bring it up a lot of times over the years and to different people. Many don’t believe me. Some do, after I show them pictures of how swollen I was and the lack of color in my lips.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? Yes My mom said that her grandmother had a NDE. She saw herself lying in the hospital and a deceased loved one told her that it wasn’t her time yet. My mom also said she recalled having an out of body experience as a child; not a result or illness or injury. She said she saw herself being carried from a car and into the house

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real. The way I felt. I can still remember how tired, hot, and thirsty I felt. I was dying. It was real and not just some odd dream.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. The way I felt. I can still remember how tired, hot, and thirsty I felt. I was dying. It was real and not just some odd dream.

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? No

Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience? No

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? There are a lot of repeat questions.

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