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I was transferred from a private birthing room to the emergency room after the staff noticed that my baby might require her stomach and lungs to be cleaned because she might have meconium aspiration syndrome...
Janie A Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 2997 Janie A Probable NDE 6239 Experience Description I was quite drunk and riding with my friend to a party...
After delivering twins prematurely, I had retained placenta and was losing too much blood...
I was taken unconscious to the hospital at age twelve by an undisclosed illness...
Lois T NDE Home Classification NDE 3008 Lois T NDE 6248 Experience Description We were at a lake in Washington with lots of kids there...
I was drowning and I saw my life flash before my eyes...
It was July 12, 1975 and I had just turned 16 on June 29th...
Although the NDE occurred when I was almost 5 years old I had no memory of it until the age of 18...
Vivian M Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 3030 Vivian M Probable NDE 6272 Experience Description At age 17, I took some kind of hallucinogen...
I had gone on vacation, at the invitation of a young married couple, to Monterrey, Nuevo León, in Mexico...
Prior to my suicide attempt, I was hospitalized 5 times for anxiety and depression...
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Victor D Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 3037 Victor D Probable NDE 6278 Experience Description When I was five years old, a friend and I were playing out behind our homes...
