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Everything started two days before my experience...
I had been feeling unwell for a couple of days - something like a slight cold...
I was very tired after three months of nursing my father who finally passed away in my arms...
I've had several out of body experiences but this was my first and with the most impact...
I was in labor and in the labor room on the bed my husband and midwife either side of me, I can remember all items in the labor room, when I felt the head was about to crown, I had a warm feeling and I can then remember feeling a feeling I had never felt be...
Marc M NDE Home Classification NDE 3802 Marc M NDE 7454 Experience Description After a great loss of blood due to internal bleeding, I left my body...
I had been leaving the window near my bed open and was listening to birdsong...
I was a little upset that I could not see my grandmother who was dying from pneumonia as I adored her...
Sally S NDE Home Classification NDE 3804 Sally S NDE 7460 Experience Description I had undergone surgery to remove my tonsils and adenoids...
August 1, 1991, I was having 1650 cc’s of fluid removed from my right lung through my back by thoracentesis hooked up to a pump...
I was married, mother of two beautiful little boys, had just taken my last law school exam (I graduated mid-year due to spending one semester off because of sick baby)...
When I had my experience, I was in major surgery due to blood clots and an aneurysm...
