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Years age, I was giving natural childbirth to my third daughter...
I went to bed for the night...
I had been feeling unwell for a couple of days - something like a slight cold...
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...
On one morning I really believed being dead (also physically) when I suddenly moved...
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...
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)...
Saturday 7th July at 16...
I laid down to go to sleep...
My earliest memory was just before birth and suddenly indescribable light and whirling around...
