Ruth P Possible NDE

Experience Description

It was 1963 and I was in the last month of my pregnancy with my third baby. I had pre-eclampsia and my blood pressure had skyrocketed. I spent four weeks in hospital. Four days before my baby was due, they decided to induce me. I had gone through four hours of labor when the doctors started to panic because the baby was in the wrong position. They sedated me to turn the baby.

I am confused about what went on afterwards. The next thing I knew, I was looking down at the bed from a corner of the room. Two doctors and several nurses were around the bed. I could see that two of them, at the head of the bed, had bags of blood. I saw my body as a 'thing' in the bed and not important. What was more important was in another corner of the room. I could hear a baby crying and I looked across the room. I saw a crib with my baby screaming and unattended. I was concerned as nobody was taking care of him. I became agitated and furious. I was in the corner one moment and the next moment I was back in the bed in a semi-conscious state.


Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 7 Jan 1963

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Uncertain. Illness. Childbirth. Life threatening event, but not clinical death. I had lost a large amount of blood.

How do you consider the content of your experience? Entirely distressing

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes Two doctors and several nurses were around the bed. I could see that two of them were at the head of the bed with bags of blood. My baby was screaming in a crib in the corner. I clearly left my body and existed outside it

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? Normal consciousness and alertness

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? When I was out of my body

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? No

Were your senses More vivid than usual? No

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. Same

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. Same

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere, as if by ESP? No

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? No

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? No

Did you see an unearthly light? No

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? No

What emotions did you feel during the experience? Anger and frustration. My focus was on the baby.

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? Christian- Protestant

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Uncertain

What is your religion now? Unaffiliated- Nothing in particular- Religious unaffiliated

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was both consistent and not consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience. I saw it more as an experience and not related to religion.

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? An afterlife definitely exists

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

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? No

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? No

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 more accurately than other life events that occurred around the time of the experience.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? No

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes I did not share the experience at the time as it would have been considered crazy. I have only shared this experience with my son and daughter-in-law as they expressed an interest in the subject.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? No

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real

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