Stacey N Probable NDE

Experience Description

On April 12, 2023, I gave birth to my son. I pushed for a total of eight minutes and a healthy baby was put on my chest. Shortly afterward, I heard my OBGYN say, 'Oh no, it happened again!' She was referring to was my placenta was being retained because my placenta grew into my uterine wall.

This also had happened with the birth of my other daughter two years prior. In that instance, my doctor didn't have any issues getting the placenta out. This time, she did. The room was extremely chaotic because I requested to not be put on fentanyl, the pain drug that was given to me in 2021 that made me very sick. So, we had to wait for the anesthesiologist to administer c-section grade pain killers. When he arrived, it was a slow process to add this medicine to the IV. My OBGYN was growing frustrated and was arguing with him about how she needed to start working to remove my placenta. Once the pain medicine was given to me, they started pushing on my abdomen hoping that action would help push things out. My son was taken away because it was dangerous for him to be on my chest and breastfeed. I remember being very upset about this.

Then I blacked out. I was suddenly hovering over my body looking down at the room. I remember this because there was no way I would've been able to see my baby in the bassinet from where I was lying on my hospital bed. But, I was able to see him clearly in the bassinet. I felt myself being forced back into my body. I must have arrived back with a jolt because I threw up on myself. I had lost a lot of blood and it was being discussed if I should have a blood transfusion. After hours of trying to get all of the placenta out, my doctor said she was finished.

Three weeks later, it was discovered that I still had a third of my placenta left inside of me. I needed a DNC to remove the rest of it. Shortly after, I was diagnosed with PTSD and PPD and underwent EMDR to help. The imagery of the birth doesn't loop in my brain anymore. Even when I think of it, the images have faded. Yet, the only thing that I vividly remember is hovering over my body and looking around the room.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 4/12/23

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Childbirth Life threatening event, but not clinical death. I was losing an immense amount of blood. The doctor had issues getting the placenta out after my son was born.

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

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes I was able to see my son during this event. When I came back to my body, I wasn't able to see him. So, I knew something must've happened to me. 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? More consciousness and alertness than normal. It felt like when you're a kid sneaking out of your house, like you knew you shouldn't be doing it and you were wondering if you'd get caught. You pay attention to every noise, every movement with an alertness you never knew you had before. I also felt like I was in the wrong, like I shouldn't be doing was I was doing hovering there like that.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? I don't think the event lasted long, so the entirety of it all.

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Time seemed to go faster or slower than usual. Everything below seemed to me moving at a normal pace, but it felt like I was moving slower; as if it took time for me to take in the entire room when typically it takes a person a second or two to view something below them.

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. I really just felt like me but above me. My vision was the same.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I didn't hear anything during this.

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

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? No

Did you see any beings in your experience? I sensed their presence

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? Yes My grandmother

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? Like I shouldn't have been doing what I was doing. It felt like it wasn't my time and that someone was pushing me back.

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? I came to a barrier that I was not permitted to cross; or was sent back against my will It felt as though I was being pushed back into my body.

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Christian- Catholic I was raised Catholic

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes I am now certain there's an afterlife

What is your religion now? Other faiths- New age I believe there is an afterlife where instead of God there are people who help us move onto our next life.

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was entirely consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience I knew an after life existed by I didn't really know to what extent. See: Please discuss any changes that might have occurred in your life after your experience for further details.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I now know there is an afterlife where we go to learn and develop before coming back into a new life.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? I encountered a definite being, or a voice clearly of mystical or unearthly origin. I sensed someone nearby who was ensuring that I returned to my body. It felt like I was being pushed back down to Earth.

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? I sensed their presence

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? Yes I was meant to survive to raise my children.

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

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? Yes I felt my grandmother around me and she had passed away two years earlier. I believe it was her who pushed me back down to my body.

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? Yes I don't know if this was specific information, and it was never said, but I knew I was being sent back down because of my son and daughter.

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Large changes in my life I gained the ability to talk to spirits in the after world. I knew my grandmother was trying to communicate with me in December 2023. I woke up to inexplicable flashing lights and then had a dream about her. Later, I awoke to the sound of a jewelry box, even though no one was playing with one, in the middle of the night. Finally, I woke up to see a dark shadow and felt a hovering presence over my body; afterward, I had another dream about my grandmother. Although she never appeared directly in my dreams, we were always talking about her or being in her house. I consulted a medium, who confirmed that my grandmother was trying to communicate with me. She said that my grandmother wanted to tell me she was proud of me for surviving what I went through and that there was a reason for the events. The medium also mentioned that I had the ability to connect with spirits, though she didn't provide further details. Then, in January 2025, I felt compelled to see a medium known for training people who believed they had the power to connect with spirits. She gave me tools for connecting with spirits, and that evening, spirits began appearing to me. I was able to sense who they were and ask yes-or-no questions to understand what they wanted. I felt guided to ask certain questions. It felt as if I were zoning out, looking into the distance, and watching answers appear in my mind. I have read that deeply traumatic events can cause people to open up in this way, and I believe that is why I was meant to go through the trauma. Through talking with spirits, I believe I can confidently say that there is an afterlife and that there are guides who help us transition through it. We learn from our mistakes and are able to progress in a better direction in our next life.

I have always had a phobia of blood. I remember, when I was five, watching a movie in which a man was attacked by a woman in an insane asylum. Despite having very detailed images in my mind of that movie, no one else has been able to identify it. Recently, while lying in bed, I saw myself as a nurse in a 1950s hospital, discovering a man whose head was bleeding and watching my patient run away. I think that when I was five, I experienced past-life imagery that I later confused with a movie. This experience was the first step toward unlocking the ability in my brain to connect with spirits.

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 This is a memory that I can loop in my brain like a movie reel. I remember the placement of everyone in the room and what they were doing. Which is something I don't typically remember in my every day life.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? Yes The ability to communicate with spirits.

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? I knew I always wanted to have children. I had no idea that raising them would be the reason I was meant to stay on Earth. I truly believe my kids are both destined to do great things and I was sent back to Earth to help them get there.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes A year and they were shocked.

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 probably real Bits and pieces of what happened during the birth of my son slowly started coming back to me. I would remember bits and pieces. I don't know what triggered the memory, but I suddenly knew I had left my body and the memory from that started flooding in.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real I knew it was real because I clearly saw my son during it and felt a very strong pull to him. From laying on my hospital bed, I wasn't able to see him at all

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? I'm grateful for it. It opened up a world I never knew I'd be able to communicate with. To be able to take comments and words from someone's loved one who has passed and share it with them is really an amazing thing.

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