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NDERF 2465 Verschelde NDE 4790
https://nderf.org/Experiences/1verschelde_nde.html
1983
1983-01-25
2011
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Verschelde gave birth during a full moon when medical staff was overworked. She experienced a vaginal tear causing major blood loss. After asking her husband for help, she found herself watching from above her body in total serenity and detachment. She observed the nurse slapping her and asking her to stay awake, feeling nothing despite the physical contact. She heard the midwife screaming into the phone for the gynecologist to come quickly, saying she was "losing" the patient. Medical staff panicked while putting blood into her IV. From her vantage point, she could hear the pediatrician in the next room trying unsuccessfully to make her baby cry and urging staff to take the baby to the neonatal unit because she wasn't warming up. Despite the crisis, Verschelde felt no concern, only wellbeing and detachment. The experience ended when she received two bags of blood transfusion. She now knows there is a temporary state between life and death characterized by wellbeing.
--- Biblical Summary --- Biblical elements: The out-of-body experience with consciousness surviving physical trauma aligns with biblical teaching about the soul's independence from the body. The profound peace and wellbeing despite physical crisis reflects scriptural promises of divine peace that "passes all understanding." The complete detachment from earthly concerns while maintaining awareness parallels Paul's description of being "absent from the body." Unbiblical elements: None identified. The experience focused purely on veridical observations during a medical crisis without any spiritual teachings or encounters that might contradict scripture. No deceased relatives appeared, no universal salvation was promoted, and no occult elements were present.
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Childbirth with major blood loss requiring two units of blood transfusion
Heard midwife's phone call, saw nurse slapping her, heard pediatrician in next room with baby
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