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I ‘died’ after giving birth & entered the after life
A MUM who ‘died’ hours after giving birth claims her soul hovered above her body and floated into heaven – before being ‘drop-kicked’ back to earth.
Hannah Mercado gave birth to her second son Watson Mercado when she began feeling acutely unwell while recovering in hospital.
The 32-year-old was told part of her placenta still remained in her body and underwent an emergency procedure.
However, the stay-at-home mum then began to haemorrhage uncontrollably, prompting dozens of doctors and nurses to rush back into her hospital room.
Hannah then fell unconscious and began to flatline where she medically ‘died’ for around a minute.
During this time the mum-of-two says she began to float above her body and claims she was aware that she was dead and entering the afterlife.
Hannah then says she saw the ‘brightest white light’ that filled her with ‘peace’ before she suddenly fell back into her body.
Luckily, Hannah made a full recovery after her near-death experience in 2021, which the mum says has affirmed her faith and squashed any fears of death.
Hannah, who lives in Denver, Colorado, US, said: “I got pregnant with my second and we were really excited.
“The birth was pretty uneventful. I felt super calm and kept my cool, it was a really quick labour.
“Everything was very uneventful until about 12 hours after giving birth.
“I wasn’t feeling super great, I had really bad stomach cramps and had some pretty big clots coming out.
“The nurse said it was totally normal, but then I got the most intense pain I’d ever felt before.
“Then there was blood everywhere and a blood clot came out of me that was the size of a pineapple.”
Hannah underwent an ultrasound that revealed part of her placenta was still in her uterus.
After two procedures, the mum was given the all-clear before she began bleeding heavily and falling unconscious.
Hannah said: “Everyone had left my room at this point and I was by myself, I could feel that I was bleeding really heavily.
“Instinctively I knew something was wrong. Then there were 25 people in my room – nurses, doctors, anaesthesiologists – it was chaos.
“I was just thinking ‘I need to be a good patient and let the doctors do what they need to do’.
“I started getting really thirsty, as thirsty as I’d ever been in my entire life.
“That’s when I started panicking because I’d watched a lot of medical shows and remembered once a patient who was actively dying was very thirsty.
“Apparently when your body needs blood, it actively tells you you’re thirsty.”
At this time Hannah had no heartbeat or blood pressure, and was ‘medically dead’ for around a minute on the hospital bed.
‘I might be dying’
Hannah said: “I started really not feeling good then started floating above myself and thought ‘oh I think I might be dying’.
“I couldn’t see myself because I was surrounded by so many people. I could look down and see all these people working on me.
“It wasn’t like my body was floating, it was like my mind was floating away. I do believe it was my soul leaving my body.
“That was only for a couple of seconds then at that point I thought ‘I’m never going to see my kids again’.
“That was heartbreaking. That was my last thought before I saw the brightest light I’d ever seen in my life.
“You could stare into the sun for minutes and it would never be this bright. It was all-encompassing, I was like inside the bright, white light.
“That’s when I knew I was dead. I felt so at peace, it was like my soul was at peace.
“Then it felt like I was drop-kicked into being alive, it was very abrupt and sudden. I was in a panic, I didn’t know what had happened.”
After gaining consciousness, Hannah underwent two blood transfusions after losing half of her body’s blood supply.
The mum now says her near-death experience has affirmed her faith in both God and the afterlife.
Hannah said: “I’ve always been a Christian. This gave me even more of a realisation that I do believe in God and I was going up to heaven.
“It made me realise the afterlife is real.
“It was definitely a spiritual experience, if anything it’s made me closer to God, I’m definitely not afraid of dying anymore.”
What happens whan you die, according to an end of life doctor
A&E DOCTOR Thomas Fleischmann had previously shared he thinks there are five stages of dying, after witnessing almost 2,000 deaths.
At a TED Talk he said: “The first phase is there’s a sudden change and, from one instant to another, all pain is gone.
“All anxiety is gone, all fear is gone, all noises are gone – and there’s just peace, calmness and tranquillity. Some report joy.”
He said the second stage is an “out of body experience”, with the third feeling “comfortable” for nearly everyone.
Although some describe “terrible noises, terrible smells and terrible creatures”.
The doctor said in stage four patients often see light that starts to “shine into the complete blackness”.
He said near death survivors have reported seeing “beautiful surroundings, beautiful colours, some say beautiful music and the feeling of unconditional love” – which is the fifth stage.