Meet The Mom Who Predicted Her Own Death (And Lived To Tell About It) | Megyn Kelly TODAY

[ APPLAUSE ] >>> AND NOW, AN INCREDIBLE INSTALLMENT IN OUR SERIES "SHE'S GOT FAITH" WITH THE QUESTION, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE? STEPHANIE ARNOLD SAYS SHE KNOWS THE ANSWER BECAUSE SHE WAS DEAD FOR 37 SECONDS. SHE FLATLINED WHILE GIVING BIRTH TO OUR SECOND CHILD. AND A GLIMPSE OF WHAT HAPPENS AFTER DEATH FOREVER CHANGED HER LIFE. >> I KNEW 100% I WAS GOING TO DIE GIVING BIRTH TO MY SON. I HAD PREMONITIONS FOR MONTHS, DETAILING HOW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THEY WERE TERRIFYING. I TOLD EVERYONE WHO WOULD LISTEN. AND THEN, IT HAPPENED. I GAVE BIRTH TO A HEALTHY BABY BOY. AND THREE SECONDS LATER, I DIED. I HAD AN AMNIOTIC FLUID EMBOLISM, WHERE AMNIOTIC CELLS GET INTO THE BLOODSTREAM. IN MOST CASES, YOU DON'T SURVIVE. I FLATLINED FOR 37 SECONDS. HAD A HEART ATTACK, ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE, A HYSTERECTOMY AND WAS PUT INTO A COMA. I NEEDED PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP. I WENT INTO REGRESSION THERAPY, WHICH USES HYPNOTHERAPY TO TAKE THE PATIENT BACK TO THE TRAUMA. IT WAS LIKE A MOVIE PLAYING IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS ABLE TO SEE MY AN THESEOLOGIST AT MY FEET. WHICH NURSE GAVE ME THE CODE? HARD TO BELIEVE IT WAS TRUE. BUT WHEN ALL OF IT WAS VERIFIED BY THOSE WHO WERE THERE, THERE WAS NO DENYING IT. THERE'S NOT A DAY THAT I DON'T FEEL BLESSED. AND NOT A DAY THAT GOES BY THAT I DON'T APPRECIATE LIFE. >> STEPHANIE WROTE ABOUT HER NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE IN THE BOOK "37 SECONDS." SHE JOINS ME NOW, ALIVE AND WELL. GREAT TO SEE YOU, STEPHANIE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. >> IT'S AN INCREDIBLE STORY. YOU SAY YOU KNEW. AND YOU WERE PREGNANT WITH YOUR SON. YOU KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO DIE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE HER WORD FOR IT BECAUSE SHE WAS VOCAL ABOUT HER PREMONITION, INCLUDING POSTINGSEN FA EE EE EE EEN ON FACEBOOK. >> IT WASN'T THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN, I HAD A C-SECTION BEFORE. I TOLD EVERYBODY, NOT ONLY AM I GOING TO DIE. I NEED A HYSTERECTOMY, I'M GOING TO HEMORRHAGE. THE BABY WILL BE FINE AND I WILL BE DEAD ON THE OPERATING TABLE. >> IT ESCALATED. YOUR HUSBAND IS A Ph.D. AND HE IS ALSO THINKING, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH STEPHANIE. BUT YOU TOOK IT TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CALLED UP AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST AND SAID, HERE'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND THAT PERSON DID SOMETHING CRITICAL. >> AFTER TELLING EVERYBODY, THIS WAS MY LAST PHONE CALL WITH A CONSULTATION. AND SHE SAID SOMETHING DIDN'T SIT RIGHT WHEN SHE EXPLAINED HOW I WAS GOING TO RECOVER. TYPICAL RECOVERY, WHAT HAVE YOU. AND I SAID, WHAT HAPPENS IN THE EVENT THIS, THIS AND THIS HAPPENS. AND SHE SAID SHE WAS STARTLED BY IT. AFTER WE HUNG UP FEELING THAT WE DIDN'T HELP ME, SHE FLAGGED MY FILE AND INCORPORATED EXTRA BLOOD ON MY CRASH CART IN THE OPERATING ROOM. >> SHE NEEDED BOTH THOSE THINGS. SHE HAD A PREMONITION THAT THIS PROBLEM SHE HAD -- >> A 1 IN 200 RISK. >> IT CAN BE DEADLY. THEY DID AN MRI. THEY SAID, YOU DON'T HAVE ONE. YOU'RE GOOD. >> SHE SAID, I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU GO IN TO GIVE BIRTH. >> I GIVE BIRTH. HEALTHY BABY BOY. AND SECONDS LATER, I FLATLINE. I HAD AN AMNIOTIC FLUID EMBOLISM. VERY RARE. 1 IN 40,000 RISK. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS, LIKE, FOR THE CRASH CART AND THE EXTRA BLOOD, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT. SO, YOU START THE FIRST PHASE OF AN AMNIOTIC FLUID EMBOLISM, FLATLINE, HART ATTACK, AND YOU GO INTO DIC, YOUR BODY'S INABILITY TO CLOT BLOOD. I WAS GIVEN 60 UNITS OF BLOOD OF BLOOD PRODUCT. >> SHE WAS GONE. ALL OF THE THINGS HAPPENED. SHE HAD TO HAVE A HYSTERECTOMY. ALL OF THE THINGS SHE SAID WOULD HAPPEN, HAPPENED. THE HEAD OF O.B. AT NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL HOSPITAL. HER NAME IS DR. NICOLE HIGGINS. I HAVE NO EXPLANATION FOR IT ALL. SHE HAD KNOWLEDGE -- THIS IS MEMORY OF WHAT HAPPENED -- OF CERTAIN EVENTS AND PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER TO KNOW. WHEN YOU HAVE A C-SECTION, THERE IS THE DRAPE. AND TELL THEM WHAT YOU CAN SEE. >> I SAW WHO HIT THE BUTTON FOR THE CODE. I SAW MY ANESTHESIOLOGIST HAD MY FEET. I SAW THE NURSE THAT JUMPED ON MY CHEST. I SAW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE OTHER CHILD IN THE DELIVERY ROOM. MY HUSBAND WASN'T PRESENT IN THE DELIVERY ROOM BUT I SAW WHAT HE WAS WEARING WHEN HE GOT OFF OF THE PLANE. I HEARD MY DOCTOR SAY OVER AND OVER, THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING. AND I SAID, DID YOU SAY THAT? AND SHE SAID, I DID. BUT IN MY HEAD. >> TELL THEM BEFORE -- WE'RE GOING TO CARRY-OVER. YOU SAW CONSPIRENIRES S YOU SAW CONSPIREPIRITS. INCLUDING ONE IN PARTICULAR. >> I SAW MANY THINGS. ONE THING I LEARNED IN READING ARTICLES FROM "PSYCHOLOGY TODAY" THAT SAY, WHEN SOMEONE HAS A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE, THEIR LOVED ONES ARE GOING TO COME TO THEM. IT'S THE PEOPLE I DIDN'T KNOW. ONE IN PARTICULAR I SAW, A LITTLE BOY. AND IT WAS MY -- IT LOOKED LIKE MY BEST FRIEND. BUT I HAD NEVER MET HIM. HE HAD PASSED AWAY WHEN HE WAS 7 YEARS OLD. AND I SAID -- HE SAID TO ME, TELL MY SISTER THAT I MISS THE WAY SHE TWIRLED MY HAIR. AND I'M, LIKE, OKAY. MAYBE I'M MAKING THIS UP IN MY HEAD. I SAW THIS ON A TV SHOW. I CALL MY BEST FRIEND AND I SAY -- >> I HATE TO DO THIS. I'M A MEAN ANCHOR. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HER TELL US THE REST OF THE STORY ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THIS BREAK.

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Length: 10min 4sec (604 seconds)

Published: Fri Dec 22 2017