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

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When Stephanie Arnold went to the hospital for an emergency C-section, she predicted she would die. And she was right: she flatlined for 37 seconds. She tells Megyn Kelly that should could see what was happening in the OR and elsewhere during her near-death experience, and says she continues to have premonitions today. “I fought; It was not comfortable.”
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Meet The Mom Who Predicted Her Own Death (And Lived To Tell About It) | Megyn Kelly TODAY

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  • @m3dicvted
    when she said "i did, but in my head" i got so many chills oml
  • Premonitions are absolutely real. I knew my father was going to pass before he did I had dreams for over a year about it. He passed unexpectedly 1.18.19. My forever angel
  • @bobbieharper
    I was in a car accident and according to all of my ex-rays I was alright, but 19 days later I was in the emergency room and the drs were telling me as they were exsaming me that they were going to take all my female organs out. I had just gotten married two months before and wanted to have a family right away. The drs were telling me if they don't do the surgery I was going to die within the hour. besides all of the pain I was experiencing I was so emotionally sad hurt and exhausted! I remembering as they were taking me to the operating room asking the anesthesiologist if I was going to die, and he didn't have any words of reassurance, and I just knew I was going to die. I said the same words as I said when my car flip end over end seven times off a cliff of the mountainside, "Lord my hands are in your hands now" I also remembering saying the Lord's Prayer. The next thing I remember is waking up on a life support system not able to talk feel but I can hear the machine next to my bedside keeping me alive. I remember a Nun being in the room leaning over me. My family was asking me to write something down and held a paper in front of me with the help of another hand, I told them that I died and nobody was telling me any different. I remembered that there were many people in the operating room trying to get me back I watched the machine line go flat and the drs were trying to paddle my heart. It seemed like a long time, but nothing was happening. I also remember my Dr. calling the time of my death. I watched him go out of the plastic door splits into one room to another room then through a very small room into the waiting room where I saw my husband my dad and my step mother my step brother and my sister and her boyfriend waiting. I heard him tell my family that they did everything they could possibly do, and that he was so sorry. I looked over to my husband and he began to cry and my stepmother was sobbing my sister was sobbing and my dad trying to comfort everyone while he was trying to stay calm, and strong for my family. At that moment I hears the swish of the plastic strips and a nurse running through them calling back dr Compton, he patted my dad on the shoulder and said I'll be back later. I saw dr Compton come back in the room and saying oh my god she our merical girl and repeated it over and over. I looked back over at the heart machine and it was working again as though it never had stopped. I could see everything that had happened from above the room. I never left, but I had the most peaceful feeling that I have not felt in this lifetime. Did I see angels? No, did I see family members or a bright light, or a tunnel? No I did not, but what I did feel was that stronghold of a overwhelming peace that one can only imagine, and the other, such as I could ever feel, but have no words to describe to another human being. All I can say at this moment is, it was like I felt connected to God his son and the holy spirit all at once for 4 min. and 52 seconds was my being in heaven. Later it was documented with my Drs. Nurses and all the ones who cared for me that I did die, and that I knew I had died and that it wasn't a case as a near death experience but it was a death. Thank you in advance for reading my long post. From Phoenix AZ.
  • @Totalchaos0228
    I died twice. My umbillicle chord was wrapped around my neck..every time my mom pushed ..it choked me. I cane out blue, not breathing..almost 2 min. Second time I was 10 and got hit by a car..i could see everything from above me, like as high as the telephone poles..i could see my body and ppl around me...i felt weightless..then I was back in my body in agony...ill never forget that tho...i could see and hear everything!
  • @Nicole-ck1nk
    Aaaaaaah amazing, I lost my beautiful 23 years old daughter to brain tumour 8 months ago and it gave me hope that she is doing great 👼👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
  • @crissy7183
    I really needed this. My mom passed last night & I’m hoping for a sign from her.
  • @annialikeonya
    This is such a beautiful testimony. When my dad was having heart attack after heart attack, and many surgeries; i remember him waking and looking at my mother and i with a surprised look in his eyes, and he said “you guys are still here”. We responded as normally as one would, and said “yeah of course we are”. He then told us that he had just woken from a dream he had where he was walking along the beach with new clothes on, feeling healthy and strong; and he cane across a man and woman dressed similarly, and he chose to ignore them and not say hello. They passed each other; they then turned around and came back to him and asked him how he was doing and he said he was fine, they asked him if he “liked his new body”. He asked them “what do you mean, this is my new body” and they said “yes, this is your new body; you’re perfect now; would you like to meet god now, you’re ready” and he said “well, what about my wife and my daughter, and my grandkids; i don’t want to leave them.” And they said “well then you’re not ready, you can go home now, we’ll be here when you’re ready” ....and he woke up. The doctors told us later on that during surgery he flat lined a few times, and came back rather quickly. And when he was in recovery he would keep waking up asking “did i go? Am i in heaven? Where’s my wife and daughter” and they’d let him know he was still here with us.
  • I lost my mum during my birth to an amniotic fluid embolism, so rare and so unfair. I have never heard a story of anyone surviving, this woman is strong and blessed 💕
  • @marie-nm9jo
    We are not human beings living a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings living the human experience.
  • My mom's best friend growing up, always said she wouldn't make it until her 18th birthday.. My mom said it was eerie and didn't like it when she'd say that.. She died in a tragic car accident shortly before her 18th Birthday.. Maybe some people just have a gift of deeper knowledge.. It's eerie for sure..
  • My mom almost passed when she was in labor with me , thank you lord having me n my momma strong and healthy
  • @jkaygoulet
    As someone who has had a near death experience, I too could also hear thoughts of those in the room with me.. I didn't want to come back though. I was forced. Some purpose to be here. My story was not quite as inspirational, I died of a drug overdose, but when I finally came back to life - I heard an astounding round of applause. Like the universe was cheering for me. ..
  • There is life after death, yes we are spirit having human experiences. There is a meaning for our lives, God is our Heavenly Father.
  • @sahra4091
    Of course, there's life after death. If there's life in earth, why not after.
  • My dad had a premonition when I was 2. He actually had a dream that showed him how to do an emergency tracheotomy, strange. The next day he was working on the flight line(Air Force) he got a call that his daughter was choking and turned blue. They immediately rushed me by ambulance and did a tracheotomy on me. I almost died. I had a rare illness that closed my esophagus. I believe! Trust your premonitions, they are God given.
  • @nplife5452
    OMG this story brought me back to 10 years ago. I too had placenta Previa. While I was doing paper work with the nurse, I told her, if something should go wrong do everything for me I want to live for my children. During the C-section I started hemorrhaging. I overheard talk about a hysterectomy because they couldn’t stop the bleeding. I ended up getting 2 units of blood, but thank God no hysterectomy. Her story moved me because it was close to my experience. Praise be to God she is here today to talk about it
  • I was in my brothers truck as he drove us down a mountain and I told him we are going to go off the side of the road. He laughed and then 10 seconds later we did. We rolled all the way to the bottom and I had 22 staples in my head. The entire time we rolled I had an angel speaking to me. It was the scariest moment of my life... but it changed me forever. I’ll never have to wonder because I know that angels are real and that we have so much more to experience outside of this human life. It’s very comforting to know and I just hope everyone can believe it... our loved ones are never gone. They’re everywhere!
  • @mg192
    When I was kicked out of my moms house I remember walking to my friends house coming from school I heard my dog (Lala) bark. My dog was known for always barking when someone was home or when she had to use the bathroom. I thought it was weird how I heard her exact bark when I wasn’t near her and no dogs were by me or on the block. I assumed I just missed her. I found out the next day by my boyfriend my dog passed away. I believe till this day that was her telling me goodbye. We grew up together she was like my sister. She was a pikinis/Pomeranian so cute.