Visions on the death bed? WARNING: very long post.

[neekynoo]

Does anyone think it's possible and if so what does it mean? I'll tell you what happened and you can form your own opinion.

In September 06 my nan become very very ill and was hospitalised after suffering 2 strokes. We were told that she wouldn't make a recovery and basically "it was a matter of time". I won't go into how much this devasted our family as I'm sure you all understand. What I will say though is that my nan was a devout catholic to the point where as a kid I thought nan would become a saint one day

Anyway, over the next two months nan continued to get worse and the worse she got the more random things she kept telling us. For example she kept going on about a man who was standing at the end of her bed?? There was never anyone there that we could see but she was adamant at least once a day there was the same man at the end of her bed.

The other major thing was she kept asking my mum if I was pregnant. I wasn't so mum kept saying "no, she not pregnant. Why?" She kept saying that she could see me holding a baby with blonde hair and blue eyes. This went on for 2 months and she just kept asking and asking if I was pregnant. We just kept saying "no nan I'm not pregnant". Nan passed peacefully in her sleep once we had managed to bring every one of her grankids from all over the country home to say goodbye to her. We think that was what she was waiting for. She had always said she wanted to see us all together again. She died on the 21st Dec 06 and I found out I was pregnant on 29th Dec 06. I was 4 weeks. My DD was born on 20.8.07 and she has blonde hair and blue eyes. She reminds us so much of nan in the way she holds her hands and just some of the things she does. So much so that we call her B, short for my nans name, Beverley.

Now I'm not religious in the sense that I have faith in a specific religion but I do consider myself a very spiritual person. I'm not searching for explanations but I would like some other views if anyone wants to share them with me. I think about this everyday and I'm just wondering what others will make of it. I still get very upset when I think about it all and this has been really hard to write but I'm hoping some of you can help me.

Thanks for taking the time to read this for me

[Grace3]

How wonderful to be chosen to have this experience.

I have had strange things happen.

Once I felt my DH's father spirit wash all over me when I was pregnant, it was relaxing and very re-assuring.

[TwoBlue]

I think when people are in their last stages of life unexplained things can happen.... I dont think we will ever know what happens until we are there ourselves...

I was in the early stages of pregnancy with DS#2 when my Grandfather died.. DS#2 middle name is his name and he is SO like my grandfather in every way.. looks and personality.... really amazing

[~Temet Nosce~]

I think thats a beautiful story. Your nan had a peaceful passing and i dont doubt that she was being visited by passed relatives as her time drew closer. And her knowing about you being pregnant is pretty amazing.
I dont know why that sort of thing happens, maybe as we are closer to leaving our physical body we get more in contact with our spiritual?

[spiritualmama]

Wow!
I do believe that when we are close to death we do become more spiritual. There have been many documented cases of this.
The man at the end of her bed-What i have learned over the years is that we do not die and make the journey to the other side alone, there is usually someone sent to make it with us. I would say that this man was your nans escort over to the otherside.
I aso have learned that we are all clairvoyant, every single one of us and when we near death our abilities get stronger thats how your nan knew about your pregnancy.
Now dont be upset when you think about your nan, dont focus on the last few months, focus on all the years of her life.
Your nan isnt upset, shes not angry, she's not in pain, she's not scared, she's happy and glad to home. Be happy for her, celebrate her life, plant a rose bush for your nan and watch it grow and thrive and know thats what your nan is doing.

[neekynoo]

I want to thank all of you that have replied so far. It means a great deal to me to have others put forward ideas or explanations on something I don't know much about. It helps knowing people understand how amazing this experience was. Sometimes I feel as though Lyla has been nans final gift for our family to help us through our grief. I know my mum feels like that. My DP and I were on the pill and not trying at all and then out of the blue we are pregnant. Mum thinks nan asked for her so we could find happiness again. Maybe? Like I said I don't know much about it

The man at the end of her bed-What i have learned over the years is that we do not die and make the journey to the other side alone, there is usually someone sent to make it with us. I would say that this man was your nans escort over to the otherside.

I can imagine how this may have played out. This man coming daily to see if nan was ready to leave us and her being her stubborn irish self telling him to bugger off until she says she's ready
It was very hard when she asked us if it was ok for her to pass. That was the hardest moment in my life. But I know now she's finally at peace.

Thanks so much ladies

[Ana Gram]

I pretty much agree with everything ArchAngel said.

I know how hard it is to deal with death of a loved one and am only just coming to grips with a loved one's death almost 6 years ago. In time, you will be able to take heart that she wasn't alone and had people with her from this life into the next and that is she always with you.