what music for the birth?

[Mrs-N]

hello girls,

i would like to have some music playing while i am in labour and when i have baby but im not sure what music to have.

any ideas?

 

[Sarah88]

Perhaps something thats soothing but with words so you can distract yourself. Have you heard of Enya? My family loves her music, it's really nice and calming and soothing.

 

[kelly2903]

i think i would go opposite no words, i thinking nice soothing calm music, but someone singing would annoy me. good luck in deciding.

 

[Sarah88]

yeah, each person is different I guess. I am not entirely sure what I would want, but I think something so I could try and take my mind off the pain. Its seriously worth downloading an Enya song and giving it a listen, it may be exactly what your after.
I think I would probably want my country music in there so i can sing and dance, lol.

 

[Mrs-N]

thank you.
ill have a look at Enya.
im planning on using the birthing pool at the hospital.
ive seen some CDS but they have only had about 8 or 9 tracks,and if im in labour for a long time i might get fed up with it playing over and over all the time.

 

[Sara]

I've got a few different cd's ready for labour...
Sacred Earth Drums
Tibetan Chants
Meditation Chants
Some of my own favourite 'quiet' music and some louder music.

It might be a good idea to have some singing songs because some women find singing helps labour along.

 

[Mrs-N]

thank you.

in some gift type shops they have a selection of CDs like natural sounds and tranquil music with waves braking and all that if you know what i mean.
i might get a selection of those and some proper music music.
cheers x x

 

[Newt]

it really depends on what you like. I have been listening to the album "Trouble" by Ray LaMontagne, for months now and Bubba really like it, although we have different favorites. So I will be listening to that.

 

[Uvlollypop]

get a mp3 player and set it to random download a big mix of soothing and dancy singing stuff? thats what i did because that way you dont have to fiddle with cds, and its less space in your labour bag :-D

i had enya and air also the spirit of meditation

 

[Tilly]

Enya
Some kind of natural/whale noises. Rain is usually nice, rainforests etc.

 

[nikky0907]

I think words would distract me in that situation-you should go with calming,no words.They say that music can sometimes relieve the pain,help people wake up from a coma and babies that are played music while in womb are smater...

 

[yumumleelou]

you can get chill out compilations from ne good cd store nowadays. i think i might go for one of those x x x lol

 

[Ciaran82]

I would opt for no words as well, too much of a distraction.

It's not everyone's thing, but there is an album called "Officium", which has a rather unusual mix of renaissance choral music and jazz saxophone - it sounds totally weird, and in a way it is, but it is soft, and very soothing and relaxing. Might be worth a go. I would also advocate Enya, or if you like that sort of thing, any celtic compilation CDs

Hope it goes well

 

[BurtonBaby]

I'm bringing my iPod... I think I'll listen to the reg stuff thats on it in the beginning, before I'm in lots of pain. To keep me distracted. Then I think I'll listen to soothing wordless music later in labor when I need the calm distraction. This might sound really lame, and I dont know if any of you have heard of him, but when I was younger, the only thing that would put me to sleep was Yanni. Its wordless piano playing, and its quite beautiful, so I'll probably download that. I might just recommend a variation so that you can choose what feels right when your in labor.

 

[Mrs-N]

thanks girls thats a real help.
i might download different things onto my ipod so i can or hubby can pick and choose.

i like the idea of natural sounds like whales and rainforests.
but i dont want it too sleepy coz i dont want to be falling asleep in the birthing pool. haha

 

[Margerle]

The hospital birthing center has a couple of stations on the television that are music only, and geared for relaxing birth. There's a religious channel, a "peace" channel (enya type non vocal instrumental music), and a nature channel that has nature sounds like a running stream, wind in the pines etc.

I think there are a couple more, but I think these will be fine depending on what I feel like at the time. I dont' think I'm going to worry about bringing any extra stuff with me.

 

[tinytoes]

I want the theme tune from Rocky!

Couldnt personally stand all that whale music. it's drive me bonkers!!