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Sozza 
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Posted: 02 February 2012 at 3:02pm |
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Is anyone planning on taking music in to be played during their labour? I think this is a really good idea, bit of distraction perhaps...
Has anyone got any songs that they have put together that they wouldn't mind sharing to add to my list.
So far i have:
2am (Breathe) Anna Nalick
Landslide Dixie Chicks or Stevie Nicks
Imagine John Lennon
Drive Incubus
Pardon me Incubus
Are you in Incubus
Black Pearl Jam
Angel Sarah McLachlan
Rolling in the deep Adele
Someone like you Adele
The One Elton John
Chris Cornell – ‘Songbook’ album
Billie Jean Chris Cornell
Hallelujah Jeff Buckley
Coldplay ‘Parachutes’ album
Jack Johnson
Portishead
Teardrops Massive Attack
Halo Beyoncé
Stop and Stare One republic
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High9
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Posted: 02 February 2012 at 3:41pm |
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I had music planned but I could not listen to it. I needed to have silence!
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Posted: 02 February 2012 at 3:53pm |
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I've made up a playlist on my iPod to take with me if I feel like it.
But it may not be what you had been planning:
Metallica, Pearl Jam, Queen, Serj Tankian, The Killers, a few Black Eyed Peas (Pump It, Boom Boom Pow), Muse and Florence and the Machine.
Midwife was pleased to hear it had no Dolly Parton - one of her recent babies was born to 9-5.
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Posted: 02 February 2012 at 8:12pm |
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We had "I'm coming out" - although I never listened to the music!
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rorylex
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Posted: 03 February 2012 at 2:07pm |
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i didnt with my boys just had the hospital stereo on. it was nice to focus on the radio between contractions specailly the likes of talk back radio where you are trying to listen to what someone is saying so much you try to ignore the contractions lol.
next time I will have a playlist as we are planning to have homebirth and our radio doesnt get great reception.
florence and the machine
magic by numbers
sleeping at last
christina Perri
coldplay
proberbly will be a few more new stuff as we arnt even preg yet lol.
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Posted: 03 February 2012 at 8:23pm |
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make sure you have a variety of beats and rhythms. I brought a CD of relaxing and inspiring songs but they had the wrong beat for what I needed- needed something much faster to keep up with my heart beat so in the end it annoyed me too much and I threw my ipod on the floor!
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Posted: 03 February 2012 at 10:23pm |
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I wanted "Eve, the Apple of My Eye" by Bell X1 playing during my c/s but forgot all about it when I started freaking out.
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Posted: 04 February 2012 at 9:31pm |
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I listened to The happy song by Delirious about a hundred times while I was in labour, seemed to help.
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KatieD
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Posted: 06 February 2012 at 6:04pm |
I will be interested to hear what you will end up playing, after 'the event'. All our plans went straight out the window. I was on a mission, and everyone was in my way I seem to recall  I'd have ended up throwing the stereo into the nearest birthing pool!
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Posted: 15 February 2012 at 1:56pm |
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Thanks for the replies. I've got a good list now to add to the ipod. I'm just going to be having it playing as background noise. I quite like the idea of it being on shuffle and will try and remember to notice what is playing when baby comes out.
It will be kind of like his/her's life's theme song.
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