Music during labour
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Topic: Music during labour
Posted By: Sozza
Subject: Music during labour
Date 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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Posted By: High9
Date 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! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kiwiking
Date 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. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bexee
Date Posted: 02 February 2012 at 8:12pm
| We had "I'm coming out" - although I never listened to the music! |
Posted By: rorylex
Date 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. ------------- Mummy to 4 boys Samuel - 18.6.05 Rory - 15.7.06 Mason - 13.06.08 Emmett - 24.01.10 Baby #5 - cooking |
Posted By: mummytobesep08
Date 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! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Angel babes '07 & '10- <3 <3 |
Posted By: kelzie_rose
Date 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. -------------  Started TTC Apr 2008 With PCOS and a bicornuate uterus Our angel babies Jan 2010 <3 Oct 2010 <3 Apr 2011 <3 |
Posted By: JoJames
Date 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. ------------- http://www.alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: KatieD
Date 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 By: Sozza
Date 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. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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