Music ideas for labour

I have a doula this time and she suggested not having things with actual words because if you are trying to relax it can be distracting. She finds that nature cd's with birds and animal sounds are great.

hmmm so Led Zeppelin is out of the picture LOL :)

I had a relaxatiion cd on in my labour suite... I remember hearing it for a short while, but then I started to go into my own world and didnt hear the music any more.

i had Triple J playing and that song Forever Young was playing when Brodie was born - i will always remember it - Ironic thing was I went deaf in labour and the only things I could hear were DH, 1 midwife and the stereo - the body does crazy things, especially in labour - if you want Zeppelin then go for it ;)

hiya Renee
i had planned to use music and have dh massage me etc, but when the time came, i didn't want any noise (the tv was on 'bold and the beautiful' but i had the sound down - found myself just staring at it lol) and i didn't want DH massaging me!!!

Id have to agree with willow. I also wanted music playing, but seriously i didn't want anything like that when it actually came down to it. I couldn't even handle listening to DF talk to me LOL

I suggest you have a whole heap of different stuff to try - music, oil burners, meditation rocks, whatever - you won't know what you want/need till you're there. On the up side, you won't miss what you don't have - you'll be so focused when the time comes :)

I had the radio playing while in labour, and found it quite entertaining..during a contraction "Hurt so good" by john mellancamp came on, and I was PMSL. Poor DH thought I had lost it!

Nic

Nic, PMSL!! Come to think of it, in the car on the way to the hospital I was singing "only the lonely" by Roy Orbison. But I sang "only the mothers, know the way I feel to-night" LOL!!

Music was definately out for me. I love music, but I found during my labours, even though they were quite short, that I wanted complete silence - no talking, no noise, nothing, because it interferred with my concentration.

Nic & Roryrory - Maybe I could have 'Push it" - by Salt'n'peppa haha :)

I had music during both of my labours and I really, really liked it.
Helped me zone off into my own little world :)
To this day whenever I listen to Jeff Buckley or Tori Amos it reminds me of my labours :)
It's hard to know what exactly you'll want to listen to - I took a really broad mix of CD's and DH was in charge of the CD player and he just put on whatever took our fancy at the time. Mostly we listened to fairly mellow stuff. Particularly for DD, I laboured right through the night with her and started pushing at 4am so we listened to fairly quiet stuff. I say take it, at least it's there even if you end up not wanting it.

I took a selection of music into the hospital with me and DH and my friend Cathy (other support person) made sure something was always playing. I wasn't always aware when it was on but was keenly aware when it would stop.
I took things like Enya, classical music, and some praise and worship CD's as well. I don't remember what all I ended up listening to, but the midwives commented on how nice it was occasionally. Take a range of stuff would be my suggestion and then you are ready for anything.

Check out this archived thread......

Okay so far I have got these songs down

Jack Johnson – Better Together
Pearl Jam – Indifference
Ben Harper – Sexual Healing
Led Zeppelin – All of my love
Dave Matthews Band – Crash into me
John Mayer – Your body is a wonderland (acoustic)
Jack Johnson – Banana Pancakes
U2 – One love
Adam Sandler – I wanna grow old with you
'Israel kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere over the rainbow
John Mayer – Why Georgia
Cold Chisel – When the war is over
Counting Crows - Good Time
Lior - This old love

There is no real theme here. But I love these songs to death and they really relax me for some reason. Kind of like comfort food, I have comfort music. A few of these tracks I remember from when I was younger & my mum + dad played them when they had mates around, such a fun & loving enviroment.

Ill Probably add some Xavier Rudd too :)

PMSL @ Salt n Pepper's Push It! :lol:

Nic

I had my CD's ready to go (relaxation CD's) but when DH went to put one on I told him not to bother. I was that far along with labour that I wanted him not to be anywhere other than next to me and I also liked the song which was on the radio...then like some others have said..I actually ended up not hearing the radio cos of deep concentration and focus.

Hey girls, thanks for bringing up this topic. I was wondering myself. I'm not too keen on the idea of meditation or nature sound CDs and was thinking more along the lines of nice slow ballads that I really like. But I wasn't sure if that's appropriate.
Sarah, thanks for the link to the archived thread. It actually brought tears to my eyes. But then again, anything makes me bawl these days. Damn pregnancy hormones :D