Playlist for labour?

[phebee]

Sorry if this is in the wrong section or if there's already been a thread on this... I've just been thinking about making a playlist for my iPod to play while in labour. I wondered if anyone had any good ideas and whether particular types of music work better for different stages etc... Can anyone enlighten me? Thanks

[~Ash~]

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[beansbeans!]

My advice is to put on there a bit of everything. Pick your favourites that you play to put you in good moods, relax you, motivate you. But get a range wide enough on your Ipod that will cover every mood. Make sure your favourite stuff is on there too and your comfort stuff.
At least if you have a wide range of stuff you are likely to cover every emotion and mood you are likely to face whilst in labour.

[Cherished]

I think it's pretty personal really. I love new world music and had about 20 hours worth. Didn't need anywhere near that much as when I arrived at the hospital ds was born 2 hours later! I had it broken down into early labour, mid labour, late labour and extra music. I had things like Oliver Shanti, Sacred Earth, Deep Forest, Oka, mitten & Premal.

[phebee]

My advice is to put on there a bit of everything. Pick your favourites that you play to put you in good moods, relax you, motivate you. But get a range wide enough on your Ipod that will cover every mood. Make sure your favourite stuff is on there too and your comfort stuff. At least if you have a wide range of stuff you are likely to cover every emotion and mood you are likely to face whilst in labour.

What, even negative, depressing stuff?

[beansbeans!]

I took everything with me, labour is a emotional and physical roller coaster ride. You wont know what you 'need' to listen to until you get there. I would rather have it on there just in case.

Depends on what you call depressing too?

[phebee]

BTW I am a singer... I love singing and can't help singing whenever I know the words to a song (which is pretty much 100% of the time), so I'll probably drive the midwives crazy by singing along... except when I'm trying to breathe, lol

[phebee]

I took everything with me, labour is a emotional and physical roller coaster ride. You wont know what you 'need' to listen to until you get there. I would rather have it on there just in case.

Depends on what you call depressing too?

I dunno, I guess just songs that get me down and don't seem to really fit with the joyous occasion of birth.

[PumpkinZulu]

No advice here as I didn't have one, although all through my pregnancy I always thought I would have one, made it up, envisioned it etc. When I came to it though, I'm so glad we forgot it as music would have driven me up the wall

[Jennifer13]

I meant to do this and somehow never got around to it. I had in mind an album of beautiful Celtic lullabies that I love and a few others.

In the end, my labour wasn't long enough, I was happy just to talk in between contractions and the only noise was what I was making!

If it had have been longer, I would have had one of my poor birth support team trawling through the iPod to find what I wanted, so definitely better to be prepared.

[Ladylove]

Phe this has been on my mind too.
I'm thinking on mine I'll have a mix of really relaxing music and upbeat 'I can take on anything' music.