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- From: grun@intellistor.com (Paul Grun)
- Subject: Re: MUSIC IN LABOUR
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.211520.26015@intellistor.com>
- Organization: Intellistor, Inc.
- References: <1993Jan7.142901.24441@newscan.canada.sun.com> <C0rxtC.Cn9@world.std.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 21:15:20 GMT
- Lines: 59
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- In <C0rxtC.Cn9@world.std.com> mrp@world.std.com (Marjorie R Peskin) writes:
-
- >In article <1993Jan7.142901.24441@newscan.canada.sun.com> steph@luvmycats.oerth (Stephanie Wilkie) writes:
- >>
- >>Has anyone out there brought music (tape recorder or
- >>radio) into the labour room with them to help them
- >>cope/relax, whatever?
- >>
- >>I am due February 20th and would like to bring in
- >>a tape recorder with a bunch of different stuff
- >>that I enjoy listening to, (this may sound weird,
- >>but I want to tape a bunch of Led Zep songs -the
- >>mellower ones! - I find Robert Plant`s voice very
- >>soothing for some reason).
- >>
- >>Anyway, I'm just wondering if it really helps to
- >>relax you or is it more irritating and distracting?
- >>
- >>Any comments on this would be greatly appreciated.
- >>
- >>
- >>
- >>-Stephanie
- >>
- >I brought a portable CD player and about 30 CD's with me, and it was the best
- >thing I did for myself. I brought a variety of music, from Talking Heads
- >and B-52's to the English Beat and Bob Marley, to Vivaldi and Mozart, to
- >Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel. Since my mood changed often :-), I needed
- >a variety of music to get by with. My doctor especially liked the
- >B-52's and sang along. My favorite photo of me right before the babies
- >arrived is me holding the English Beat CD cover and singing along!
-
- >Go for it!
-
- >Marjorie
- >mum to Gemma and Graham, 4.5 months and getting huge!
- >>
-
- We didn't have to bring a portable CD player with us...the LDRs in the
- hospital had complete sound systems. They also
- had a nice selection of CD's available, but we brought our own with us.
- It was nice. We brought maybe 12 CD's and listened to them *all*, some
- more than once.
-
- "Eyes of the World" happened to be playing at the time he was finally
- born.
-
- Liz seemed to find it very comforting, and it helped me too. I'd like
- to think that Casey enjoyed the music too, or at least that it made his
- transition into the world easier, but he was really too small to get
- a coherent answer when I asked him. Except, of course, for "Waaaaah!".
-
- -Paul
-
- p.s. the doctor and nurses also seemed to enjoy our selections....
- --
-
- goes to show, you don't ever know...
- grun@intellistor.com
-