Yesterday, I had a charming young woman in my office. She was scared. She is about 8 1/2 months pregnant and labor is just around the corner. Like any first-time mother she has no idea what labor and delivery will be like, but she has been told many scary tales by friends and women relatives. […]
Entries Tagged as 'Music with Pregnancy and Childbirth'
Pregnancy, Labor and Delivery: How music can help
July 18th, 2014 · No Comments · Lullabies, Music with Newborns and Preemies, Music with Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Music and the NICU: NY Times reports on newest study
April 20th, 2013 · No Comments · Music Healing, Music with Newborns and Preemies, Music with Pregnancy and Childbirth
On Monday, April 15, the New York Time reported on yet another study documenting the benefits of music with preemies in the NICU (neo-natal intensive care unit). It’s one of those many music healing/music medicine phenomena wherein an ancient practice, known since the beginning of time as lulling or singing softly to your newborn for calming, […]
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Music with Preemies: Research is in!
November 30th, 2012 · No Comments · Music in the Hospital, Music in the News!, Music with Newborns and Preemies, Music with Pregnancy and Childbirth
Music with Preemies: research is in! I have known since before my children were born, that music is powerful with infants and children. What I didn’t know in those early days was that babies can hear up to 5 months before they are born. Research has documented that the fetal ear can begin functioning as […]
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Healing Music 101 studies music with preemies
November 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Announcements, Music with Pregnancy and Childbirth, The Lullaby Effect
Every Sunday afternoon our Healing Music 101 class looks at a different aspect of healing with music. Today we talked about the tremendous benefits of music with preemies. These babies are so tiny that they actually can’t be touched very much. The harp music provides a sensory experience for the preemies and their caregivers that […]
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The Power of Singing to the Unborn Child (a must-see!)
September 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Music with Newborns and Preemies, Music with Pregnancy and Childbirth, The Lullaby Effect, Vibrational and Sound Healing
When I go out to speak at conferences and associations and universities, I often tell this story of “The Miracle of a Brother’s Song.” It is such a powerful story and brings home all of the healing you can have just “for a song!” Don’t miss it! My “Lullaby” CD has created quite a stir […]
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Music during Labor and Delivery
December 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Music with Pregnancy and Childbirth
Today we have an excellent post from a guest blogger, Carol Smith! I know you’re going to enjoy it! Labor and Delivery: Can Music Make a Difference? Not for nothing did William Congreve say that “music had charms to soothe the savage breast;” if you’ve ever seen a woman about to give birth, you’ll know […]
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October 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Music with Pregnancy and Childbirth
Earlier this week I wrote an article about pregnancy and the fetal ear. So many women want to know exactly when the unborn baby begins to hear. There has been quite a bit of research and documentation and we now know definitively that by the beginning to the second trimester, the ear is beginning to […]
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The musical pacifier, great for preemies!
September 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Lullabies, Music with Newborns and Preemies, Music with Pregnancy and Childbirth, The Lullaby Effect
The musical, preemie pacifier I thought I had heard it all when I was first told about the musical pacifier, but when I began to understand all the benefits, I changed my mind!The smallest baby ever to survive was born just a few months ago, weighing in at just under 10 ounces — the size […]
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