I always hear about people bringing an ipod to the hospital. At childbirth class they said to use slow songs during labor and fast songs during delivery to pump you up. I didn't even bother bringing an ipod though because I knew I wouldn't use it. I just wanted to focus on the task at hand.
Did you listen to music while giving birth? Do you think it helped?
squash / 13199 posts
I love music and play a couple of instruments, and music usually soothes me, but if I'm in pain I just like silence. So I plan to not have any music during labor and delivery
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
I had DH play some music, but I just wanted peace and quiet as my labor progressed.
clementine / 958 posts
I brought my ipod, and my L&D room had an ipod speaker dock, but I never wanted to use it. I preferred quiet.
kiwi / 718 posts
I planned on listening to music, but before my epidural I was too focused on the contractions & didn't even think of it. After the epi my room was full of visitors pretty much until the baby came
GOLD / papaya / 10206 posts
Nope, DH kept asking if I wanted music, I didn't really care. I can tell you that Billy The Exterminator was on TV while I was pushing.... I just kept thinking, I hate this show. I can't believe my baby is being born to Billy the Exterminator! lol!
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
Good question. I had heard about people using their ipod's during labor but I am NOT a music person when I have something else going on. I hate distractions and I would totally see it as a distraction. I think I'll be demanding dh bring headphones in case he wants to listen to something while we're there and I"m in labor. 
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
Weird, I thought more people would listen to music since all the books say to bring some.
@Mrsbells: What instruments do you play? I used to play tuba
@prettylizy: Lol, they made me turn the TV off when it was time to push! I was watching my soap and I admit I was a little upset that LO couldn't wait 30 more minutes for it to be over. I love Billy the Exterminator.... but I wouldn't want that to be the first thing my LO saw.
kiwi / 549 posts
I told DH that I wanted Dave Matthews while I was laboring at home, and I thought he'd forget since it was months beforehand. But he remembered, so he made sure DMB was playing at home for a long time. But by the time I got to the hospital I was so tired after laboring at home with no sleep for 21 hours, and in so much pain that I don't think music would have done a thing. I was too much in the zone, too inside myself trying to get through each contraction, and then pushing to notice anything else, and as things got more scary/intense during pushing, it would've distracted me and therefore, stressed me more.
bananas / 9118 posts
I planned to, loaded up my ipod, brought it, and forgot all about it because labor went way too fast. I had been expecting a long labor with lots of waiting, but before I knew it we were holding the baby!
pomegranate / 3388 posts
I can't really imagine caring about listening to music during labor, but since all of the books say to bring it, DH has made sure to pack ipods and a speaker dock into his hospital bag. He seems really excited about it, so I'm just going along. I figure I'll barely even notice music while I'm riding out contractions, but hey, if it has a calming effect on DH, then at least it's sort of doing it's job!
coconut / 8305 posts
I'm one to listen to music ANY time I have to focus on a task... especially things I find hard, like cleaning (since I'm so uncomfortable these days it's hard for me to really do).
I listen to alot of praise & worship so that would be my choice for focus. If anything I figure it will keep me grounded... since it does in every other area.
persimmon / 1099 posts
Im hoping to listen to Phish and classical music. Im an opera singer and usually relaxed by music!!
cherry / 105 posts
I listened to a playlist I made for labor. I didn't notice it being on the whole time, but there were a few moments when a nice song came on and I felt peaceful. Then it was back to yelling my way through contractions, ha.
honeydew / 7504 posts
Music is a really important part of my life, and I use it in all important moments in my life. I definitely plan to have my iPod and am considering making a few playlists. Just have to decide what to put on it.
clementine / 878 posts
I'm planning to make a playlist. We're bringing our computer anyway (hospital has free wi-fi, so we'll be able to email everyone after the birth). This way I'll be ready if I want to listen to some music. I told DH that we should have "Final Countdown" on the push mix
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
All I wanted was quiet/silence. If I got distracted it made my contractions hurt more...
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
I Did not use anything I brought for labor-- massager, music, focal point picture of my dogs. We turned on ESPN in the room but couldn't find the volume control, so it was on mute the whole time.
pear / 1764 posts
@artbee: ditto! I didn't take any & didn't want any!! Maybe it would have helped or I would have liked it but I didn't even bother to find out 
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