Music for Pregnancy

What music to listen to while pregnant

Did you know that the baby in the womb hears the surrounding sounds and responds to them?
That is why the child needs to talk with both, mom and dad, even if he is still in the stomach. When the baby is born, he gets to know you and dad’s voice, because these voices he heard most often. :) Talk to belly on any topic, to let him know how they are waiting for him and love him here.
The ability to hear appears at babies in the womb at 6 – 7th month. Some scientists believe that giving the baby to listen to the music in this period, it is possible to implant musical talents … :)

The music of Debussy is considered a classic experiment: a pregnant constantly listened to it in the hours of rest. And after the birth, the baby immediately calmed down when hearing that music. So knowing that we’ll have sometimes sleepless nights, why not take advantage of these experiments and in leisure hours listening to some pleasant and favorite tune. When the baby is born, we can try to reassure him that same melody.

Let us look back in history a little. As it turned out, the roots of this new-fangled currents are very deep. The therapeutic effect of music on the organism of the unborn child has been known since ancient times. Music is one of the arts, which cause the strongest responses in the human soul. It may have a direct impact on his emotional world. Aristotle argued that with the help of music can definitely influence the formation of human character. For example, in China 2000 years ago, they practiced prenatal effects on child many hours of singing. The Chinese believed that life begins at conception, and, consequently, to educate the child must be immediately after conception. In Japan, pregnant women were placed in special communities, located in beautiful countryside, where she practiced aesthetic and musical education. In ancient times in the East there was a belief that at the wedding, every girl must weave a rug, but during pregnancy the expectant mother must weave the soul of a child with the musical threads of her own voice. Until recently, in Nordic countries were a common occurrence when pregnant women for a long time sitting on the steps of her house and sang folk and religious songs.

Scientific Explanation

More than a hundred years ago, scientists morphological drew attention to the fact that in the brain of a newborn there is certain percentage of atrophied neurons. At the same time it has been hypothesized that these neurons are atrophied due to lack of demand for the period of fetal exposure. On the other hand, there was scientific information that the number of nerve cells of the brain largely determines the level of intellectual development and psychological maturity of the child.

In this regard, in Europe and the U.S. emerged the idea about the educational process in the antenatal period of human life in order to preserve and develop the greatest number of neurons in the brain. So there is a new branch of psychology, pedagogy and medicine – prenatal education.

In 1982, Japanese scientists using the hydrophone determined that the in utero child hears everything that goes on inside his mother, and around her. But all the sounds are muted nature, losing up to 30% of its volume level. It is known that in the fourteen weeks, the fetus begins to respond to different sound effects in various ways: it can respond to the volume and rhythm of the melody, he can like it or not. Using a special ultrasound scanner, researchers examined dozens of pregnant women. During the experiment, every 15 seconds sounded a little piece of musical work, and the instrument recorded the increase in brain activity of unborn babies. It turned out that they not only hear the music, but also express their emotions: calm lyrical melodies make them “sad”, and clockwork – “rejoice”.

It is proved that the sound is the most powerful integrating factor which affects the whole body of the child, harmonizing it. Through the neuroendocrine system, the music has an impact on virtually all systems and organs of the child: changing the frequency of breathing, muscle tone, motility of the stomach and intestines. It really is kind of the direction of human development, where in the utero period, it forms very important elements. Also is proved that kids learn, and prefer actively to respond to the music that they “hear” before birth, while in the womb. Consequently, pregnancy – is not only the formation of the child, but also tremendous opportunity to influence intelligence, creativity and musical abilities of your child, stimulate their cognitive and emotional development.

Talking about the intelligence, studies by American scientists showed that only a ten-minute play of piano music by Mozart has shown increased IQ by an average of 8.9 units. At the same time in the group tested were the people who love the music of Mozart, and those whom it does not matter. And Russian scientists a pattern: it turns out that with the help of music can be adjusted nonsynchronous rhythms that occur in the brain during stress.

What to listen to?

Recently, doctors and psychologists often recommend that pregnant women not only sing, but often listen to classical music. The most beneficial effect on fetal development has structured melodic music. Beethoven, Brahms – bring fruit. Music that is close to alfaritmam, such as the music of Mozart, Vivaldi, calms the fetus. In addition, listening to the “correct” music, you can minimize the many adverse factors. And, as it turned out, different music performs different therapeutic functions.
Naturally, while listening to tunes, first of all, you need to focus on your own musical preferences. Whether you like a violin, organ, piano or symphonic music? Or perhaps you prefer a church music. Decide for yourself. So make experiments.