ML moms -- question re labor

[lilafowler]

Salt N Pepa "Push It"

[kristie]

I think you should. The silence in between contractions is awkward, lol. So it is either music or a random tv channel for background noise. I find myself singing "push it" in my head. You should definitely put that on one of your playlists. Lol But, your pushing time will probably be much much shorter this time, so you probably won't need it.

[kristie]

Jinx Lila!

[alzi]

we watched amazon instant streaming on a laptop. i needed to "do" something to take up time. i love music, but it would not have made the day go by fast enough (i was in labor about 12 hrs)

eta - ok we were obv not doing this while pushing. lol

[Deleted]

During labor yes. Not during the delivery.

I listened to a classical station on pandora. And Alexi Murdoch station. Lol.

Basically things in between cocktail hour music and baby making music.

[game blouses]

I thought I was going to, but my contractions came so fast that I needed the silence to catch my breath. Even people talking got me all freaked out.

[lolly]

I was in labor overnight (induced at 9pm) and I put some music on after I got my epidural around midnight to help me relax and doze off a little.

No music while I was pushing because I had to be in the OR just in case.

[daisybuchannan]

Girls were talking about their labor playlists on the bump before I went into labor and I briefly though I should make one. 

I didn't, and even if I had, it would not have been helpful. I was pretty much unable to focus on anything while I was in the thick of contractions. 

[cleo29]

I had Christmas music playing since I was in the hospital on Christmas eve.

Here's one you can add:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_j-tpmdPlI

[papie]

No. I am not a big music person though.

[Deleted]

ha ha, no. that would've necessitated forethought and acceptance of the fact that i was going to be shoving a kid out of my vagina.

when i get really stressed, though, i need quiet. so i'm not big on extra noise crowding my brain.

[MrsAggie]

I've never been to a delivery with music during pushing. As long as its not too loud, I think it'd be a fun idea. Music motivates during a workout so why not pushing? Lol.

[jssymom14]

The masters golf tournament was on and everyone would turn around to watch it between my pushing and discuss. As I look back, it was a little rude, a few times I and to tell them I was contracting and asked if I should push? But I was watching and discussing it with them as we'll, it was a good distraction. My ob said I made his day: water broke on own so didn't have to induce, FTM that only was in labor at hospital for 8 hours, and he was done by 5 pm on a Friday with no other patients to deliver that weekend.

[Deleted]

Lol, no. No time for music.

[underwaterrhymes]

I had an AWESOME labor play list.

Fuck if I listened to it during labor, though.

[meganew]

I had a playlist ready to go (Salt n Peppa was on it! Lol) but I ended up just wanting a quiet dark room with no one talking to or touching me : )

It couldn't hurt to have one just in case!

You're really close, huh?!

[speckledfrog]

I didn't. I didn't think of it beforehand and as it turned out I barely had time to catch my breath before I had to push him out. Once I started pushing I couldn't even open my eyes. What was happening was already sensory overload.

[kristie]

May 22, 2013 20:00:08 GMT -5 jssymom14 said:

The masters golf tournament was on and everyone would turn around to watch it between my pushing and discuss. As I look back, it was a little rude, a few times I and to tell them I was contracting and asked if I should push? But I was watching and discussing it with them as we'll, it was a good distraction. My ob said I made his day: water broke on own so didn't have to induce, FTM that only was in labor at hospital for 8 hours, and he was done by 5 pm on a Friday with no other patients to deliver that weekend.

The alternative to them discussing the tournament would have been all eyes on you, just staring and waiting while you try to catch your breath and focus and the deafening silence. It is awkward sometimes in the room, I swear. There is only so much coaching you can do, so you just sit and wait for the next one. But I like music when I work out, so I think I would like some background music to push out a baby. Of course I pushed for threeish hours, fifteen minute pushers with the "there wasn't any time!" can suck it. Lol

[HiC]

We watched TV the entire time....from beginning to end. It was moving.

[saraandmichael]

i watched the nutty professor when i was in labor with noah and delivered during montel williams.

i think the disney channel was on when i had evan (noah was there until it was time to push and there wasn't any time to really turn it off since e came so fast and i kind of wasn't paying attention).

[ndolehan]

I had planned on it - we were going to use Pandora - do a little Classical Music action. That went out the window, as did several of my other 'plans'.

I ended up wanted complete silence and just wanted to close my eyes to rest.

[KKD]

This second time around you might not have time for music anyway. I certainly didn't. I didn't bother with music for my first, either; in fact I don't remember how I passed the time then because I didn't read or watch any of the DVDs we brought.

[jena]

We watched Oh Brother Where Art Thou during my first labor (no pushing, ended in non-emergency c/s) but I was on day 3 of an induction that obviously wasn't moving very fast.

The other 2 labors it was quiet, but I was tired and trying to doze when I could.

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[pooh8402]

when I'm in a delivery, it's usually random crap on TV, like Family Matters (Steve Urkel, anyone?) or RHOwherever, lol. it'd be cool to have music playing instead because sometimes the doc and/or nurses watch the tv between pushes if they catch some interesting dialogue or something. I think it's unprofessional, but catch myself doing it too and I try not to.

all that to say I'm in favor of music during L&D.

[underwaterrhymes]

May 22, 2013 19:26:56 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

I can't recommend "Transitions" enough. You can find it on Amazon. It's sounds from the womb and is very relaxing and also works unbelievably well with calming the newborn. It's crazy how well it works.

www.amazon.com/Transitions-Soothing-Music-Crying-Infants/dp/B00000IKGP/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1369268749&sr=1-1&keywords=transitions

YOU are the one to whom I owe my gratitude! Someone on here (you) recommended this so I bought it.

We love it. So, so much we love it.

[Deleted]

Yes because the ticking clock drove me fucking mad.

The down side was Jake's phone battery died, we didn't have our chargers, and we had to borrow a nurses' camera.

But seriously the ticking clock while I was pushing made me MENTAL.

ETA oh and I used my workout playlist because I needed to be pumped up and psyched up and whatnot.  It worked, I pushed for 4hrs in the room before moving to the ER to push them out.

[maria120]

I didn't listen to music, that would have annoyed me.  I was doing "Hypnobabies" and was listening to their tracks during labor with each baby (lol--because these started to annoy me too and I just wanted QUIET!).  I labored at home as long as I could and was only in the hospital for 3-5 hours before each kid was born.  I think if I was in the hospital all day or something I'd want music.  Maybe.

[Deleted]

Also I don't think clocks should be allowed in the rooms because looking at the time pass those 4 hours ALSO made me fucking mental.

I ended up with my eyes closed for most of it.

[MrsAggie]

May 22, 2013 21:04:47 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

when I'm in a delivery, it's usually random crap on TV, like Family Matters (Steve Urkel, anyone?) or RHOwherever, lol. it'd be cool to have music playing instead because sometimes the doc and/or nurses watch the tv between pushes if they catch some interesting dialogue or something. I think it's unprofessional, but catch myself doing it too and I try not to.

all that to say I'm in favor of music during L&D.

I try not to watch tv but I glimpse from time to time. I had a dad and the male OB watching a football game one time and when the baby came out screaming, the OB said "Yeah!! Go Cowboys!!". The nursery team all wanted to punch the OB for the mom. That being said, in between contractions you don't want to be staring at the woman's vagina so...there's that. The mom usually isn't interested in chatting and I feel like chatting with coworkers can be equally rude. It's kind of a no-win situation.