I need your musical thoughts.

So, I've come to terms with the fact this little one is going to be born through surgical means... and now the HUGE debate of what to do about the OR. We can listen to music during the delivery, I can listen to my headphones and hypnosis audio.. or it could just be quiet.

I think I'm going to listen to my hypnosis on my head phone for preperations... but when it's time for the baby to come out I want to be able to hear him and take in those first few seconds of life. Do I want music in the OR? What music would I want? What sounds do I want my child to hear for the first time? Is music something that I could find and agree on for everyone involved? I mean it's a massive decision to pick a special and loving envrionement to bring my child into. What if I pick music my Dr. hates, or the nurses hate or my husband hates... or geez even the baby. lol

I couldn't sleep last night, and after an hour of tossing an turning around 3am I put my hypnososis on but still kept tossing and turning.... Where am I going with this? Well,  this song popped into my head because, that's what I feel like today and it was used for a hospital resident show I used to watch forever ago. But I don't think it's right for "birth" but perhaps right for having an infant in general or what it is like to work in a hospital.



I had some other birthing song ideas but I'm just not sure...

This isn't the version I wanted but the only one I could find on the internet. Preisner is simply an amazing composer.



Or maybe my favorite Tori Amos



Or even the music from Amelie... I do LOVE it and a good accordion...



I LOVE this song but seriously don't know if I could hold my shit together... It makes me cry and I'm not so sure it's a good birth song. :)




They say babies can recognize music they heard in utero...  and here is a short video explaining....


With that knowledge we should probably do the hypnobabies music as we listened to it everyday for months. I don't have an example for you but think relaxation music.

If we were still planning on a natural birth we'd be listening to the hypnobabies push baby out... so that's why all this interest and confusion now.

Everyone loves the Beatles right?? They make me happy.



Danny's Song is by far my FAVORITE song, possibly of all time and I always said if we had hand a hippie wedding I would have walked in to it.. I just can't get enough but again is this what my son would want to hear? Is this the song I want to forever think of and link to the birth of my son? Interestingly our little one will be a pisces.. not so sure about the virgo rising, but wouldn't that be cool?



Lastly I will say my sweet little guy seems to really enjoy Cake... he dances around to it but I'm pretty sure I don't want to him coming into the world to cake. It's hard to imagine such peppy music to such a joyful and dramatic event in our lives. :)



Anyway let me know what you think! Any music suggestions? What's your favorite? Maybe we should just let it happen as it happens....I know I don't want a silent birth but other than that I'm open to ideas. I want the whole medical team to feel comfortable... I don't mind not having music in the OR as I can have my head phones when I need them... Maybe I make a CD just in case?? Who know's what I'll feel like on the day of...