Training with Music for pregnant women

Listening to music has long been recognized as beneficial for pregnant women. The results affect and calm both the mother and the child. When the mother is emotionally healthy, physical health will follow. Music stimulates the brain cells and the good hormones, which in turn pass to the developing fetus. So, the benefits are actually twofold.

When your partner finds out that she is pregnant, she can add music to her routine. Below you will find the ways and reasons to help your partner feel the most of this experience.

Find a comfortable seat, put some soft classical sounds on and encourage her to relax and empty her mind. Many things trouble the brain, so you really need to concentrate and spend some time together alone. Do not let the music play in the background while doing the usual chores - relaxing music does not do any good when the mind is still under pressure. It would be a good idea to take her hand and place it on her belly; it would be even better if you placed yours, too.

By the fifth month of pregnancy, your baby’s auditory nerves and organs have developed enough to allow them to listen to their mother’s voice and heartbeat. To attract the fetus’s attention, slightly press a point on your belly. Play slow, gentle music to calm your child, or vibrant melodies to stimulate them.
Insist on her listening to a track list of 20-30 minutes, twice a day. In this way, your baby may become familiar with the music.

You may also hum a melody to your child. Start gently, so as not to frighten or cause damage to their hearing. Avoid loud fast beat music, such as disco and rock’n’roll with heavy bass melodies and intense drums. The optimal volume is between 75 to 80 dB, preferably in stereo frequency.
Choose relaxing music and gentle but also joyful and lively tunes, such as waltz, local folk songs and lullabies. The C major scale, in particular, is suitable to stimulate your child's emotional reactions. Here is a collection of classical music for a start:

• Bach’s “Mass in B minor”
• Schubert’s “Serenade”
• Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” (1st Movement)
• Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” (Spring)
• Mendelssohn’s “Introduction of the Midsummer Night's Dream”
• Brahms’ “Lullaby”

It is interesting that the researchers have found that children respond equally well to their father’s deep and low voice, just as they do to their mother’s voice. So why not respond to singing, too? Besides music, you can also simply talk to your baby while inside the belly. Who knows, after being born, they may respond to you more than to their mother!