Indian Classical music and its benefit for Expectant Mothers

Hearing music or singing songs is a convenient way to promote the expression of one’s emotions or to reduce one’s anxiety.

It could make us dance if it’s catchy enough or gets us cheered up on a bad day.

Singing your favorite songs or listening to your list of liked music can soothe you.

The body is affected by music in a wide range of positive ways - enhanced states of one’s blood pressure, heartbeat, respiration, and even body temperature.

Especially in pregnant women, it triggers positive reactions from the fetus.

Due to its restorative powers, since prehistoric days, music therapy has been used to treat a variety of health difficulties.

A few doctors think that playing their favorite music helps alleviate anxiety.

Moreover, it is known that extending music to patients enhances the success rate of their surgeries.

Studies have also shown that both the mother and the unborn child in many ways can benefit from hearing music while pregnant.

Exposure to music inside the womb was linked to a major development in unborn babies overall, mental, knowledgeable, psychosocial, sensory, psychological, and emotional.

An analysis revealed that Classical music, particularly Indian classical Raga music, impacts pregnant women and their unborn babies.

Even during the study, at least 20 minutes of Carnatic music have been encouraged to also be heard by a group of pregnant women day after day.

The researchers saw 20 days later advancements in the reaction times, interactions, mobility, and cognitive concentration of the fetus.

While the pregnant woman seemed to have beneficial and soothing effects.

Below are the reasons why during your pregnancy you should listen and sing to the music with all the dos and don’ts.

Enhances your relationship with the fetus

Songs can prompt positive emotions, which could in turn create an opportunity to bond to your innocent fetus. 

Parents always have hummed to their children. Every community has melodies and ballads handed down over centuries.

New ones are written and disseminated, and the practice continues—a valuable element of human culture.

These tunes will relax newborns, soothe their worries and entertain them throughout their infancy.

As we discovered more about fetal life and capacities, we found that a fetus can listen clearly and identify noises for months before birth.

Upon childbirth, infant children reacted to familiar noises by calming themselves and guiding them to the sound's source.

And even indicating their preferences for familiar voices over the unknown. You and your baby can be augmented by a stronger connection.

Expectant mothers can get quality sleep

Although the city's population is becoming increasingly sleep-insensitive, the absence of deep sleep is negatively impacting the expecting mother and her unborn child.

The specialists strictly reject the use of sleep cycle drugs in cases of insomnia.

But there have been cases where waiting mothers have occasionally used medications to sleep.

The inclination is more common among women who use sleeping medications occasionally or regularly before deciding to become parents.

A beautiful, calm music playlist is really beneficial for you to sleep comfortably as it is the ultimate natural solution.

You shouldn't have to rush to sleeping medications, but play a lovely song of fascination and melody to have a peaceful and sound nap.

Similarly, when you sing calming lullabies and compositions during bedtime, for yourself and your child - this improves the quality of your sleep. 

It also ensures that your baby is routined into sleeping at nighttime, so when he/she is born, there are lesser chances of them waking up at night. 

Strengthens the cognitive abilities of the fetus

Believe it or not, the baby also wants to listen to the songs and their mother’s voice in the womb.

Bear in mind that your unborn baby is surrounded by amniotic fluid and your body’s own soft tissues.

Therefore anything they hear will be muffled, so humming may not be loud enough to register as sound, especially in the early stages.

But humming is fantastic for your baby, not necessarily for what they hear, but what they feel.

It sends vibrations through your body that have a soothing and therapeutic effect, for both of you.

Humming is also a fantastic vocal warm-up ideal for gently keeping your voice in shape during pregnancy. 

If the unborn child hears the vibrations, it can also try to orchestrate the beats.

This can improve the impulses, responses, and mobility of the baby.

Effect of the theory of Mozart

The "Mozart effect" goes back to the early nineties claim.

This theory noted that for a time frame after having to listen, exposure to the musician's songs enhanced the temporal and thinking capacity.

Animal studies from those days appear promising: those who were exposed to music before birth have demonstrated significantly higher ability to navigate.

Researchers acknowledge that this is the developed exposure in the hippocampus of the brain for generating new neurons.

Nevertheless, experts are presently hesitating to make similar claims regarding humans. Babies begin to hear at their gestation in around 24 weeks.

They can pick up the voices of your parents and sounds just as we hear underwater. And more deep voices of baritones usually go better, at least in the early stages.

In the UK media in 2018, researchers claimed that it was most likely that they would feel joyful when they play Mozart with prenatal children.

Beethoven's Ode to Joy and Bach's sonata was also advised for cheerful and satisfied replies from the fetus.

Marques analyzed the mouths and lung movements of approximately 300 fetuses during the 18-38 weeks of gestation when experts in Barcelona Institute researched.

During the period, 15 various songs covering classical, pop, rock, and other musical genres were presented to babies.

Classical music elicited the highest fetal reaction at 84 percent, following traditional music at 79 percent, according to researchers' findings.

Improves the sensory perception of your child

You can aim to concentrate your kid on the sound waves only when you listen to your favorite tracks with headsets.

This will improve your child's overall responses and help in the growth, auditory sensations, and abilities of your child significantly.

Can promote relaxation to your newborn child after birth

Some scientists claim that your unborn baby can indeed remember the music and noises you heard even while you were pregnant with him/her.

If this is true, after he/she has now been born you can use the same tunes to soothe your baby.

Helps the expectant mother to de-stress 

Conceiving and carrying a child for nine months comes with a lot of responsibilities and with these, comes additional stress for the expecting mother.

Music can reduce stress, anxiety, and depression experienced by many pregnant women.

Unwinding yourself with a calming playlist of Indian classical music and singing longer musical notes at a comfortable pace, act as an accurate stress buster.

A study of 236 pregnant women in Taiwan shows that those who have played music for 30 minutes per day for two weeks reduced their stress, anxiety, and depression significantly compared to those who did not.

The study was published in the Journal of Clinical Nursing, which is led by researchers in the College of Nursing at Kaohsiung Medical University.

Songs can shape the personality of your child

The type of music you hear during your pregnancy can also be believed to affect the overall personality of the baby.

For instance, a pregnant woman who is listening to soothing sounds and Soft Music may have a calm baby.

Your baby can develop an aggressive and anxious character if you listen to music that is loud and jarring.

But not enough research still exists to support this theory.

Reduces delivery pain for new mothers

A study of pregnant moms in Turkey was performed during labor pains in the working room.

It was found that people who had music therapy had less discomfort than those who had not received music.

The importance of music in pain reduction does not only benefit pregnant women.

It also helps them avoid pain medicines, which pose various health risks and also have a harmful effect on their unborn kid.

You might be able to register for a prenatal music lesson if you wish to expose your unborn child to music in a consciously therapeutic approach.

A lot of ladies want to take some time to think and compile a work and birth playlist.

Set the volume down

It is important to be aware of the bruising of a womb.

Your stomach is filling with air, your heart is blowing, your lungs are filling.

In addition, the vibration of your bones, as the sound passes through your body, amplifies your voice.

You need to try to maintain the volume of external sounds around 50 to 60 decibels during your pregnancy, or about the same loudness as normal speech.

That means that you don't want headphones on the bowel. And you might want to avoid yelling of any sort.

Practitioners have been warning that the sound from your earphones is going to be very loud as soon as it reaches your baby in your belly.

There is no strong evidence to support the idea that playing classic or calming music in the womb will ensure better test results in your baby's later life.

But it's a wonderful approach for expectant moms to relax with their babies.

Begin serenading your unborn child with beautiful Indian classical raga symphonies.