Background on Sound for Promoting Healthy Pregnancy and Fetal Development

Pregnancy research shows that sound balances the nervous system and promotes emotional, hormonal balance in mothers. This may be the most critical time in a woman’s life to prioritize self-care, because the baby’s development depends on the mother’s equilibrium of her physical, emotional, and energetic systems. Studies also indicate that intentional use of sound supports optimal fetal development. In addition, we now know that babies recognize the lullabies, chants, and music played while they were in utero. Mothers report their babies fall asleep better to the music they played or their babies while in the womb! This is a great support for pregnancy and post birth use.

Review of the research and literature on the effectiveness of sound, and of sound and music use in pregnancy, is central to what’s offered to you here at Baby Welcoming™. On every level, pregnancy is a body-changing, life-changing event within a heightened and concentrated time period for a woman. Sound is a graceful, nurturing way to help women regulate the psychobiological waves of pregnancy.