Music Therapy during Pregnancy

A new study finds that music therapy can reduce psychological stress among pregnant women. The complementary remedy to common conditions faced during pregnancy may prove to be of significant benefit as prospective mothers avoid the side-effects of traditional pharmaceuticals. In the investigation, researchers from the College of Nursing at Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan, randomly assigned 116 pregnant women to a music group and 120 to a control group. “The music group showed significant reductions in stress, anxiety and depression after just two weeks, using three established measurement scales” says Professor Chung-Hey Chen, who is now based at the National Cheng Kung University. The study was published in a special complementary and alternative therapy medicine issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing.

During pregnancy one should listen to calm and soothing music. It is said that listening to peaceful music relaxes the mind of both the mother and the child. There are certain after birth effects of listening to music during pregnancy. It is said that if the baby listens to the music that the mother used to listen to when pregnant, the baby calms down. The music can act as a lullaby as well. This proves that the baby remembers the music you listen to when pregnant. Therefore, make sure you listen to good classical or sweet music which will help in brain development of the child.