'My ex-husband did one for me during my labor 18-and-a-half years ago.'īBC sitcom Ghosts is AXED after five series - as cancellation of BAFTA nominated show devastates fans 'People have done this for years,' Doctor Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz, an OB/GYN in Beverly Hills told Today. 'Definitely the big boom came with wireless speakers.' 'It used to be that once in a while, someone would bring in a boombox with a cassette player, but that didn't take off too much,' he said. While technology may have made it easier to create playlists and play them from iPhones in the delivery room, doctors said they are not a new phenomenon.ĭoctor Moritz said people used to bring boomboxes in.
'You learn a lot about people from their musical tastes and then the whole conversation drifts away from the labor and time just goes by,' he said. He said as well as helping the birthing process along, mothers' choices can reveal information about their characters.
He said expecting mothers should choose comforting songs they know well with an eclectic mixture of different musicians and genres. 'When you're pushing, you're not even hearing the music.' 'People think you would need head-banging metal music to push the baby out, but you have to remember, it's one minute of pushing and then three minutes of quiet time,' he said. He said it's important to consider the musical accompaniment for quiet moments as well as for pushing. It's like having a familiar friend singing to you.' 'Labor is a really tough thing, and it goes on for a long time, so we try to find things that are comfortable and soothing,' he told Today.
Push playlists are said to be becoming increasingly popular with and Spotify reporting that 90,000 users have created one.ĭr Moritz, who practices at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, said around two-thirds of his patients have created playlists for their birth but if they don't have one he puts his own on. Other featured tracks include Let it Go by James Bay, Festival by Sigur Ros, Sunrise by Norah Jones, Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) by John Lennon, D'Angelo's Really Love, Don't Panic by Coldplay, Maps by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Try by Pink, U2's With or Without You and Blue by Beyonce, featuring her daughter Blue Ivy. Hit play: New York City doctor Jacques Moritz (right) claims to have created the ultimate 'push playlist', above, for women giving birth which includes songs like Just Breathe by Pearl Jam and Let It Go by James Bay
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