I am getting quite tired lately. So after whinging how I'm going to cope during the upcoming 3 months, I sat on the sofa, laptop on my thighs, my legs resting on a stool. Aerosmith playing in the background, a perfect moment to relax I thought.
Until I felt a lot of movement in my belly. Great, he likes Aerosmith - Jaded. Let him rock! And as the music stopped, the movement stopped as well. This made me curious.
Chatting to my friend Liri, who is a pyschology grad, later that night I mentioned this to her and as she wrote her thesis on this subject she knew quite a bit about it.
It was then that I was introduced to the Mozart effect. This study shows that listening to classical music while pregnant makes the baby smarter and calms him/her down. Although the making the baby smarter part is not proved a 100%, it definitely soothes the baby. In fact mums-to-be who listen to rock music feel more vigorous kicks from their baby. Aha! That's why then. So I think from now on I'm going to switch to classical music. Singing nursery rhymes also keeps the baby calm. (Tried and tested by me :) )
Here is more information about Mozart effect.
I got these CD's from Amazon. They are a very good listen and calm both mother and baby down. I listen to them before going to sleep and find them very relaxing.