Enjoying Your Pregnancy - Soothing Music

Lately, evenings have been hard. Really, really hard. Here is a picture of me languishing on the couch trying to have a happy birthday…

This part of pregnancy is difficult to “enjoy.” I started this series on Enjoying Your Pregnancy back when I was pregnant with Micah because I wanted to enjoy every second of his precious life. I knew just how fragile life could be and I was determined to not just survive, but enjoy my pregnancy with him.

I figured I’d just keep going with this series during my new pregnancy, more for my own encouragement than for anyone else! But, I’m pretty sure there are others out there who aren’t finding pregnancy all that enjoyable these days.

So, today I wanted to talk about one thing that helps me tremendously in the evening hours when my stomach is reeling and my body aches. It’s music. Soft, relaxing, flowing music. It eases the tense muscles, gives me something else to think about for a while, and soothes my soul.

I’ve used music in varying degrees in all my pregnancies. With my oldest child, it was at the end of pregnancy when the restless legs were making me crazy and sleep always seemed just out of reach. I listened to Enya’s Watermark cd over and over and over. It was enough to lull me into a decent sleep. I was grateful.

My current favorite is David Nevue’s Whisperings. I rarely make it past track 4 before I am sound asleep, no matter how bad my stomach aches.

I also use music while I soak in the tub. It makes a tubby just that much better.

Maybe it’s because music has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Maybe it’s because my mom used to put classical music cassettes on for me to sleep by. Maybe it’s because I hear music in everything.

But, I actually think it’s because God designed music Himself.

Notes, taken by themselves to be plain and often discordant, suddenly resolve into unimaginable beauty when linked together in harmony. Music is not random and accidental. Even people who are tone deaf still hear beauty in melody.

My aching pregnant body relaxes when I hear music because God designed music to be a tool with which to praise and worship. Even when music is not used to honor and glorify God, you can’t deny that He created the notes. They are still His, no matter what someone does to pervert them.

So, as I lay here, growing this itty bitty human being, I am enjoying not only the pregnancy itself, but the soundtrack of this pregnancy.

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Another thing I enjoy in the bathtub is my Homemade Bath Oil~especially during this cold, dry winter weather. And don’t miss tomorrow’s Guest Post about music education in the homeschool classroom.