Does anyone fancy helping me with my labour playlist?

[SpawnChorus]

So far I have:

So far I have:

Blue Monday-88 4:08 New Order

Dirty Harry 3:44 Gorillaz

Fools Gold 9:55 The Stone Roses

Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon 3:10

Heartbeats 2:40 Jose Gonzalez

I Wanna Be Adored 4:54 The Stone Roses

Kinky Afro 4:00 Happy Mondays

Loaded 7:03 Primal Scream

The Magnificent Seven 5:34 The Clash

Movin` On Up 3:51 Primal Scream

The Passenger 4:44 Iggy Pop

Stand and Deliver 3:35 Adam Ant

Sweet Harmony 5:03 The Beloved

Sweet Jane 3:23 Cowboy Junkies

Where Is My Mind? 3:49 Pixies

World In My Eyes 4:27 Depeche Mode

You Really Got Me 2:14 The Kinks

Guns of Brixton The Clash

Ringfinger Nine Inch Nails

[jaz2]

Clearly I am an old git...I don't know half the songs on this thread.

I put together a playlist for labour with DS: variously "pop", classical and hymns (some very uplifting ones - despite DH objecting) - but was in so much pain (syntocinon drip with no epidural - NCT had "got me"!) that nothing would distract me. I really wish DH had "insisted" that I listen to music - I think it would have helped, and I would have loved DS to have been born (c-section) to one of the songs.

With DD (2 years later and another induced labour) - no birth plan - just "bring on the drugs" and "get her out safely". Again, do wish I had listened to some music.

[AliGrylls]

How about Final Countdown, which should ideally be played when the head comes out. However, I never got to that stage due to c-section at last minute.

I took my ipod in and put it on auto I ended up with some really random music including Alice Cooper's Poison. I think they thought I was mad.

[SpawnChorus]

Oh YES to Comfortably Numb! Will definitely add that one.

Lots of other great suggestions...you lot are good.

LOL at the (ouchy) puns.

Teaandcake - we must be due on the same day

[SpawnChorus]

And Linz at the midwives switching your music off. How bloody RUDE!

[pasturesnew]

My Baby Just Cares For Me : Nina Simone

[SummerLightning]

Die another day - Madonna
And Don't stop me now - Queen

DS was born to Begging you for Mercy or whatever it is called by Duffy (randomly on radio). Makes me laugh now.

[vanloadtovenice]

Very precious dd2 born to Life on Mars - David Bowie - amazing. Just took in Hunky dory though, and consultant was very pleased with me. Your playlist is rather fabulous, and VERY organised!

[AmeliaR]

hoppipolla sigur ros - bit more chilled than the rest of your choices, but you might need it. You know...it's the one they use for lots of tv ads

[VeryHungryLennipillar]

DD born to sigur ros

[glencoe]

My dh was in charge of putting the playlist together for my second birth, and thought it was most amusing to include Push It by Salt and Pepper. Oh, how I laughed!!

[jumbly]

I never got as far as playing any track at all in labour with DS or DD, but in my fantasy pregnancy world Everything Will Be Alright by the Killers would have run on repeat...:-)

[PatTheHammer]

Both DD and then, 2 years later, DS born to Anthony and the Johnsons 'I am a bird now'. Just a fluke as took in loads of cds with DD and towards the end DH was a bit distracted so midwife just kept putting it on repeat. DS on the other hand was fast and furious and I just had time to yell 'get the effing music on' before I leapt in the pool and started pushing. DH just grabbed the top CD in the bag and it happened to be the same one

Love all of your play list and love the suggestion of 'sex on fire' . Anything that relaxes you will help and your favourite songs will make it even more special.

[ForgetfulNess]

Massive Attack - anything from Blue Lines.

[Housemum]

Definitely not Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

[crankytwanky]

I had Erikah Badu "Baduism" on in the pool room. Was so relaxing and chilled, although combined with the entonox I thought I was a teenager on drugs again, and I thought my best mate was there.

DH bought Grandparents a copy as it meant so much to him, we cannot hear it now without getting all dewy-eyed.

I may go for Jose Gonzales next time as well, good suggestion!

[pucca]

I just had the radio on when my dd was born and she was born to Mad World by Gary Jules lol

[discoball]

I was born to make you happy - Britney Spears
The Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston
Good Times - Chic
Baby Love - Supremes
Porcelain - Moby (beautiful song)!
Sister Sledge - We Are Family
Good luck!

[PurlyQueen]

My only advice is to avoid songs that you love - otherwise they will be forever linked with the pain of labour and you'll never be able to listen to them again.

[oneopinionatedmother]

@southwestwhippet - what about the harp & lute concerto (Handel)?

or, for a 23-hr labour, you could go for 'the ring cycle' by Wagner

[messalina]

The first cut is the deepest?

[jujubean]

TBH you prob won't care what music is on. My induction was all a bit last minute so DH just went to car and got a CD out of CD changer, he came back with Mika's album. Now "relax, take it eeeeaaasssyyyy" always make me grin and think of being in early labour with DD.

[messalina]

If it's a breech birth, How Beautiful are the Feet, from Handel's Messiah?

[oneopinionatedmother]

@spawnchorus - what about 'head down' by soundgarden?

'little horn is born' marilyn manson?

more seriously 'teardrop' by massive attack off mezzanine
anything by zero 7

glosoli by sigur ros
'pray' by syntax
john mayall 'goodbye december', 'dream with me', 'me and my children'.
FC kahuna 'Hayling'
Fatboy Slim 'bird of prey'
morcheeba 'trigger hippy' 'down by the sea'

[PuzzleRocks]

hijack

Messalina,i guess you hadn't noticed. You might want to delete your eminem post from TR's bereavement thread.

[londonlexi]

a whole ipod full of everything you can think of - i think i went through all 10k songs (feels like it)