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Silly question, sorry.. Can the baby hear the music I listen to on my MP3 Player?

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Marabou · 20/04/2011 10:49

I was just wondering ..

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jezebelle · 20/04/2011 10:51

through your ears ?? no. but if you put a speaker on your belly yes :)

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Marabou · 20/04/2011 10:53

Ok ..

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Yukana · 20/04/2011 12:18

Don't worry about the questions, they love them here. I was wondering the same thing actually so I'm glad someone asked.

otchayaniye · 20/04/2011 12:59

I was worried about decreased movement at week 19 and put on Gary Numan on headphones on the tummy and it woke her up a treat.

otchayaniye · 20/04/2011 13:00

Think I'll give birth to an Alannah Partridge

BabCNesbitt · 20/04/2011 16:48

So can the baby hear if you're just playing music around the house, or do you have to direct the speakers at your belly?

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Marabou · 20/04/2011 17:41

Thanks for being so supporting, this is not the first time I post something a bit unconventional on here ..

Yeah the baby can hear everything the same as you I think from about 25 weeks on. I'm 36 weeks now and all the sudden I started thinking where the sound "goes" when I listen to my player and if it'll echo inside.. I know it's a bit silly..

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Melly19MummyToBe · 20/04/2011 18:41

Not really that silly :) what you're saying kind of makes sense in a weird sort of way! They do say that baby can hear all your bodily movements inside, like your heart beating and other organs working away. So I can see where you're coming from with that.

I worried that the baby would pull on the cord and snap it! I was talking to a midwife about delivering the placenta and she said sometimes they have to tug on the cord to pull it out, and I asked if the cord had ever snapped while tugging, and she said yes it had. And I knew that babies sometimes pulled on the cord and I panicked that baby would snap the cord by pulling on it too much but no, MWs pull much harder than a not-even-newborn baby could pull :o

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Marabou · 20/04/2011 20:01

I know! Glad someone else sees my "logic" too :)!

How funny, the baby pulling on the umbilical cord and snapping it was indeed the topic of one of my aforementioned "unconventional" threads on here: I was also assured that babies tend to have far less strength than grown midwives !

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BabCNesbitt · 20/04/2011 23:05

Thanks, Marabou :) Time to start planning a baby playlist, then... its first tunes need to be good!

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