On Mon, 21 May 2001, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
> Julia wrote:
> > At Lamaze class, we were told to find a focal point of some sort. If I
> > can take music I'm familiar with into the labor & delivery room, the music
> > itself can act as a focal point, and it's a bit more immediate than trying
> > to either keep my eyes open to focus on some physical object (anyone else
> > see the movie "She's Having a Baby" for other things that can go wrong
> > with that?) or the memory of a tire swing last seen about 20 years ago.
> > (Man, has it been that long? I'm getting older....)
>
> There's great CD by a local artist here in Austin - David Friedman - that
> Mel & I listened to both times she was in labor. I don't know if it's
> available in stores, but I can try and find a copy, and we'd be glad to loan
> you ours if you're interested. We also listened to Pachalbel's Canon then,
> too. It's a family favorite, now - I doubt the kids remember it at all, but
> it's just a nice, gentle piece of music that everyone in the family can just
> relax to. Oh, and some Beethoven and Mozart, as well as some Nanci Griffith
> and Maura O'Connel for energy.
Some Bach is probably going to be going. I don't think I'll take you up
on the loan of a CD at this point, but maybe in a few months I could
listen to see if it's something I want to buy (or maybe something Dan
wants to buy) and familiarize myself with the music long before the next
time I get into such an undertaking.
Out of the 5 CDs I listened to today, 3 are unacceptable for one reason or
another. So with the 3 that checked out as useable yesterday, I have 5
that ought to go with us. We have a little CD wallet that holds 12. I
have another 7 CDs to screen, and I'm sure they won't all make the cut, so
there will be space for some of the Bach that I've got loaded into the
multi-disk changer that I will want to grab & put in the CD wallet between
early contractions.
Julia
