Babies can hear sounds from the outside world as early as when they are still in the womb. Music is one type of noise that gets a lot of attention. According to preliminary researches it appears to indicate that your unborn child might enjoy and benefit slightly from a daily dose of music although the jury is still out on the true impact of prenatal exposure to Mozart and Bach. More or less at 17 weeks gestation a baby can start to hear sounds, normally just about the condition when the mother starts on feeling the first tiny flutters of movement and prior to the baby’s sex is clearly identifiable. At the time when the baby is on his 26 weeks, his heartbeat will rate rapidly in response to sounds, including music that comes from outside the womb. Babies have been observed breathing simultaneously with the music, signifying consciousness of the beat happening during 33 weeks gestation and by 38 weeks, a baby in the womb responds in a different way to different types of music, showing different rates of fetal movement

1. My Black Hawk Mines Music:
Music Effects to Prenatal Babies
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2. Babies can hear sounds from the outside world as early as when they are still
in the womb. Music is one type of noise that gets a lot of attention.
According to preliminary researches it appears to indicate that your unborn
child might enjoy and benefit slightly from a daily dose of music although the
jury is still out on the true impact of prenatal exposure to Mozart and Bach.

4. More or less at 17 weeks gestation a baby can start to hear
sounds, normally just about the condition when the mother
starts on feeling the first tiny flutters of movement and prior to
the baby’s sex is clearly identifiable. At the time when the
baby is on his 26 weeks, his heartbeat will rate rapidly in
response to sounds, including music that comes from outside
the womb.

5. Babies have been observed breathing simultaneously with the
music, signifying consciousness of the beat happening during
33 weeks gestation and by 38 weeks, a baby in the womb
responds in a different way to different types of music, showing
different rates of fetal movement

6. According to Baby Center, the true effect of music on prenatal
development remains unknown. A loosely-controlled
preliminary study in the “Music Educators Journal” in 1985
found that babies exposed to music before birth had longer
attention spans than expected for their age and imitated adult
sounds better. One more small study in 1997 in “Pre- & Peri-
Natal Psychology Journal” looked at babies enrolled in a
program called FirstStart, which exposed unborn babies to
musical stimulation.

7. These babies demonstrated better motor skills, language
development and cognitive skills from birth to six months
comparing to the control group of babies. On the other hand,
since these studies were minute and have not been recurring,
the query of whether and how much music influences unborn
babies stays under investigation.

8. Back in 1991, a study concerning six pregnant women and a
broader follow-up study in 1993 both examined at whether
babies could be familiar with music they had heard in the
womb after birth. Music includes: Classical piano music, vocal
music and rock music were all played through headphones on
the mother’s belly.

9. Babies who heard music in the womb reacted with more
awareness and physical actions during six weeks after birth,
demonstrating that they have known the music they had heard
in the womb. According to the BBC, this recognition of prenatal
music experiences might actually last 12 months or more after
birth. Letting babies listen to familiar music after birth might
aid to calm a restless child who identifies the tune.

10. Mothers should remember that if they want to expose their
unborn baby to music should not turn the volume up too loud.
The too loud music could over stimulate the fetus or even
damage the developing ear.
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