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Classical music reduces pregnancy stress

Posted on October 08, 2008

Filed under: Just for moms, Pregnancy & birth, Mommy musts, That's entertainment Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast, / To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak. So wrote William Congreve, in The Mourning Bride, way back in 1697. Turns out the guy knew what he was talking about. Researchers in Taiwan studied pregnant women and found those who listened to lullabies and classical music over a two-week period lowered their levels of stress, anxiety, and depression.About half the women in the study were given four CD's and told to listen to at least one of them every day for two weeks. Each ...

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anxiety , children , depression , pregnancy , stress