Pregnant women debate whether it’s safe for your unborn child to go to a rock concert. I’m a believer in communicating with your unborn child by speaking to him/her constantly and listening to your favourite music. For me, going to concerts are not a stressful experience (unlike sporting events when you are on the knife-edge of your seat!) but the complete opposite. It has this amazing feel-good affect and I figure what’s good for jam.mummy can only be good for jam.baby!
We tested jam.baby’s taste in music last week. On Thursday night we went to the BBC Proms at the stunning Royal Albert Hall where the Scottish Symphony Orchestra were playing. La Valse by Ravel was the favourite by far – a beautiful Austrian waltz which had jam.baby swaying in time with the hypnotic violin bows. This was then followed by the ‘world-premiere’ by Unsuk Chin which was a contemporary piece. I thought the loud, sudden bangs and clashes from the drums would’ve resulted in a kick or two but I’m guessing from the non-reaction it wasn’t our cup of tea for the both of us.
We managed to get last minute tickets to the first night of U2 at Wembley Stadium on Friday (Great value night Hils!). They lived up to jam.mummy and jam.baby’s expectations. The staging was incredible, and they are fabulous showmen. I was trying to keep track of which songs were jam.baby’s favourites for the birthing suite playlist but he/she was tapping his/her feet to pretty much all the songs, the ultimate favourite being With or Without you!
Both nights were worth going to. If you haven’t been to the Royal Albert Hall it’s definitely worth the trip – even if you’re not a classical music fan they have lots of other events for you to check out. We’ll have to make sure we have both classical music and U2 on our playlist for the ‘birth’ day!
p.s. I’m not saying that all pregnant women should go to music concerts. I’m an advocate for doing what you’re most comfortable doing for you and your baby!
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