# Anyone know some songs about pregnancy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 18, 2002, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-some-songs-about-pregnancy/104388 "2002-04-18T21:02:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Thinks2Much](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Thinks2Much](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thinks2Much)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-some-songs-about-pregnancy/104388/41 "2002-04-21T05:28:40Z")
I had to have my own child before I realized it was about a child, but “The Meeting” by Anderson, Buford, Wakeman and Howe (The group YES less one person) is absolutely beautiful - none of this dark stuff. “It’s something that I feel, something that I feel inside…I will be your servant, child.” “When You dream” by Barenaked Ladies off the album Stunt is actually also a pretty song (and right up the alley of dopers, since it is a father wondering what newborns think and dream, what language their dreams are in, etc.) another good one for newborns, though, not pregnancy… There is also a song by a Christian rock singer whose name eludes me at the moment with some beautiful lyrics - “How can I miss someone I haven’t met yet?” but that song is actually about trying to become pregnant and not having achieved it yet. I think the song is called “Room down the Hall” or something like that. I actually made a CD with such songs on it that I played for my son every night softly (put the headphones on my tummy) beginning when I knew his ears were developed enough. He is two now and those songs still put him to sleep out almost immediately. I swear it helped calm him in the delivery room (played it after he was out, not during.) ---
**Author:** ![ejrn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a6a055/32.png) [@ejrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ejrn)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-some-songs-about-pregnancy/104388/42 "2002-04-21T05:57:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kunilou \* > \*\*Maybe more from the father’s point of view, but if you’re looking for a song just to hum or sing softly, it’s hard to beat Danny’s Song by Kenny Loggins. > \*\* Ah yes, **Danny’s Song** never failed to make me misty when I was pregnant. Gorgeous song. I believe it was on a Loggins and Messina album - Sittin’ In perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-some-songs-about-pregnancy/104388/43 "2002-04-21T15:07:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nocturne \* > \*\*“Closer” by Better Than Ezra is an absolutely gorgeous song about having a child. \*\* Not to be confused with the song of the same name by Nine Inch Nails although that too could definitely lead to pregnancy as well. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-some-songs-about-pregnancy/104388/44 "2002-04-21T15:09:58Z")
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**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-some-songs-about-pregnancy/104388/45 "2002-04-21T19:04:54Z")
There’s a joke song on the Dr. Demento album _Holidays in Dementia_ called “It’s So Chic to Be Pregnant at Christmas”. I listened to that I dunno how many times over the holidays. Robin, who is at 25 weeks ---
**Author:** ![shawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@shawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shawa)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-some-songs-about-pregnancy/104388/46 "2002-04-21T23:30:32Z")
Wow, thanks everyone, Now I just need to get myself off the couch and into the CD store. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-some-songs-about-pregnancy/104388/47 "2002-04-22T01:19:28Z")
Just have to suggest one more: “Me in Honey” by REM. ::leaves discreetly:: ---
**Author:** ![Thinks2Much](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Thinks2Much](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thinks2Much)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-some-songs-about-pregnancy/104388/48 "2002-04-23T19:49:24Z")
You don’t have to get off the couch to a CD store - just go to Amazon or something like that, listen to song samples for the ones we mentioned, and order the ones you like. 🙂 Better than hit or miss at the store. They aren’t going to have a lot of the more obscure stuff we recommended at a regular store, anyhow. ---
**Author:** ![king\_of\_spain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7cd45c/32.png) [@king\_of\_spain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/king_of_spain)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-some-songs-about-pregnancy/104388/49 "2002-04-24T19:12:39Z")
…And I can’t believe no one has yet mentioned Natalie Merchant’s “Wonder.” More about birth than pregnancy, granted, but a great song for your purpose. ---
**Author:** ![fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fish_in_the_sky)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-some-songs-about-pregnancy/104388/50 "2002-04-24T22:47:50Z")
I love REM’s Me in Honey – “There’s a fly in the honey, and baby’s got a baby with me.” James has a song called [GoldMother](http://james.wattyco.com/cgi-james/songfiner.pl?goldmother) that’s about birth. The lyrics are rather bizarre and beatnik-like nonsensical, though. It’s better heard than read, and it’s not really a song one can warble in the shower. ---
**Author:** ![Reinhold\_Messner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Reinhold\_Messner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reinhold_Messner)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-some-songs-about-pregnancy/104388/51 "2002-04-26T02:02:34Z")
I’d have to agree with Jophiel’s recommendation of _Eat for Two_ by 10,000 Maniacs. It is not a happy song, but GOOD GOD is it beautiful. Lots of memories. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-some-songs-about-pregnancy/104388.md?page=2)