# Nice pregnancy/labour/baby songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-pregnancy-labour-baby-songs/486705 "2009-02-20T12:41:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-pregnancy-labour-baby-songs/486705/21 "2009-02-22T23:19:43Z")
[Lullabye for a Stormy Night](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu1o-Do_0LM), by Vienna Teng. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-pregnancy-labour-baby-songs/486705/22 "2009-02-22T23:50:16Z")
Back to Pooh Corner by Kenny Loggins (google has it as ‘Return to Pooh Corner’ but I’ve never known it as such… weird). And I third ‘Baby Mine’ and second Billy Joel’s ‘Lullaby.’ ---
**Author:** ![jbarro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@jbarro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jbarro)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-pregnancy-labour-baby-songs/486705/23 "2009-02-23T01:32:35Z")
“Beautiful” and “Father and Daughter” by Paul Simon (off the Surprise cd) “Daughter” by Loudon Wainwright (off the Knocked Up soundtrack) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-pregnancy-labour-baby-songs/486705/24 "2009-02-23T03:12:57Z")
Wonderful Baby by Don McLean “Wonderful baby, livin’ on love Sandman says maybe he’ll take you above Up where the girls fly on ribbons and bows Just laughin’ out loud and countin’ their toes” > **[Don McLean – Wonderful Baby | All The Lyrics](http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/don_mclean/wonderful_baby-lyrics-47128.html)** > > Don McLean - Wonderful Baby lyrics: Wonderful baby livin' on love the > sandman says maybe he'll take you above, > up where the girls fl ... ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-pregnancy-labour-baby-songs/486705/25 "2009-02-23T03:24:40Z")
Alll time best? _[This Woman’s Work](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm901CXujEg)_, by Kate Bush. ---
**Author:** ![beegirl13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@beegirl13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beegirl13)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-pregnancy-labour-baby-songs/486705/26 "2009-02-23T03:32:39Z")
It’s from a new father’s point of view, but I like Creed’s “With Arms Wide Open”: “We stand in awe, we’ve created life With arms wide open Under the sunlight Welcome to this place I’ll show you everything With arms wide open Now everything has changed” > **[Creed - With Arms Wide Open Lyrics | AZLyrics.com](https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/creed/witharmswideopen.html)** > > Creed "With Arms Wide Open": Well I just heard the news today It seems my life is gonna change I close my eyes, begin to pray The... ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-pregnancy-labour-baby-songs/486705/27 "2009-02-23T06:39:19Z")
Well the obvious - “Wonder” by Natalie Merchant “know this child will be gifted with love, with patience and with faith she’ll make her way” and Savage Garden’s “I knew I love you” usually thought of as a romantic love song, but my aunt tells me the song made her think of her pregnancy “I knew I loved you before I met you I think I dreamed you into life” ---
**Author:** ![TastesLikeBurning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@TastesLikeBurning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TastesLikeBurning)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-pregnancy-labour-baby-songs/486705/28 "2009-02-23T07:25:46Z")
[Faithless - To All New Arrivals](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_All_New_Arrivals) I think fits the bill perfectly. The whole album is great, but “A Kind of Peace” with Cat Power on vocals is such a beautiful song. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-pregnancy-labour-baby-songs/486705/29 "2009-02-23T07:31:08Z")
Amy Grant wrote “Baby Baby” for her daughter. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-pregnancy-labour-baby-songs/486705/30 "2009-02-23T17:15:28Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > and Savage Garden’s “I knew I love you” usually thought of as a romantic love song, but my aunt tells me the song made her think of her pregnancy > > “I knew I loved you before I met you > I think I dreamed you into life” And Carly Simon’s “Love of My Life” From the moment that I saw you From the second that you were born I knew that you were the love of my life ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-pregnancy-labour-baby-songs/486705/31 "2009-02-23T17:43:24Z")
“Blessed” by Elton John (1995) Also “I Love Being Pregnant at Christmas”\* _I love being pregnant at Christmas I feel like the round you virgin of yore For though I have a warm bed to sleep in There’s no room for me when I go to the store…_ 😃 \*NOT by Elton John ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-pregnancy-labour-baby-songs/486705/32 "2009-02-23T17:53:58Z")
Do they have to be nice songs? There’s “Doug’s Birthday Song” by Uncle Bonsai, which is all about giving birth, and foreshadowing of the life to come. (Sample [here](http://www.amazon.com/Dougs-Birthday-Song/dp/B001GPEVMG), lyrics [here](http://www.yellowtailrecords.com/lyrics/lyr_doug.html)) _(Doug) Ten perfect little toes (Doug) One perfect little nose (Doug) Forgive the purple prose, they couldn’t have foreseen this (Doug) Four perfect little limbs (Doug) Three perfect little chins (Doug) Two perfect earlobes, and a perfect little penis_ Andrew Ratchin has been writing songs and singing for a couple decades, in groups and solo, returning often to the subject of Doug. Eventually there were enough songs for an album, called _Doug_. From _Doug’s Birthday Song_ to _Doug at the Gates of Hell_, they’re a nice mix of funny and touching. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-pregnancy-labour-baby-songs/486705/33 "2009-02-23T19:51:57Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Do they have to be nice songs? I sincerely hope not. [Mother’s Lament](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/c/cream/mothers+lament_20034167.html) from Cream’s _Disraeli Gears_. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-pregnancy-labour-baby-songs/486705/34 "2009-02-23T20:55:54Z")
_Stay Up Late_ by the Talking Heads is a good tongue in cheek song for new parents. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-pregnancy-labour-baby-songs/486705.md?page=1)