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| Even cats are dangerous? Toxoplasmosis tests every month...
Why are there so many love songs and so few pregnancy songs? It's a challenging and emotional time, right? Perfect for songwriters - but I'm not one, so here's some songs from my small CD collection I've been listening to.
I hope you enjoy this playlist I made of 'my favourite songs this pregnancy' (my first). Some are love songs, others are ones I heard from a new perspective - a pregnant lady one - and related to at least some of their lyrics. And there's a couple that are just nice to listen / sing to.
Track list and a few comments follow youtube link to videos: |
Song names and artists:
It's a Hard Life - Queen
I did it for love
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| No drinks just when you feel you could use one |
We bought a lot of things to keep you warm and dry & a funny old crib on which the paint won't dry
(our baby will hopefully be bilingual - but will I be?)
I'll Be Here Every Day - Capetown Lullaby
Today is just like any other day / wouldn't want it any other way / now that I'm with you
Get Up, Stand Up - Bob Marley and the Whalers
(my husband would sing this to me at 6am when I had to get up in the dark to go to class)
Gonna Be Sick! The Dø
(Feel free to skip this one! Track 6)
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| Sick as a dog for months - but this one cheered me up! |
It's Oh So Quiet - Björk
(Zing! Boom! Not feeling oh so alone with these kicks and stabs)
Cross Oceans - First Aid Kit
(imagining how my life will change... I still want to cross oceans)
Baby Mine - Bette Midler
From your head down to your toes, you're not much, goodness knows
Love Love Love - Tété
(just a lovely little ditty for my itty bitty one)
Not Evident - The Narcoleptic Dancers
Come with me I will tell you a story / where people fight for their territory
Whatever Lola Wants - Della Reese
No regrets!
Nature - The Fourmyula
Talking aloud eases my mind
Gutter Black - Hello Sailor
You in my brain / You in my heart
You're Gonna See a Lot of Me - Lisa Ekdahl
I'll make you love me / Wait and see
When Life was a Miracle - The No Smoking Orchestra
(Maybe I'll only let people in the delivery suite if they come in a line playing gypsy trumpets)
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| Good motivation for the new dad to quit smoking! |
La Banane - Philippe Katerine
No, I'll never go to the supermarket, rather die. Don't ever want to get dressed, rather die.
........Just let me eat my banana.
Non Non Non - Camélia Jordana
No, I don't wanna get rid of this beautiful hell / that I'm starting to like / I don't wanna leave my lounge
No, I don't wanna get rid of this beautiful hell / that I'm starting to like / I don't wanna leave my lounge
Singing in My Soul - Tess and Adrian
(it's an acoustic and beautiful duet...sung by a trio)
Sleep - Kimya Dawson
(Even though the baby's not born yet it's still keeping me awake at night)
A New Dialogue - Julia Deans
(Yes, I still want to go out!)
I Want to Break Free - Queen
(I think pregnancy needs some more power ballads)
Soundtrack to Falling in Love - Charlie Winston
('All of me, You've found your way to all of me' - perfect for late pregnancy!)
Here Comes the Sun - Yuna (Beatles cover)
(Finally Spring is coming - and the baby too!)
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| Natural beauty was one thing I didn't have to give up enjoying |
Sleep (instrumental) - Kimya Dawson
(A lovely lullaby from the Juno soundtrack)
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| When sensitive to smells, good to have some nice things like these Angel's Trumpets |
