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I wonder if the deep breathing involved in playing might have beneficial effects on the baby?

The vibration and music as well. My mother played a lot of piano when she was pregnant with me.

"My" (you know what I mean...) doc told us that the baby is more or less insulated from external sounds; essentially suspended in a bag of fluid. She likened the effect to the sounds you might hear at the bottom of a swimming pool.

xenor wrote:Can a pregnant woman play brass instruments？

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My girlfriend asked me that.

Serioulsy, I know more than enough female wind players who have been pregnant and continued playing until the last moment without any problem. My wife and other friends who have children say they had excellent breath support the last few months
The only problem in our case is lifting and carrying a tuba in the first months of pregnancy.

Playing just after giving birth is another matter

When I saw the topic for this thread and saw that the first few posts were from guys, my immediate thought was, "what do guys know about women?" After reading a little further, I believe the information stated is actually quite good. I have known a number of ladies who have played their instrument into the very latest stages of pregnancy. I even had a high school student who marched at our band's marching rehearsal in the morning and delivered later that day. Top that one!

FWIW, when my wife was pregnant, the babies seemed to respond well to loud music (IE loud church drums and elec bass stuff). She would always feel more movement during the music, which is usually a good sign.

I remember reading a story about a conductor who was conducting some piece for the very first time, and the cello part "jumped off the page" at him, being very familiar. Turned out his mother had been a cellist and played that very part during the latter part of her pregnancy. Interesting data on early memory, and also human prenatal imprinting.
MA

Mr Jacobs told a story about a flute player from a major orchestra who was pregnat and had the do a recording of the "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn," A major breath buster for flute. Story was she did it - guess it can be done.

yes, they can.

when i was pregnant, about 33 or 34 weeks, personally, i had to stop playing until after i delivered. i had been having contractions since 26weeks and didn't know that is what they were

anyway, i actually had plenty of power due to the support the baby was giving me. and he LOVED to listed to the music. hed go nuts in there.

it is one of the best feelings i have ever had. my son rockin and rolling to "washington post march"

i had to have Sampson surgically removed, so no playing until 6weeks after. but when i did start playing again, i was surprised at how easy it was. no issues at all (other than getting the playing chops back again)
farah

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I wonder if playing a brass instrument might help with deep breathing and pushing during delivery. And I'm not talking about playing while in labor, but who knows?

MellowSmokeMan wrote:I wonder if playing a brass instrument might help with deep breathing and pushing during delivery.

Actually, Mr. Jacobs used to discourage that correlation. He would state that isometric breathing might be effective for childbirth or defecation, but not for playing the tuba.