What Is A Womb Song?

A womb song, or welcome song, is a special lullaby that is written and sung with your baby in mind. The idea is that this song is sung to your baby during the last several months of pregnancy so that baby learns to recognize it as a source of comfort. When baby arrives, the lullaby is sung in the first moments of life to begin bonding, ease the stress of the transition into the real world, and reassure them with the voice they have learned to associate with safety and love.

There are several ways to go about this:

1. Write it yourself! Take a simple, well-known nursery rhyme and personalize it for your baby.
2. Select a pre-written lullaby and substitute specific words to make it special for your baby.
3. Have a MT-BC write a lullaby with you. Over the course of several individualized sessions, the music therapist will guide you through the song-writing process to write a lullaby with unique melody, lyrics and message just for your baby.