Song Midwifery for Bereaved Parents
to assist in healing from miscarriage, stillbirth & other forms of perinatal loss
a lullaby for the baby that was never cradled, a message of love, a tender farewell

Song Midwifery for Inner Child and other recovery work
childhood sexual abuse, chronic illness, relationship issues and rites of passage
--freeing up the silent songwriters who have so much to say--

"I feel filled with joy, knowing
I really CAN sing, write music,
and deeply access and express
personal truths in a form
I never could before.."
--Robin Simons

Song Midwifery for Expectant Mothers
click here for "Hello, Little One", a baby-welcoming song © 2001 Louise Cloutier
to see the original cradle --the inspiration for the image on this webpage-- click here.

Hearing is the first of the senses to develop in the womb. By the sixteeth week, your baby is fully capable
of reactive listening. Studies have shown that a baby will prefer music that he or she heard
while in the womb, even a year later. They have also shown that the sound your baby wants to hear
most of all is YOUR VOICE. You have so much to say to your baby, long before it can understand language.
Your baby will certainly understand the sweet, tender and deeply-felt messages
of a song that you will write especially for them.

There is a musicality in the inflection and rhythm of your speaking voice. There is also a kind of music
in the physical experience of carrying your child:  a rocking, a fullness, a weight, a containment, and
a sense of intimacy like none other. Song Midwifery hears the music in your words and can help you
translate that into a tender ballad for your baby .

Song Midwifery can also help you express what it means to be a mother: the power and the sacred trust,
the vulnerability and commitment, your connection to the eternal line of all mothers,
re-evaluating your family relationships, exploring your own personal rebirth.

There is indeed a song living deep inside you, a song that is unique to you and your baby.
Song Midwifery can help you refine and shape exactly what you most want to communicate with this song.
What messages of comfort, protection, promise and benediction do you most want to send to your baby
right now? What is your special welcome as you bring this precious child into the world? --and who
could possibly say this better than you can? Song Midwifery can help you shape that
message into a melody that will wrap your child in tender love.
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Private sessions in Song Midwifery are $65 an hour, and offer in-depth structure and support for
the process. You will go home with a completed song after a single session, either 1 hour or 1½ hours,
depending on the length of your song and what kind of record you would like to take home.

Louise Cloutier also leads workshops in Song Midwifery for Expectant Mothers.
These also include group songwriting --all participants will craft a song together to support
each other through the birthing process. You will come away with a recording of this song,
as well as the song you will create for your baby.
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For more detailed information on Song Midwifery for Expectant Mothers, click here
© 2004 Louise Cloutier, all rights reserved
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