Childbirth video noises which you might hear in natural homebirth resemble very much the noises in martial arts. These noises are carriers of energy and intensify the pushing. During my first pregnancy I felt that the loud, powerful unearthly sounds were part of the pushing and if I shut up I would obstruct the natural flow of birth. Still while during this roar, I felt no pain. At this moment the natural pain relief endorphins were flooding the blood system and transporting me in a different state of mind.

A different kind of childbirth video noises can also be heard. Many women are chanting, breathing in deeply and slowly from the belly and exhaling with the contraction, then waiting for the contraction to be over before breathing in again.

As Frederick Leboyer, the author of "Birth Without Violence" says in an interview “This new connection of pure sound with birth is opening the gate for women into a totally unknown experience. When a woman is giving birth, she is reborn herself. She goes back to her own birth and can go beyond herself. Her little self merges with her real self. Going through this frightening experience, she comes to the limitations of the small "I"--the ego collapses. She's both herself and the totality.”

During my first birth, I was chanting “Come, baby, come!” This is a kind of chant. Some women use traditional Hindu mantras or Chinese sounds, but any incantaion meaningful for the mother can do wonders. It can express her deepest yearnings and build connection between her and the yet unborn baby on its passage in the birthing canal.

Babies in the womb need just as much encouragement and care as the birthing mother. They are conscious, hearing and emotionally responsive. When the mother builds this audible connection with the baby, they work in a team in a perfect harmony which eases the birth for both.

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