November 22nd, 2010 by 
The image of a sweet and loving grandmother on her rocking chair singing lullabies to her grandchild to calm him down and make him fall asleep has marked everyone’s childhood. Well, technology has challenged our beloved nans with headphones designed specifically for pregnant bellies, a new gadget likely to make a lot of foetuses wriggle.
This new gadget comes from the American group Nuvo and is called the Ritmo Belt. Equipped with four small speakers and an amplifier to plug your IPod in to, this advanced prenatal music player has to be put around the belly in order to share music with your baby.
This stylish belt is made of a lightweight and elasticised fabric that offers good support wherever you go: walking in a park or relaxing at home, you will look cool and feel comfortable. Besides, you can listen to your favourite songs as loud as you want since the Ritmo Belt provides safety by controlling the volume to foetal levels, thanks to its’ ‘Safe & Sound technology’.
Music therapy has been recognised for many decades as beneficial for birth preparation and for the development of the baby. Other than creating a privileged communication between the baby and the mother, music also stimulates the baby’s sense of hearing and helps to lower stress and pain for pregnant women.
According to scientists, the foetus is able to perceive the sounds from an early stage of the pregnancy via the amniotic fluid and pelvic bones, but can actually ‘hear’ these sounds from the sixth month of pregnancy. The musical stimulations will also create neuronal connections and have an impact on the baby’s capacities of memorisation and concentration.
So pregnant women can get ready to fasten their belts and play some tunes that will make their babies rock!
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