I think one of the first thoughts for anyone who has gone through labour is ‘How the fuck are there so many people on this earth?’

Giving birth is a total ordeal, it is animal, it is raw, and despite going into it armed with 3 packs of Haribo, a couple of pillows and a 12 hour Spotify playlist nothing can quite prepare you for it.

Well, I’ve been through it once now and first time around my birthing playlist ended up relying too much on whale calling music, Enya and cheaply produced yoga soundtracks… so with another baby on the way, I present my new and improved, distilled – 80 minute birthing playlist.

You see it turns out that yoga studio bullshit isn’t going to get through the wilderness that is birthing a baby, you need lyrics, you need a groove and you need a beat.

So whether you hypnobirth, hit the gas and air, get them to tap your spinal column with sweet sweet fentanyl or just casually eat Haribo and enjoy the pain like the masochist you are, you’ll need great tracks to get you through.

So breath deeply, thinking opening thoughts and enjoy my birthing playlist mark 2.