‘Singing with your baby’: an evaluation of group singing sessions for women admitted to a specialist mother-baby unit 
Nicole Reilly & Gemma Turner & Jamilie Taouk & Marie-Paule Austin
Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature 2018
 
Abstract 
This paper reports on the acceptability, experience of participation and the immediate impact on maternal mood state of group singing sessions, introduced as a routine component of a mother-baby unit (MBU) treatment programme. Data was collected from 27 women who participated in the pilot programme. Results showed that implementation of a singing intervention in this setting is positively appraised by women and is associated with positive changes in self-reported mood state from pre- to post- session. Key facilitators and barriers to the success of the programme and directions for future research are discussed. 
 
Keywords 
Mother-baby unit . Inpatient . Postnatal depression . Music therapy . Singing