In a message dated 2/11/01 1:45:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, ibracamonte@y... writes: ibracamonte@y... writes:
<< I have heard that it can darken the voice (a good thing), might drop the pitch permanantly (not such a good thing), that you can sing up until delivery, that you have to stop singing immediately after conception, that the recovery period is a breeze, that the recovery period can take up to a year... Any experiences, opinions, observations? >>
With the exception of getting short-winded when I arrived in Aspen, (and that could have happened anyway, as I live near sea level in New Jersey) I felt nothing but positive effects from my pregnancy and delivery on my singing. The other side of the wind coin: I sang the solo in the Brahms Requiem shortly after he dropped, (back in New York -- NOT the Rockies) and my breath line had gotten longer than pre pregnancy! If my range changed beyond what it would have ordinarily in childless maturing, I gained solid notes at both extremes.
I had an audition a few weeks post partum, and it was only just ok, but I successfully sang in a concert three months post partum. I could not tell that pregnancy and delivery darkened my voice. I highly recommend childbearing (to anyone so inclined) for vocal and life enhancement in general.
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