Songs of Pregnancy: Moving Masterpieces to Listen to During Pregnancy

The most wonderful words in the worldAdachi Mitsuru

[A Song That Makes You Cry] The Most Wonderful Words in the World - Mitsuru Adachi

“The Most Wonderful Words in the World” is a song by Mitsuru Adachi, who has worked as a song-letter artist expressing people’s feelings through music.

Also a name appraiser, he spent three years creating this piece—an ode to love that makes you feel the sentiments embedded in your own name.

Listening to it, you may feel as if just hearing your name called is like being cheered on.

Child GodNatsukawa Rimi

Warabi-gami (Child God) — Rimi Natsukawa

Rimi Natsukawa’s “Warabigami” is memorable for its gentle, lullaby-like melody.

The song originally comes from Misako Koja, a fellow singer from Okinawa, and Natsukawa’s cover version was released in 2003 as “Warabigami ~Yamato-guchi~.” The lyrics express a wish for a baby to grow up healthy, receiving strength from nature.

Sung in the Okinawan dialect, the words—together with the melody—settle softly and tenderly into the heart.

Why not try singing gently to the baby in your belly, as if you were singing a lullaby?

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Masaki Suda 'Niji' (Rainbow)

Masaki Suda’s “Niji,” which became a huge hit as the theme song for the film STAND BY ME Doraemon 2, is memorable for its gentle melody and Suda’s straightforward vocals, and listening to it naturally warms the heart.

Its unadorned, tender lyrics convey blessings for new life and hopes for the future, making it a relaxing listen during pregnancy as well.

The message—that while we may not be perfect as a mother or a father, we can make up for each other’s shortcomings and live together—truly resonates.

By all means, listen to it together as a couple, putting your feelings for the baby you’re lovingly nurturing into the song.

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For the Children Who Will Be Born by Off Course: “What can we do?” [HD]

Off Course’s “For the Children Who Will Be Born” conveys a powerful desire to protect the future of babies yet to come.

It was included on the 1979 album Three and Two and later released again as a single in 1980.

Kazumasa Oda’s vocals feel like a gentle prayer from above—almost divine.

What can we do, and what kind of happiness can we give to the child who will be born to us? It’s a question many mothers and fathers have surely pondered.

This is a song you’ll want to listen to as if speaking softly to the baby in your womb.

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It sings on a grand scale about the emotion felt at the moment a child is born into this world and a mother’s determination to protect that small life for as long as she lives.

This piece, included on a single released in November 2016, was chosen as the Japanese theme song for the film “Storks.” It strongly reflects AI’s experience when she gave birth to her first daughter, conveying the genuine love of a mother and a wish for peace in the future where children will live.

It’s a song you’ll want to listen to when, amid the busyness of parenting, you feel like returning to your roots.

i love youchanmina

CHANMINA – i love you (Official Music Video)

A track by Chanmina written as the theme song for the TBS Friday drama “Fake Mommy.” It conveys a mother’s strong resolve and deep love as she fights to survive for the child she must protect.

Many will be moved by the image of someone who, despite anxiety and vulnerability, strives to become strong for their beloved.

Chanmina, who gave birth to her first child—a daughter—in November 2024, released this work in October 2025.

The lowercase title also reflects the unadorned, true-to-life love she discovered through her own experiences.

ʻŌhiʻa treeHamasaki Ayumi

Ayumi Hamasaki / Ōhia no Ki

An emotional ballad that conveys the deep love from a mother to her child.

It’s a song by the national singer Ayumi Hamasaki—known for many hit classics like “SEASONS” and “M”—released in July 2020.

The grand arrangement, with beautifully resonant strings, leaves a strong impression.

It makes you want to surrender yourself to the sound forever.

Since it’s a message song from Hamasaki to her own child, it will surely resonate with the relationship between you and your child as well.