Why new mothers in regional Victoria are joining choirs

New research suggests that group singing can lower anxiety and give new mothers a feeling of achievement and identity

Toys, books and cushions are strewn over the floor of the community centre classroom. The gleeful babbling of babies and toddlers fills the air, rising above the background chatter of their mothers. But as soon as the singing starts, the children fall silent.

The voices of their mothers, singing in harmony, fill the room. The lyrics are a mantra: “Go easy on yourself. Go easy on the other.”

One Mum riffs on the words. “Go easy on the mother.”

The group is called Singing Mamas. It launched in Ballarat last year as a way to provide support and connection to new mums and reduce symptoms of postnatal depression through music.

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