Source: Nagoya Mothers’ Group Website http://www.tcp-ip.or.jp/~lorna/mothers/japanese.html
General vocabulary
anemia: hinketsu
backache: senaka ga itai
bleeding: shukketsu
delivery: osan, bunben
indigestion: shoka furyo
infection: kansen
admission: nyu-in
midwife clinic: josan-in
midwife: josanpu
nurse: kangofu-san, naasu
obstetrics and gynecology: sanfujinka
swelling: hare
toxemia: ninshin chudokusho
uterus: shikyu
vagina: chitsu
vaginal discharge: taige, orimono
Pregnancy
due date: bunben yoteibi
last menstrual period: saishu gekkei
morning sickness: tsuwari
pregnant: ninshin shiteiru
pregnant woman: ninpu
Labor
breech position: sakago
show (pink or bloody, jelly-like discharge): shirushi
labor pain: jintsu
rupture of membrane: hasui
cesarean section: teio sekkai
fetal monitor: taiji kanshi sochi
pain or discomfort: itami, itai desu
shaving: teimo
enema: kanchoo
injection: chusha
general anesthetic: zenshin masui
epidural: komakugai masui
spinal anesthetic: sekizui masui
Delivery
delivery room: bunben shitsu
delivery table: bunben dai
episiotomy: ein sekkai
father attending birth: otto tachiai bunben
pillow: makura
placenta: taiban
umbilical cord: heso no o
vaginal delivery: keichitsu bunben
I want to push: Ikimitai
Push now: Ima ikinde.
Don't push: Ikimanaide.
Telephone Phrases
Hello, this is xxxx moshi moshi, xxxx desu
The labor begins: Jintsu ga hajimarimashita
It comes every 10 minutes and lasts 50 seconds: Ju (10) pun oki de, goju (50) byo tsuzukimasu
The water flows: hasui shimashita
How long does it take to come to a clinic: byoin made nanpun kakarimasu-ka?
20 minutes by taxi: takusi de niju (20) pun desu Postpartum
bowel movement: otsuuji, haiben
catheter: kuda, kateteru
constipation: bempi
diarrhea: geri
lochia, normal bleeding after delivery: oro
heavy bleeding or hemorrhage: shukketsu
laxative: kangezai, bempi yaku
perineum: einbu
rooming-in: boshi doshitsu
sanitary pads: napukin
stool: ben
urine: o-shosui
I want to go to the toilet: Toire ni ikitai
Please may I get up? Okitemo ii desu-ka?
The Baby
baby: akachan
birth certificate: shussei shoomeisho
jaundice: odan
meconium: taiben
May I see my baby? Akachan ni attemo ii desu-ka?
May I hold my baby? Akachan o daitemo ii desu-ka?
Please bring my baby: Akachan o tsurete kite kudasai.
nursery: shinseiji shitsu
Breastfeeding
breast: oppai, o-chichi
breastfeeding room: junyu shitstu
breast massage: o-chichi no massaji
breast milk: bonyu
breast pump: sakunyuki
colostrum: shonyu
formula: miruku
glucose water: budoto eki, tosui
nipples: chikubi
I want to breastfeed: O-chichi o agetai desu.
May I feed my baby? Akachan ni o-chichi o agetomo ii desu-ka?
My breasts are full: O-chichi ga hatte imasu.
My nipples are sore: Chikubi ga itai desu.
General Hospital Phrases
What are you doing? Nani o shitemasuka?
Who are you? Donata desu-ka?
Please call the doctor/nurse. Oisha-san/kangofu-san o yonde kudasai