Tokyo Pregnancy Group

Mar 28, 2008

Yoga

Prenatal Yoga Classes updated May 2012
English, Japanese, and bilingual classes offered at Tokyo Yoga Circle in Azabu-Juban, FURLA yoga in Aoyama and SHIZEN Yoga Studio in Kichijoji and Yoga Tree in Hiroo.

Tokyo Yoga Circle (Rajay Mahtani, TPG Speaker) - Roppongi
For further information on Prenatal yoga classes contact Rajay Mahtani:
Tel: 03-3586-7848
e-mail: yoga@rajay.org
http://www.rajay.org

FURLA Yoga: www.furla.co.jp/yoga
e-mail: yoga@furlajapan.com
Tel: 080-6670-1727

SHIZEN Yoga Studio: http://www.shizenyoga.com/
e-mail: info@shizenyoga.com

Tel: 090-3814-4488

Yoga Tree: http://www.yogatree.jp/about/

Aug 20, 2007

Transport & Accessibility in Tokyo

Subway & Train Accessibility:

Map showing conditions of accessibility to platform from street e.g. elevator access for strollers http://www.wakakoma.org/aj/menu-t.htm

Taxi Service: English Speaking 24h:

Nihon Kotsu Taxi

(for English speaking customers)

Tel: 03-5755-2336　 (24 hours English Speaking operator only)

When you call from the registered phone number, they will recognize your name and registered destinations automatically, and will ask you where to pick up and drop off.

Mar 19, 2007

Nagoya Mothers' Group

Website: http://www.tcp-ip.or.jp/~lorna/mothers/index.html
Their package: http://www.tcp-ip.or.jp/~lorna/mothers/pdf/booklet_e.pdf

Japanese terms - labour and delivery

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

Mar 11, 2007

Baby First Aid

http://www.babycenter.com/baby/babyhealth/babyfirstaid/index

First Aid Kit info: http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/pregnancy/pregnancygear/762.html

Chocking guide: http://www.babycentre.co.uk/baby/safety/chokingguide/

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/

Buy a "five minutes first aid guide" from the British Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org.uk/standard.asp?id=45007&cachefixer

Buy First Aid Packs:
PediaPak First Aid Kit for Families with Children (amazon.com has it)
Johnson & Johnson First Aid Kit 1 kit (amazon.com has it)
The First Years/American Red Cross On-the-Go First Aid Kit (amazon.com has it)

Books:
First Aid for Babies & Children Fast
Guide to Your Child's Symptoms by the American Academy of Pediatrics:: The Official, Complete Home Reference, Birth Through Adolescence (Guide to Your Child's Symptoms)

To Do List for Before and After Baby

Before baby is born
Find out what Items you need in your Hospital Bag and get them ready
Find a Pediatrician
Finalize Maternity leave/Child care leave details
Find a daycare
Finalize doula details
Attend Prenatal & Breastfeeding classes
Set up the nursery
Purchase all necessities: diapers, formula if needed, breastfeeding help (like lansinoh cream) etc
Pick baby birth announcement (and do a email/address list of whom to send it to!)
Wash all baby clothes
Clean house
Start cooking in advance and freezing food!
Buy frozen food in advance/water/milk/juice
Finalize help schedule (friends, family, helper..)

After baby is born
Send out baby birth announcement
Enroll baby with health insurance
Send out thank you cards for gifts
Do the ward/embassy/visa paperwork

Mar 5, 2007

Breastfeeding Links

There are two La Leche League groups in Tokyo, Tokyo Central in Shibuya (see below for details) and Tokyo West in Tachikawa. La Leche League (LLL) offers information and support for all women interested in breastfeeding, with monthly discussion meetings and free phone and email help. LLL Leaders are all volunteers. Annual membership of 6,200 yen (with LLL's highly acclaimed book "The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding" included) is optional.

LLL Tokyo Central group has re-started its meetings. We hold regular continuing series of informal discussion meetings open to all women interested in breastfeeding. Babies and toddlers are always welcome. We meet in a very spacious hall and toys are available.

Meeting Details

Location: Franciscan Chapel Center

Address: 4-2-37 Roppongi, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 106-0032
Date: Second Friday of the month

Time: 10 – 12 am

The Franciscan Chapel Centre is 5 min walk from Roppongi Station and Tokyo Midtown.
Please refer for directions to the Franciscan Chapel Website: http://franciscanchapelcentertokyo.org/

Meeting details can be also found on our facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/LLLTokyoCentral

For information about the other English speaking groups, please check:

http://www.llli.org/japan.html

Others

http://www.breastfeedingmadesimple.com/

Also, there is the breastfeeding and parenting workshop run by lactation consulatant Iona Mcnab once a month in Tokyo. This workshop is for expectant couples, and covers all the practical aspects of getting breastfeeding started, and overcoming common challenges. Personal consultations are also possible. Her website and link to her blog can be found at

http://blueskytokyo.com

The academy of breastfeeding medicine with pdf documents downloads available on cosleeping and breastfeeding, mastitis, human milk storage guidelines etc. sometimes in multiple languages. http://www.bfmed.org/index.asp?menuID=139&firstlevelmenuID=139

Book on breastfeeding and medecine (drugs): Hale, T. 2004, Medications and Mother’s Milk. Available from http://www.ibreastfeeding.com/

http://www.iblce.org/ to find a lactation consultant

From Abroad

Ask Baby
http://www.askbaby.com/

Ask Dr. Sears
http://www.askdrsears.com/

American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/

Baby Bargains
http://www.windsorpeak.com/babybargains/default.html

Baby Centre
http://www.babycentre.co.uk/
http://www.babycenter.com/

Babywearing resource
http://www.thebabywearer.com/

BBC on Pregnancy and Having a Baby
http://www.bbc.co.uk/parenting/having_a_baby/

Berkeley Parents Network: Advice on Pregnancy and Childbirth
http://parents.berkeley.edu/advice/pregnancy/

DONA (Doulas of North America) International
http://www.dona.org/

Dr. Spock
http://www.drspock.com/

HypnoBirthing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnobirthing
http://www.hypnobirthing.co.uk/

International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA)
http://www.icea.org/

Postpartum depression
http://www.postpartum.net/

WebMD
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/51/40834.htm

Online shopping - international delivery

Last update May 2014

Vertbaudet(based in France)
http://www.vertbaudet.com/En/

Baby Central

www.babycentral.com.hk

Hong Kong based, but has a lot of recognisable brands and delivers most products to Japan

Blooming Marvellous (based in the UK)

http://www.bloomingmarvellous.co.uk/

Destination Maternity (based in the US)

http://www.destinationmaternity.com/

Expat Express
www.expatexpress.com

The Gap - Maternity and Baby Gap (based in the US)
http://www.gap.com/

Maternity Mall (based in the US)

http://www.maternitymall.com/

Mothercare (based in the UK)
http://www.mothercare.com/

Pottery Barn Kids (based in the US)
http://www.potterybarnkids.com/

Babywearing Resources
Slings:
www.mayawrap.com
www.zolowear.com
www.kangarookorner.com/
www.rockinbabysling.com
www.askdrsears.com
www.babyholder.com

Pouches:
www.newnativebaby.com
www.mamasmilk.com
www.gypsymama.com

Wraparounds:
www.theultimatebabywrap.com
www.mobywrap.com
www.peppermint.com

Breasfeeding Resources
maternity/nursing bras/nursing wear
www.motherwear.com (ships international)

to prevent milk leakage
www.lilypadz.com
http://www.lilypadz.com/pages/etailers.html for online retailers

Hydrogel dressings (for nipple pain)
Ameda ComfortGels http://www.ameda.com/products/accessories.aspx#15

Shopping in Japan

Akachan Honpo
http://www.akachan.jp/top.cfm

Amazon Japan
http://www.amazon.co.jp/

Airbuggy
http://www.airbuggy.com/ or http://www.airbuggy.com/index_eng.html
1-16-1 Tomigaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0063. Phone : 03 5465 7580. Open 11am-8pm

Babies R Us/Toys R Us
http://www.toysrus.co.jp/

Bobux
http://www.bobuxjapan.com/

Children’s Ikea
http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_JP/local_home/funabashi.html

Motherways
http://www.motherways.com/
http://www.motherways.com/shoplist/index.html for the addresses of the shops in Tokyo

Tokyo Organic
http://www.tokyoorganic.com/catalog/index.php

Breastfeeding products
Blue Sky for Lansinoh cream for breastfeeding mothers
http://www.blueskytokyo.com/lactation.html

Medela pumps (small manual and electric, not the bigger models) and medela cream: babies r Us, http://www.toysrus.co.jp/truj/english/index.html

Slings, carriers
Maya slings, Blue Sky
http://blueskytokyo.com/babyslings.html

Slings: Toys R Us Ikebukuro, Babies R Us (see above for addresses)
Wraparounds: http://www.shefts.net/
all in Japanese but the owner speaks English. info@shefts.net

Slings: Hug-a-bub sling. http://www.twigtea.com/
Be sure to mention if you're a TPG member when purchasing.

Maternity Clothes
Lindsey Sawada (TPG Speaker)
Contact Lindsey for maternity and nursing bras, without underwire, sizes from 32B up to 46G. Tel: 03-6279-2800; 090-5317-4121
E-mail: mailto:lindsey@abelia.ocn.ne.jp

Angeliebe
http://www.angeliebe.co.jp/

Tokyo, Shibuya store saJ_{O2-32-3 (other shop addresses http://www.shop-ange.com/antenna.html)
Phone: 03-3796-1103, open from AM11F00`PM7F00

Muji (Shinjuku 3 Chome station)

Bennetton (ometesando station, exit 2)

Keio Department Store (Shinjuku station)

Babies R Us

Baby clothes

Petit bateau
http://www.petit-bateau.co.jp/
Stella Jiyugaoka 1F, 1-26-4 Jiyugaoka, Meguro-ku. Tokyo. Phone : 03 5731 5730
Hillside Terrace B-2, 29-18 Sarugakucho, Shibuya-ku. Tokyo. Phone: 03 5784 3570
Lamia Building 5-1-3, Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku. Tokyo. Phone : 03 5468 2471
2-25-7, Kitazawa Setagaya-ku. Tokyo. Phone : 03 5790 5464
*new location - Omotesando, beside Burberry, across from Omotesando Hills

Du Pareil au Même : http://www.dpam.com/Home.aspx
Yasuda Life Insurance Building IF, 2-9-12 Jiyugaoka Meguro-Ku, Tokyo-Jiyugaoka.
Phone : 03 5726 3201

Jennifer Friese, Noko Clothes
jennifer.friese@mac.com

Familiar baby clothes
Hiroo station exit 1, cross the street and go down 50-80 m to find the familiar shop.

Baby Gap
http://gap.co.jp/store/index.html for the store locations (shibuya, ometesando –usually with the normal Gap stores)

Baby shoes
http://bobuxjapan.com/English/
Email: info@bobuxjapan.com
tel 03 5976 6436

Lindsey Sawada (TPG Speaker)
Baby shoes from England.
Tel: 03-6279-2800; 090-5317-4121
E-mail: mailto:lindsey@abelia.ocn.ne.jp

Toys
Kiddy land
Open 10am-6pm daily. 6-1-9 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku. Tel: 03-3409-3431. Nearest stn: Meijijingumae, exit 4

Hakuhinkan Toy Park
Open 11am-8pm daily. 8-8-11 Ginza, Chuo-ku. Tel: 03-3571-8008. Nearest stn: Shinbashi, across from Ginza 9. www.hakuhinkan.co.jp/eng/info.htm

Toys R Us
http://www.toysrus.co.jp/

Bookstore with kid books in English: fiona bookstore
Open 11am-8pm daily. 5-41-5 Okusawa, Setagaya-ku. Nearest stn: Jiyugaoka, towards Den-en-Chofu. Tel: 03-3721-8186. http://www.fiona.co.jp/

Yuzawaya: hobby store
Craft-supply complex with more than ten multistory outlets selling art, needlework, hobby supplies, stationery and knickknacks. Myriad displays of everything from paper, brushes, beads and fabric to noren panels and silk flowers-the list is never-ending-are sure to get your offspring's gray matter churning with activity.
Open 10am-7pm daily. 8-23-5 Nishi-Kamata, Ota-ku. Tel: 3738-4141 or 3734-0010. Nearest stn: Kamata, south exit. JR Keihin Tohoku, Tokyu Meguro or Ikegami lines.

Disney store
Open 11am-8pm daily. 20-15 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku. Tel: 03-3461-3932. Nearest stn: Shibuya. Also Kita Senju stn, Odaiba Aqua City Mall, Ikebukuro Sunshine Alpa, Ikebukuro Seibu. http://www.disney.co.jp/

Akachan Honpo
5F T.O.C. Bldg, 7-22-17 Nishi Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku. Nearest stn: Osaki-hirokoji, Ikegami line, or Gotanda, on Sakurada street. Tel: 03-3779-0365. Also Kinshicho, Itabashi, Odaiba. http://www.akachan.co.jp/

Bornelund
http://www.bornelund.co.jp/
addresses in tokyo: http://www.bornelund.co.jp/shop/kanto2.html#tokyo

Shopping for Baby in Kinshicho, Tokyo:

Babies R Us store in 'Central' Tokyo
Delivery available for Y550 per box (East side of Tokyo only).
5 mins walk from Kinshicho Metro station on the Hanzomon line (Z13), in North Eastern Tokyo.
http://www.toysrus.co.jp/truj/babiesrus/english/stores/bru_kinshicho.html
It's in a shopping centre that opened in April 2006
http://www.olinas.jp//
Directions:
From Kinshicho station on the Hanzomon line:
Take exit 4
Walk up the main road past the park, towards the 2 tall towers
From Kinshicho JR station on the Chuo Sobu line:
Take the north exit
Turn right until you find the main road
Turn left, cross the street & walk up towards the 2 tall towers
Olinas is on your right after about 2 blocks
Babies R Us is on the 3rd floor at the back.

The AkachanHonpo store in Kinshicho is located at the north exit from the JR Station.
If you turn directly left as you exit the station you can see a department store (Queen's Isetan) Akachanhonpo is on the 5th Floor.

Also at the South Exit of Kinshiho Station is a large Marui Store (OIOI)
This has a whole floor designated to baby goods - clothes mainly.

N.B. If you use the Oedo Line from Roppongi and change to the Hanzomon Line at Kiyosumi Shirakawa, there are lifts at the stations