Tiny Tot In Tokyo

A look at pregnancy and motherhood in Japan

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    • Trying to Conceive
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    • Trying to Conceive
    • First Trimester
    • Second Trimester
    • Third Trimester
    • Labor/Birth
    • Events
    • Products
  • Baby
    • Newborn
    • First Year
    • Food
    • Daycare
    • Places to Go
    • Japanese Traditions
    • Events
    • Products
  • Toddler
  • Life in Japan
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  • First Year,  General,  Interviews,  Labor/Birth,  Newborn,  Pregnancy,  Trying to Conceive

    IVF in Japan: Pippa’s Story

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    One of the reasons I started interviewing women in Japan about their pregnancies was to highlight that although we all gave birth in Japan, our pregnancies and birth stories are unique. And for…

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  • General,  Pregnancy,  Trying to Conceive

    Mizuko (水子): My Experience with Miscarriage in Japan

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    Mizuko, or “water child” (水子), is a term used in Japan for babies who are miscarried, stillborn, aborted, or die shortly after birth. It was a term I never knew about, alongside the…

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    First Trimester,  General,  Pregnancy,  Products,  Trying to Conceive

    A Short Guide to Japanese Pregnancy Tests and Ovulation Predictor Kits

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    Whether you’re planning on a baby or not, having a baby in another country is daunting, to say the least. Especially challenging is trying to figure out what to buy when it comes…

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  • First Trimester,  General,  Pregnancy,  Second Trimester,  Trying to Conceive

    Prenatal Vitamins in Japan

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    I have a confession: I knew nothing about pregnancy before I was pregnant. I know, shocking, right? But I did find out while I was trying to conceive (thanks to Jean Twenge’s The…

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  • First Trimester,  Pregnancy,  Second Trimester,  Trying to Conceive

    Must-Know Japanese for Pregnancy

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    Being pregnant in a foreign country is tough, but adding new terminology in another language to that just adds to the stress of it all. I’ll admit, although I’m a translator, I just…

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