New announcement: Free Bazaar! Click here for more info
Welcome to the website of the Foreign Mothers Group of Nagoya, Japan!
Living in Japan as a foreigner is sometimes difficult, especially when you're pregnant or have a small baby and don't speak the language. To help foreign women in this situation the Nagoya Foreign Mothers Group was organized in 1996 by Ms. Misako Iwamoto, a veteran midwife who selflessly committed herself for years volunteering to help foreign expectant moms.
For all these years, our members come and go, many of whom have gone back to their country, moved out of Nagoya and some are still around and we are happy to be of help to these wonderful moms. We are also grateful for their support, those moms who had babies and still come to our monthly meetings and meet our new members and share their experiences, information and give advices as well.
Please come to our meeting, it's free and you can bring your kids, husband or partner. These meetings can be very helpful, not only when you are expecting, but also during the first few months with a new-born baby. It is a place to meet mothers and mothers-to-be from various cultural backgrounds. You can ask questions, talk over any worries or difficulties you have, not only with a midwife but with other "experienced" parents as well.
Hope to see you there!
Monthly Meetings
We have our monthly meeting every 2nd Saturday of the month, from 10:00 - 12:00 at the Nagoya City Women's Center (Meijo subway line, Higashi-betsuin station, exit #1). We usually hold our meeting at the back door living room lobby: watch for our signs in the hallway or in the lobby of the library on the first floor. If you are coming by car, there's a parking space behind the building for unlimited hours, fee is 300 yen. Our next meeting will be held on Saturday, September 11.
(There will be no meeting in August due to the holidays.)
Click here for more information and directions on how to get to the meetings.
Contact
If you have some questions, please feel free to call or send an email to
Misako Iwamoto (midwife): email, phone/fax (052) 847-0243 or
Lorna Ohigashi: email, phone (052) 331 9019, 090-2344-8978.
*** Announcements ***
Free Bazaar!
During our meeting on Saturday, October 9th, we will be holding a free Bazaar!
Bring maternity clothes, baby clothes, baby items or anything else you want to give away (not necessary related to babies!) and we will have a free exchange.
The meeting will be held in the usual place, at the usual time.
Bring friends, family or anyone else interested!
Subsidized Pregnancy Health Checks
The Number of Subsidized Pregnancy Health Checks was increased from 5 to 14 starting on April 1, 2010.
If you were issued a Maternity Record Book before April 1, 2010, Health Check Vouchers will be issued for additional Health Checks. Please bring your Maternity Record Book and your "For the health of mother and child supplement" to your ward's Health Center (hokenjo) to apply; a proxy may apply on your behalf.
Inquiries: The City of Nagoya Health Center, Child Youth Affairs Bureau, Child Raising Support Division.
Tel: 052-972-2629 Fax: 052-972-4146.