Preparing for childbirth (procedures and support)

・Parent classroom

・We are conducting a “Kohoku / Ninshin / Anshin” campaign.

・Consultation on pregnancy and childbirth will be handled by the Maternal and Child Health Coordinator. Please feel free to contact us.
　 Children and Families Support Division Health and Welfare Center, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 045-540-3618

・Prenatal and Postpartum Helper Dispatch Business
　For households that need to reduce the burden of housework and childcare, we will dispatch helpers from contractors entrusted by Yokohama City.

・Postpartum maternal and child care business (visit type)
　Midwives visit their homes and provide specific consultation on nursing methods and childcare.

・Postpartum maternal and child care business (short stay day care)
　At midwives and medical institutions in the city, we provide services such as postpartum maternal management, nursing methods, and consultation on childcare.
　※There are conditions for use. If you wish, please check the details and contact us below.　
　 Children and Families Support Division Health and Welfare Center, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 045-540-2365

Where to keep your child

・Temporary infant custody business
・24-hour emergency temporary childcare
　If you need urgent childcare due to your parent's illness or employment, you can temporarily leave preschoolers from 6 months old.
・Yokohama City Child Care Support System
　This is a system in which citizens register as members, and members leave and keep children.

・birth registration form (within 14 days including the date of birth)

・Subsidies for Medical Expenses for Pediatric Treatment

・Child Allowance

About birth report slip
　In Yokohama City, for the first time babies and their mothers, various consultations on childcare and promotion of mother's recovery are aimed at promoting the recovery of the mother's body.
　We provide mother and child visit guidance (free of charge) by midwives etc.
　Please let us know in the postcard attached to the Mother and Child Handbook.

・Home visits by midwives and public health nurses

・Hello baby visit

　・About the child's Vaccinations

・Please consult with a doctor in family doctor or a medical institution that confirmed pregnancy forHealth Checkups.

・Pregnant woman Health Checkups expense assistance ticket is not available
　 Pregnant women's Health Checkups assistance tickets cannot be used at medical institutions that do not have a contract with Yokohama City.
　 If you are unable to use the auxiliary ticket at the time of your prenatal checkup, be sure to receive a receipt and keep the receipt and the auxiliary ticket that you did not use.

・About maternity Health Checkups
　 From 2018, even medical institutions outside the city that have contracted can use auxiliary tickets for maternity checkups after childbirth.
　 ※Pregnant women Health Checkups and maternity Health Checkups are not the same.

・About Newborn Hearing Test
　This is a screening (sorting) test performed during hospitalization after childbirth to detect hearing abnormalities.
　Public expenditures have been started for some of the costs of newborn hearing tests for the first time.

・About medical institution baby/infant Health Checkups
　You can have a medical examination three times by 12 months after birth (less than 13 months).
　Medical institutions in the city Only available at Check ups for Infants and Toddlers medical institutions.

・About Children's Vaccinations
　If you are vaccinated at a medical institution outside the city