Tokyo Prenatal Center

Tokyo Prenatal Center Tokyo’s only prenatal pilates studio and prenatal wellness center. Pelvic & cesarean rehab specialist

Welcome and I'm so glad you're here and you're ready to up-level your embodiment. The antenatal period is full of transformational power to those who know how to tap into it, and I do. I'm here to upgrade women's body awareness during the prenatal and postpartum window. I specialize in labor prep, in person birth support and healing and growth during the postpartum period. I'm an expert in helping babies into the optimal position, teaching mothers how to push in labor and birth, and pelvic and abdominal healing post birth. More deeply, I support women in the monumental transformation into motherhood. I've worked as a Pilates instructor and massage therapist for nearly a decade, and bring my expertise as a doula to unite birth and postpartum care with healthy movement.

23/03/2026

I’m a 3rd time mom and postpartum doula - here’s my entire sleep plan for baby #3.

My husband has been researching infant sleep and asked if I did all the professional tips with my other kids. Drowsy but awake, wake windows, sleep schedules.
I said yeah, I tried. None of it worked.

He said something that stuck with me: “The more I research baby stuff, the more anxious I get because it’s all so conflicting.”

EXACTLY.

That’s why I never became a sleep coach even though I’m a postpartum doula. I think a lot of sleep coaches have kids who just slept naturally. My kids didn’t.

Baby sleep is so polarized. One side says sleep training is essential. The other says co-sleeping is essential.
And I think the sleep training coaches had babies who slept naturally. The co-sleeping coaches had babies who didn’t, but had the availability to co-sleep. Not everyone has that.

If you’re going back to work at 6 weeks, maybe sleep training works for you. Or maybe co-sleeping does. It depends on YOUR baby and YOUR family.

My kids are 7 and 9 now. They share a room at the same temperature. One sleeps with 4 layers and a weighted blanket. The other sleeps in underwear and throws off her blanket. They’ve always had completely different sleep needs.

And wake windows? If you’re a first-time parent, maybe you can honor those. But once you have another kid? School pickup, toddler tantrums, life - wake windows are out the window.

So here’s my sleep plan for baby #3: be responsive to my baby AND my family’s needs. Not what the books say. Not what worked for someone else.

Stop following conflicting advice that makes you anxious.

Just watch your baby, consider your family’s needs, and respond to what works for YOU.

That’s the whole thing.

What sleep advice stressed you out that ended up not mattering? 👇

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20/03/2026

How each zodiac sign gives birth: Part 3

Libra can’t make a decision until she’s heard all sides. Scorpio is absolutely unreadable. And Sagittarius treats labor like a fun obstacle course.

Libra, Scorpio, Sag - did I get you? 👇

Part 4 (final!) coming soon!

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Send this to your bestie who normalized something for you and therefore made you love them and yourself more.Hit follow ...
19/03/2026

Send this to your bestie who normalized something for you and therefore made you love them and yourself more.

Hit follow and stay while for more content that lowers your cortisol for your pregnancy, birth and postpartum.

17/03/2026

I spiraled when I found out I was having a boy.

Not because boys are “worse” than girls. But because I’ve been harmed by men. And my nervous system, my entire worldview, has been shaped by that.

I see all men as threats until proven otherwise. I know that’s harsh. But it’s what I’ve learned through lived experience. And because of that, the men in my life are very few. I vet them strongly. The ones who’ve earned my trust? They’ve really earned it.

Being a single mom shaped this view. Because when men don’t do their work, it becomes the mother’s job to pick up the slack. The mother’s risk is always higher.

This baby is with my second husband - a wonderful man, one of the few who’s proven himself. But finding out I was growing a man inside my body still sent me into weeks of fear.

My work is women’s healing. I’ve seen the damage. And the thought of raising someone who could contribute to that - or who might not do his work and expect women to compensate? Out of the question.

It’s softened now. I’m birthing a baby, not a man. But I still worry.

I raise my daughters as feminists, but the culture is sometimes stronger than me. And I know it’ll be the same with my son - even if I raise him right, he’ll be influenced by the world.

When you raise girls, the risk is they’ll experience harm. When you raise boys, the risk is they’ll create it - or they won’t do their work and women will pay the price.

Raising a man in this world feels precarious.

Did you have gender disappointment? What helped you process it? 👇

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15/03/2026

How each zodiac sign gives birth: Part 2

Cancer is on another planet with these hormones, Virgo’s got a 250-page contingency plan, and Leo is NOT letting contractions block her radiance.

Cancer, Virgo, Leo - did I get you? Tell me I’m wrong 😂
What’s your sign and are you coming for me in the comments? 👇

Parts 3, and 4 dropping this week!

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The uncute 3rd trimester symptoms nobody talks about.Not the glowing skin or cute bump pics. The weird, random, TMI stuf...
13/03/2026

The uncute 3rd trimester symptoms nobody talks about.

Not the glowing skin or cute bump pics. The weird, random, TMI stuff that makes you go “is this normal??”

Swipe through for the reality →

Third pregnancy and I’m still surprised by how weird this gets.

What’s your weirdest pregnancy symptom that nobody warned you about? Drop it below 👇

Let’s normalize the uncomfortable truth about growing humans.

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12/03/2026

The zodiac signs giving birth: Part 1

Aries, Ta**us, Gemini - tell me I’m wrong 😂

What’s your sign and how accurate is this?

Parts 2-4 coming soon. Hit follow and stay awhile!👇

11/03/2026

Tour our Tokyo apartment as we prep for a home birth.
Our place is a 2LDK (two bedrooms + living/dining/kitchen) - pretty typical for a Japanese family in this area. The building was built in the early 80s, renovated last year. Not the best earthquake proofing, but we chose it for the price and the yard.

For context: This is the biggest space I’ve ever lived in. All my previous apartments were smaller because I was single parenting and housing options are quite limited if you’re not Japanese. This became available because I have a Japanese partner. I don’t think that’s fair, but that’s how it is here.

So what does home birth prep look like in a Tokyo apartment?

Honestly, not much. Waterproof sheet on the bed, birth ball in the bedroom, and good lighting. Japanese lighting is super fluorescent and I can’t stand it, so I added cheap automated lights throughout for labor vibes.

The real MVP? The Japanese bath. You press a button, set the temperature and water level, and it fills automatically. You can even start it from the kitchen. Can’t wait to use this during labor.

Also set up some moody lights in the kitchen in case I need tea (yes I know that’s optimistic but let me have my dreams).

And that’s it. No nursery to set up, no massive prep. Just a good bath and the right lighting.

What would you prioritize if you were planning a home birth? 👇

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10/03/2026

I’m a birth doula planning my third birth, and I’m doing less prep this time around.

With my first two births, I was obsessed with having the perfect natural birth. I practiced techniques constantly, read everything, made sure I could manage labor without pain medication. And I did have two wonderful unmedicated births.

But the second time, even though I’d become a doula by then, I prepared less. I wasn’t actively practicing the techniques. And I noticed a difference - that birth was really fast, but I felt less able to manage the contractions than I did with my first birth, which was longer.

This time, I’ve been doing a moderate amount of practicing. But here’s what’s different: I’ve loosened my grip on needing everything to go a specific way.

As a doula, I’ve witnessed so many births. And what I’ve learned is that the outcome often has nothing to do with how hard the mother was trying or how much prep work she did. Babies enter the world in their own way.

There’s so much that’s not in our hands.

So yes, I’m planning a home birth. And yes, I think it’s important to practice so you can manage contractions and feel empowered. But I’m not under the illusion that being a doula means I’m off the hook for practicing - teaching and doing are different things.

And I’ve also let go of this idea that if I do the correct prep work, my birth experience will reflect that. Even if I transfer to a hospital. Even if I need interventions. Even if I end up with a cesarean. This baby will come out somehow. And that’s okay.

I’m not gonna lie, I’m also a little bit dreading having to give birth again. My pelvic floor is nervous. But overall, this feeling of nonchalance is actually peaceful. I don’t have a lot of fear this time.

I have a direction I want to go. But I’m open to how the winds might change. And I’m just gonna go with the flow.

How does your approach to birth prep compare to mine? 👇

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09/03/2026

My husband said we’re spending too much on groceries. I’m 35 weeks pregnant, still working, still cooking every night.

I told him: “You can start cooking 50/50. Or you could eat less.”

The jaw drop was immediate 😂

I’ve spent my whole life being told to eat less, take up less space, shrink. I was a ballet dancer. Women are conditioned to make themselves smaller - literally and figuratively.

Pregnancy is the first time I literally can’t shrink. My body is expanding. My needs are non-negotiable. And it’s exposing how much I’ve been accommodating everywhere else.

When I said “you could eat less,” it didn’t compute for him. Because men aren’t conditioned to shrink. Even my husband - who’s thoughtful and economical - it never occurred to him.

Pregnancy forces you to stop shrinking. And once you see it, you can’t unsee how much you’ve been doing it your whole life.

What has pregnancy exposed for you? 👇

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08/03/2026

A friend of mine who doesn’t have kids yet recently told me: “I watched this YouTube video about handling terrible twos tantrums. All you have to do is just stay really neutral and calm as the parent.”

And I died laughing.

Because obviously this person has never tried to stay “neutral and calm” while their toddler is screaming on the floor of the grocery store because you wouldn’t buy the cereal with the cartoon character on it.

We all say things before we have kids. Things we’re SO confident about. Things we’re certain we’ll never do or always do.

And then we have kids. And reality hits.

Me before kids: “I’ll never eat sugar while I’m pregnant. I’ll be so healthy.”

Me now at 35 weeks with my third and having eaten ice cream everyday through all three pregnancies.

What’s one thing you said before you had kids that you really regret saying now? Drop it below 👇

I’ll go first in the comments.

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原宿グリーンハイツ 703号室, 3 Chome-53/17
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
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