New Knowledge! It Seems Recent Moms Are Enjoying Creating Their Own Original Covers for Maternal and Child Health Handbooks ♡

Maternal and Child Health Handbook Given When Pregnant

You can receive the Maternal and Child Health Handbook after submitting your pregnancy notification to the city or town, around the time you confirm your pregnancy and heartbeats.

Recently, there has been a discussion about whether it should be called a "Parent-Child Handbook" instead. Regardless of the name, it is undoubtedly an important book for recording the health of the mother and baby.

What Does the Maternal and Child Health Handbook Look Like?

The design of the Maternal and Child Health Handbook varies by municipality. Common designs for the cover include illustrations of mothers and children, character designs such as Baby Mickey & Minnie, Winnie the Pooh, Miffy, and Penelope.

In Nerima, Tokyo, home to the museum of picture book artist Chihiro Iwasaki, the design is often created by her, which also varies among municipalities. *

Kobe City, where the original Famiglia store is located, has a Maternal and Child Health Handbook with a Famiglia design, making those living in Kobe quite envious!

Original Designs Are Trending!

While there are various designs of Maternal and Child Health Handbooks across municipalities, recently,

it seems that personalizing the cover of the Maternal and Child Health Handbook with an original design is also trending.

It looks something like this ♡

Instead of sticking the original design directly onto the Maternal and Child Health Handbook, it seems common to place it between the clear cover and the original cover.

Adding your child's name or photo to create a one-of-a-kind Maternal and Child Health Handbook is amazing...!

By the Way...!!!

Not only the Maternal and Child Health Handbook cover, but there are also options to match the designs of medication notebooks, bank passbooks, medical certificates, and health insurance covers.

They look adorable, right? ♡

As a digital enthusiast, I think, "Managing everything with paper these days... It would be more convenient to have everything digitized so it doesn't get lost." But seeing such cute covers makes me think, "Paper might be nice too ♡."

<How to Make a Maternal and Child Health Handbook Cover>

You can create a cover for your Maternal and Child Health Handbook using a computer or smartphone.

The size of the Maternal and Child Health Handbook varies by municipality, but it seems that the B6 (128×182mm) or A5 (148mm x 210mm) sizes are common.

When creating in Word,

specify the paper size ➡ set it to landscape ➡ draw a line down the center to differentiate the front and back covers (Insert > Shape > Draw a line, then align it to center horizontally and vertically so it’s in the middle. You can delete it before printing) ➡ Add your name and date of birth on the right side since it will be the front cover, then design the left side as the back cover, and you're done! ♡

<Designs for Maternal and Child Health Handbook Covers>

Here are some designs of Maternal and Child Health Handbook covers that are originally made or sold by handmade artists on platforms like Minne. ♡

A bear-themed cover for the Maternal and Child Health Handbook and medication notebook. It seems popular to have them designed as a matching set. *

A Maternal and Child Health Handbook cover featuring the baby's name and zodiac sign, with the birthday and weight/height at birth written on the cover—quite unique! *

Bear × Dots design! *

Matching design for siblings ♡

Cover with baby’s photo and name included ♡

Bonpoint logo style ♡

The real Bonpoint logo is here ♡

A simple flower design.

A bear cover matching the Gelato Pique Maternal and Child Health Handbook case ♡

Design with full photo printing! *

Rabbit on the front cover, photo on the back cover ♡

Matching design for siblings with a car and cherry on the front cover ♡

Miffy design ♡

They are also available for purchase on Rakuten! *

Maternal and Child Health Handbook covers are also available for sale on Rakuten ♡

Priced at 1,900 yen, you can have it made with a photo included (or without). *

➡ Click here for the Rakuten product page

Make Your Maternal and Child Health Handbook Cover Original ♡

I knew that the covers of Maternal and Child Health Handbooks vary by municipality, but…

I had no idea about making it "original," and I was shocked when I saw it for the first time.

On a personal note, when I was told by my midwife during a consultation, "Make sure to fill out your Maternal and Child Health Handbook," I admitted I struggled with writing and had trouble filling it out... (At five months pregnant, the only part filled out was what the doctor wrote in.)

After I conveyed this, she said, "The Maternal and Child Health Handbook is something your child will look at in the future and think, 'They took care of me with love during my upbringing.' While it's a record for you and your baby, it's nice to think about writing it for your child in the future." This perspective had never occurred to me, and it made me feel determined to fill it out properly for my upcoming child.

An original Maternal and Child Health Handbook cover might make your child think in the future, "Wow, they cared for me with so much love." *

[Note] Keep Maternal and Child Health Handbook and Ultrasound Pictures Separate!

Also, I think many of you might be keeping "Maternal and Child Health Handbook and ultrasound pictures together," but this is something to watch out for.

Ultrasound pictures are often printed on thermal paper, which can fade over the years due to aging.

There are apps that allow you to scan ultrasound photos and print them out, so it's recommended to not only keep them in the Maternal and Child Health Handbook but also to print them properly.

➡ Here's an app that can scan and print ultrasound pictures