Eliminating the Postpartum "Where Do I Go?" in Japan.

Our company endorses April Dream, a project aiming to make April 1st a day for sharing dreams. This press release represents the dream of "Postpartum Care Specialty Salon ~Mom's Holiday~".
This is not a "lie," but a genuine dream.
"It's not a disease, but something feels off."
From the day after discharge from the maternity ward, there's no one to continuously monitor the mother's body.
Pelvic pain, persistent fatigue, tenosynovitis – a body that must recover while raising a child.
Yet, "I don't know where to go."
Concerns about the baby's head shape. Strong arching. Persistent head preference.
Difficulty holding the baby. Unable to crawl properly. Since it's not a disease, they can't go to a pediatrician.
It's not strictly within the midwife's domain either.
"Please observe" — beyond those words, there's no destination.
Dads return to work. Moms bear the burden alone.
Even if they take parental leave, it ends without knowing what to do.
This "lack of destination" has isolated postpartum families.
As a specialist in postpartum care and baby care, I have continuously filled that "gap."
And today, I share my dream.
My Dream:
To seamlessly connect and support the postpartum mother's body and the baby's development,
through hospitals, midwives, specialists, companies, and government.
To spread this "seamless support society" from Nagoya nationwide.
I am
a Judo Therapist who operates the postpartum care specialty salon "~Mom's Holiday~" in Nagoya City.
I am also a specialist in body structure, having taught bone, muscle, joint movement, injuries, and disorders for 12 years at a medical and sports vocational school.
I have worked with over 1,000 mother-child pairs in the field of postpartum care.
What I have provided consists of two main pillars.
One is care for the postpartum mother's own body.
This involves adjusting the pelvis, joints, and muscles that have changed due to childbirth, and helping the body recover to be able to raise a child.
The feeling of "my body returning" directly contributes to alleviating postpartum loneliness and anxiety.
The other is care focused on the baby's development and body usage.
This involves providing specific care from an anatomical and physiological perspective for pressing concerns of parents that are not diseases, such as head shape, arching, head preference, and difficulty crawling.
Furthermore, I conduct developmental workshops for fathers (on holding, soothing, and observing development), disseminating "body-based childcare support that can be done at home."
There are very few specialists in Japan who can bridge the "wait-and-see" problems between medical care and childcare, explaining them clearly from an anatomical and physiological perspective and translating them into practical care at home.
'Three Things I Want to Start Moving On'
■ First: Create a collaboration protocol with midwives.
We will design a common mechanism to smoothly connect information and families between midwives and myself, and vice versa, during the "magic period" from discharge to four months postpartum.
Midwives and I will share roles to integrally provide postpartum mother's body care and baby development support. We will create a path so families don't wonder, "Where do I go next?"
■ Second: Transform parental leave into "learning time."
We will integrate courses and programs that enable fathers and mothers on parental leave to understand their baby's body and practice home care, into corporate parental leave support and government childcare policies.
We aim to ensure that fathers don't just "take" parental leave. We want them to finish their leave as "informed parents" who understand their baby's body, the mother's recovery, how to hold the baby, and how to observe development.
Specifically,
・"Learning about childbirth and changes in the mother's body postpartum" course for expectant fathers and mothers during maternity leave.
・"Holding, care, and development observation workshop" for fathers on parental leave.
・"Body recovery status check and preparation for returning to work" for mothers before returning to work.
We aim to implement these as corporate parental leave programs and government childcare support projects.
■ Third: Spread the Nagoya model nationwide.
We will demonstrate a postpartum support protocol connecting "midwives," "myself," "medical institutions," and "government and companies" in Nagoya, and openly disseminate it in a reproducible format for other regions.
We will create a society where "what worked in Nagoya" reaches postpartum families nationwide.
We are looking for partners who resonate with our vision.
If you read this press release and feel "I'd like to hear more," please contact us. We don't have a finalized plan. Your experience, knowledge, and network will be the power to shape this dream.
・Midwives/Midwifery clinics: We want to create a postpartum care collaboration protocol together.
・Obstetrics/Pediatrics clinics: We want to design a mechanism to connect beyond "please observe."
・Corporate HR/Parental leave 담당자: We want to add "learning about the body and childcare" to parental leave programs.
・Government/Local government childcare support staff: We want to incorporate body structure care and parental leave utilization perspectives into policies.
・All specialists and supporters involved in childcare and postpartum care.
If you feel, "This overlaps with my area," or "There's something we can do together," —
Please act immediately.
This dream cannot be realized by me alone. Your "normal" can lead to someone's "salvation."
Why am I sharing this dream now?
While working with 1,000 mother-child pairs, I heard the same words repeatedly.
"I didn't know where to go." Those words have never left my mind.
The day after discharge from the maternity ward, childcare begins even though the body hasn't fully recovered.
Even if concerned about the baby's condition, there's no destination.
Some areas are difficult for midwives alone. Pediatricians say, "Please observe." Dads return to work.
The lack of destination created isolation.
Hospitals, midwives, myself, companies, the government — each acting in their respective roles, but moving together, connected.
I want to prove that seamless society from Nagoya.
Contact for inquiries and collaboration:
Name: Satoshi Sakaguchi
Title: Judo Therapist / Full-time Vocational School Instructor
Salon Name: Postpartum Care Specialty Salon ~Mom's Holiday~
Location: City Mansion Shinzu Higashi 501, 1-38-2 Yatomi-dori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya City
Email: s.sakaguchi@maman-care.com
Web/SNS: https://maman-care.com
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