Life During Your Hospital Stay

Room types

Mothers' rooms (3rd floor) and the newborn nursery (2nd floor) are in separate parts of the hospital. After delivery you rest in your own room and visit the nursery for feeding times. Rooming-in during the day, with your baby's paediatrician's permission, is available only in a private room.

For a one-night stay, the additional room charge is calculated for two calendar days.

Private rooms include a locker, bedside cabinet, table, chair, television, and refrigerator; larger private rooms also include a private bath and toilet. Shared rooms include a partitioned locker, bedside cabinet, television, refrigerator, chair, and an ensuite shower toilet.

A typical day after delivery

Once you move to the obstetrics ward, your day generally includes a morning temperature check, feeding roughly every three hours, a doctor's rounds on weekdays, bathing guidance and formula-preparation guidance on set days, postpartum exercise you can do at your own pace, and lights out at 22:30, with two nursing rounds overnight and night feeds available on request. A separate session is arranged for your first feeding, and the nursery nurses will let you know the time.

Guidance sessions

Breastfeeding guidance is provided to everyone. Formula-preparation guidance is optional for mothers who have given birth before. Bathing guidance can be booked through the newborn nursery.

Visiting hours

Visiting and companion arrangements can change at short notice for infection control; please check current guidance before visiting.

Meals

This hospital has served a plant-based diet, with eggs and dairy added, since it was founded in 1929, believed to support both a mother's own recovery and the quality of breast milk. Some menu items may be adjusted for allergies.

Celebratory meal

We prepare a celebratory meal for new mothers, using plant-based ingredients alongside eggs, dairy, and soy- or wheat-based meat alternatives, with attention to both nutrition and ease of eating.

Dessert buffet

Patients on the breastfeeding diet can enjoy a daily dessert service in our cafeteria at no charge; accompanying family and visitors can join for 1,200 yen (tax included; 800 yen for elementary-age children, 500 yen for ages 3 to elementary, 400 yen under 3), with a view from the top floor. Open 15:00-16:00 (14:30-16:00 on weekends and public holidays), 7th floor cafeteria, Tokyo Adventist Hospital.

Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy treatment for postpartum patients is currently paused. When available, it is provided by an IFA-certified aromatherapist, 40 minutes for 5,500 yen (tax included), booked through the ward nursing station.

A blessing at discharge

If you would like it, our chaplain can offer a short prayer with your family at discharge, around 20 minutes, with a keepsake photo card. Please ask ward or nursery staff during your stay; there is no charge.