Boshi Techo

The Boshi Techo (母子健康手帳, or Maternal and Child Health Handbook) is an official health record book issued by Japanese municipal offices to pregnant women

Via: In Japan, the day a woman finds out she is going to have a baby, her city hall gives her a small paper notebook called a Boshi Techo. https://x.com/japan_nobunaga/status/2112660882438369633 - Page after page of proof that before you even knew your own name, you were already loved that carefully.