2. Recommended readings/tools regarding Pregnancy

You can find many free tools and articles on the internet. There are many of them from naming the babies to detailed weekly development of the baby in the mothers womb (some website have 3D pictures of the baby!).

Also, when you get your boshi-techo from the city hall or city health office, you would have received pamphlets on pregnancy too. Although they are written in Japanese, I find them very useful so if you husband or your friend can translate them for you, the better.

You may also get some information from the hospital where you are taking monthly/weekly maternity check up.

You can also avail information on infants stores such as aka-chan honpo - they do provide pamphlets on what are the things needed for a certain period of time in pregnancy - written in Japanese too. Please be careful here though because the pamphlet contains some items that maybe nice to have but not necessarily must to have.  

Otherwise you can check the bookstores on pregnancy books. English books are available at kinukuniya bookstores, or if you can buy online - you can have a short stop at amazon.co.jp