Appropriate "wishes" for pregnancy


What is the appropriate way to express your best wishes to a woman who is
having a baby?

(This is for a colleague, if there are different ways depending on different
contexts please explain those, too).




A usual phrase to say is お体を大事にしてください (take care of yourself).

Another common phrase is 元気な赤ちゃんを産んでください (I wish you to have a healthy baby
born), but some people avoid this phrase because it sounds as if a baby with a
congenital disease were undesirable or unacceptable.




A usual phrase to say is お体を大事にしてください (take care of yourself).

Another common phrase is 元気な赤ちゃんを産んでください (I wish you to have a healthy baby
born), but some people avoid this phrase because it sounds as if a baby with a
congenital disease were undesirable or unacceptable.

