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).
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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.
answered Feb 15, 2013 at 13:01
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Could you just rephrase it to convey that you wish for the best outcome that doesn't carry the implication you mentioned? Something like
赤ちゃんが無事に産まれますように祈ります／願います?– istrasciCommented Feb 15, 2013 at 15:49 -
@istrasci: Hmm, I am not sure. 赤ちゃんが無事に産まれるように願っています sounds okay, but it sounds a little scary to me because it sounds somewhat like “Although it is 50-50 whether you will have a baby born safely or not, I hope it will turn out to be safe.” It might be just me, though. Commented Feb 15, 2013 at 22:25