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My Japanese teacher just gave birth and our long-term sub is having us make
cards to congratulate her, we need to write something in Japanese, and I want
to write something different than what she supplied us with, to spice it up or
whatever. What would be appropriate to say in my card?

Edit: I'm not exactly sure what I want to say, but the phrase the sub gave us
was the same thing for the entire class:

> あかちゃん おめでとうございます

She said we could do something different, and I want it to be something that
an actual Japanese student might say to their teacher had a baby to
congratulate them. I'm only in Japanese 1, so I know hiragana and some words
and phrases, but not nearly enough Japanese to write anything that would
actually make sense in this context.
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My Teacher just had a baby, how do I congratulate her
I'll give a few simple common phrases...

> [赤]{あか}ちゃんのおたんじょう、おめでとうございます。
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> かわいい or げんきな [赤]{あか}ちゃんのおたんじょう、おめでとうございます。
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> ご[出産]{しゅっさん}、おめでとうございます。
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> かわいい[女]{おんな}の[子]{こ}のおたんじょう、おめでとうございます。(← when the baby is a girl)
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> げんきな[男]{おとこ}の[子]{こ}のおたんじょう、おめでとうございます。(← when the baby is a boy)

Maybe you could add at the top...

> 祝・ご出産

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For those who want more formal phrases...

> ご出産、心よりお慶び申し上げます。
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> 赤ちゃんの or お子様の ご誕生、心からお慶び申し上げます。
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> 新しい家族のご誕生、心よりお祝い申し上げます。

etc...
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