Indispensable maternity leave wishes for a colleague: 60 phrases to copy immediately

If you are looking for a short and appropriate maternity leave wish for a colleague who is going on leave soon, here are 60 ready-made phrases to copy immediately.

Choose the tone that suits your contact, from formal to funny, and send your message via a card, app or mail.

💼 Formal maternity leave wishes for a colleague

Use these phrases if you want to congratulate professionally and cleanly on maternity leave.

Congratulations on your maternity leave and wish you a great time.

I wish you a quiet leave and a happy birth.

Enjoy this special time and all the preparations that come with it.

Good luck and health to you and the baby.

I wish you a relaxing break and a happy start with your family.

All the best for the arrival of your child.

Above all, take the time to rest and enjoy yourself.

I wish you a carefree pregnancy and a beautiful birth.

Have a nice vacation and see you after this special milestone.

Good luck with the last few weeks and wish you a warm maternity period.

🤍 Warm maternity leave wishes for a colleague

Use these wishes if you want to let her know personally and warmly that you are thinking of her.

What a beautiful milestone, I wish you a leave of peace and happy moments.

Enjoy the little kicks and the big anticipation, you're going to do this beautifully.

I wish you a soft landing in a wonderful maternity period together.

Let yourself be pampered and take all the time to enjoy this period.

I am so happy for you and wish you lots of love and rest in the coming weeks.

I wish you a very nice maternity leave, with a lot of warmth around you.

I wish you happy memories in the last stages of your pregnancy.

Hopefully, your leave will feel like a pause button full of happiness and relaxation.

Enjoy everything that comes, I wish you a wonderful start with your little one.

I wish you a happy birth and a house full of love afterwards.

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😄 Funny maternity leave wishes for a colleague

Use these phrases if you share a sense of humor and want to say goodbye to her with a wink.

Enjoy your time off and practice meetings with little sleep.

Enjoy your new full-time project with unpredictable deadlines.

Have a nice leave and don't forget that snacks are now officially part of work material.

I wish you a quiet baby and a coffee maker that never complains.

Good luck with the last mile and packing up your mini colleague.

Enjoy, later taking a break will only be possible during a nap.

Have a nice maternity leave and congratulations on your new alarm clock.

I wish you a great birth and a baby who loves to sleep through.

Have fun with the urge to nest, that's the only job drive that does make sense.

See you later and don't worry, we'll try to keep things running a bit here.

✨ Inspiring maternity leave wishes for a colleague

Use these wishes if you want to encourage her and give her confidence for what comes.

You are entering a new phase and I wish you confidence and peace every step of the way.

Enjoy the journey to motherhood, there's nothing to rush.

I wish you strength and gentleness in the last weeks and during birth.

Everything you need is already inside you, wish you a wonderful leave.

Let this time fill you with rest, love and new energy.

I wish you a birth with confidence and a maternity period full of small miracles.

Take the space to feel and enjoy, this is your moment.

I wish you a nice transition to a new rhythm and new moments of happiness.

I hope your leave brings you exactly what you need.

Enjoy the start of something big, I wish you a loving start.

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🌸 Short maternity leave wishes for a colleague

Use these phrases if you want to send a short message on a card, chat or mail.

Have a nice maternity leave and enjoy it.

Peaceful leave and a nice birth.

Good luck to you and the baby.

Enjoy this special time.

I wish you a warm maternity period.

Good luck with the last mile.

I wish you lots of peace and love.

Until after your leave and enjoy.

Congratulations in advance to your little one.

Good health and happiness.

😉 Slightly sarcastic maternity leave wishes for a colleague

Use these phrases if you know each other well and a little bit of teasing is normal.

Enjoy your leave, we will bravely pretend not to miss you here.

Enjoy your well-deserved rest, or whatever is left of it later.

Have a nice leave and good luck with your new colleague who can't give feedback yet.

Enjoy your free time, your agenda will be fully scheduled again soon.

I wish you a calm baby, because we can give you at least a little bit of sleep.

Good luck relaxing, it seems that's still possible now.

Have a nice maternity leave and don't forget to think about yourself from time to time.

Have a good time, we'll keep the work chaos warm here.

I wish you a happy birth and a maternity period without unnecessary drama.

See you later and come back with fun stories and possibly a photo.