Welcome, from Ontario!
It should be just fine to wash and dry, as said above.
My advice is to do just that...wash it and dry it just like a new Mom would, before you give it away , so you can check for any threads that come loose or anything like that before gifting. And, if you didn't pre-wash, you want it to shrink before the Mom gets it so she doesn't think she did something wrong when it comes out of the dryer looking different than when it went in.
Watson