https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:34:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-2109608 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 22:10:35 +0000 creativemomma15 2109608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: That's a cute ring. Thanks for your input. Would you have thought it was weird for someone else to gift you something like this? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-2109606 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 22:08:42 +0000 creativemomma15 2109606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Torchwood: Yea that's what I wasn't sure about. I don't want to give something she isn't going to like or think is strange so maybe I'll stick with something else. And I haven't been through it so I'm not sure how I would feel if someone gave me something commemorative in this situation. I like the spa gift idea, but I'm not sure exactly what type of preferences she has with that stuff. Thank you for your advice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-2109597 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 21:53:35 +0000 Torchwood 2109597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@creativemomma15: Personally, I didn't really appreciate commemorative things that someone else got. I wanted to pick them out myself. I preferred the gift basket of nice spa type products that my cousin got me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-2109579 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 21:19:45 +0000 DesertDreams88 2109579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@creativemomma15: I bought this ring for myself and wear it everyday.<br /> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/186629312/i-carry-your-heart-ring-affirmation-ring?ref=sr_gallery_2&#038;ga_ref=gslsb&#038;ga_search_query=I+carry+your+heart+ring&#038;ga_search_type=all&#038;ga_view_type=gallery" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/186629312/i-carry-your-heart-ring-affirmation-ring?ref=sr_gallery_2&#038;ga_ref=gslsb&#038;ga_search_query=I+carry+your+heart+ring&#038;ga_search_type=all&#038;ga_view_type=gallery</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-2109507 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 19:53:42 +0000 creativemomma15 2109507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bumping this thread for some advice... My SIL just had a loss at 10 weeks and I was thinking of getting something in memory of whether it be a trinket, framed printable from etsy or something like that. But, is that weird? Should I stick to a meal or something not so tangible? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1832580 Sat, 23 Aug 2014 16:19:31 +0000 simplyfelicity 1832580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tidybee: Absolutely agree! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1832578 Sat, 23 Aug 2014 16:19:12 +0000 simplyfelicity 1832578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lush bath products! I can't wait until September 1st (3 weeks post D &amp; C) when I can take a bath. Also, you sound like a great friend. Most of mine have been either distantly supportive or awkward. Not<br /> complaining, it is what it is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1832424 Sat, 23 Aug 2014 12:36:11 +0000 Tidybee 1832424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: I also have to agree with Pancakes. Just the fact that someone was willing to address this as a difficult time (other than the "i'm sorry" statements/texts/emails) and to go out of their way is touching enough. No matter what you have in there, it will help!<br /> Also, FYI - there is ice cream that you can mail and they pack it in dry ice! We sent a bunch to people who helped us when we had DD (during Hurricane Sandy)<br /> ecreamery.com and you can even customize the flavor names to make it fitting to the occasion that you're sending it for. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1832188 Sat, 23 Aug 2014 06:50:22 +0000 avivoca 1832188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I brought my friend some homemade chocolate chip cookies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1832176 Sat, 23 Aug 2014 06:32:19 +0000 Anya 1832176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is so nice of you. The magazines are a great idea. For me, I had to do things to keep my mind occupied but didnt always have to concentration to sit there with a book. You are a great friend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1832099 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 23:32:00 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1832099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jaguar: I need one of those for myself! :wink: </p> <p>@78h2o: your eye bright comment gave me a great idea! I added some Korean single packet face masks to the care package. You're right... She has been crying a lot. And she's normally not a crier. :sad: </p> <p>@winter_wonder: Aw thank you!</p> <p>@PawPrints: I wish you didn't have to go through that alone, or that you had to go through that at all...</p> <p>@Pancakes: Your last two sentences really spoke to me. That is the end goal, and I hope it does bring some smiles. I loooove Joe Joe's - they put Oreos to shame!</p> <p>I got the care package pulled together now, and plan to ship it out tomorrow. Thanks everyone!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1831997 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:25:30 +0000 Pancakes 1831997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister sent me a sweet box with a few of my favorite things...it included a Starbucks gift card and a box of peppermint Joe-Joes among other things. I think it's great to send anything you think will make your friend smile. That's what I really needed at the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1831992 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:19:17 +0000 PawPrints 1831992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All these ideas are making me wish I had told people about our miscarriage :happy: I would have loved to receive this stuff. You're a good friend. I'd go with the snacks, magazines, lotions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1831974 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:07:04 +0000 winter_wonder 1831974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: all of my ideas have been said, but I did what to say you are such a thoughtful friend! I'm sure she'll really appreciate it :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1831956 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:57:13 +0000 78h2o 1831956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is such a kind gesture and I'm sure it will mean a lot to her regardless of what you put in it. </p> <p>I'd probably send some kind of sweet treat, a book/magazine, and some kind of pampering item (I love these sugar scrubs they sell @ Wegmans: <a href="http://www.biggsandfeather.com/product_bodyscrubs.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.biggsandfeather.com/product_bodyscrubs.php</a>. Also, if she's told you she's not sleeping or crying all the time, you could include a Benefit "Eye Bright" makeup stick (sold at Sephora or a dept store). That stuff is amazing... it helped me look more normal when I was a mess after my mc (and then pp)! Obviously that last one would depend a lot on whether or not she likes/wears makeup, her personality, and how you'd frame it in your note. That wouldn't be something that would work for everyone, but just another idea :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1831952 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:53:48 +0000 jaguar 1831952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: A BIG bunch of choccies!</p> <p><a href="http://www.edibleblooms.com.au/category/gift-hampers/" rel="nofollow">http://www.edibleblooms.com.au/category/gift-hampers/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1831946 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:49:21 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1831946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tidybee: I'm sorry you had to experience this too. I'm glad the flowers were able to lift you up during a difficult time! I'm a huge fan of ice cream but it will melt by the time it gets to her. Wish she were closer so we could eat it together!</p> <p>@LalaLove: :heart: </p> <p>@ladybee: what a thoughtful friend you had! </p> <p>Thanks again everyone for the thoughtful suggestions! I think I have enough ideas to pull together something she'll like. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1831941 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:44:49 +0000 travelgirl1 1831941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depending how much you want to spend, paying for some house cleaning or a meal delivery could be good? I know they're not tangible items but when I had my loss I did not want to eat, cook or clean but DH and LO still had to eat and not live in a pig sty. The very last things I wanted/needed to be doing were cooking and cleaning. Otherwise, I like the book idea, something she could lose herself in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1831933 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:40:41 +0000 ladybee 1831933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was gifted a a Willow Tree statue, gift cards, and Heaven is for Real which I loved but I'm religious. Such a heartbreaking thing to go through that happens too often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1831931 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:40:28 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1831931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lindsay05: @Mrs. Sketchbook: i considered a candle but would be scared about it breaking in transit. Other spa-like items sound good - I'm sure I can find other things along those lines. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1831929 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:40:06 +0000 LalaLove 1831929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Such a sweet and thoughtful idea :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1831927 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:38:50 +0000 Tidybee 1831927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also really liked the flowers. They did brighten the room even though it was for a sad reason. Also ice cream!! A big comfort to me :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1831926 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:38:13 +0000 Freckles 1831926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: this is getting too creepy! :silly: but I found the best thing was for friends to distract me somehow. You are a great friend! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1831925 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:37:44 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 1831925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe some sort of nice lotion or a candle or spa-like items? Or maybe a gift certificate for a date night. And food always is welcome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1831924 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:37:33 +0000 Lindsay05 1831924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So sorry :( I gave my bff a candle, lotion, chocolate and some tea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1831923 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:37:28 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1831923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: again, it's like you read my mind. :) I'm hesitant about anything too sentimental for the same reasons. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1831917 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:35:55 +0000 Freckles 1831917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tea/coffee/special chocolates/snacks are good. Magazines are great too! Sometimes you just need a distraction. I find some people are 50/50 on the flowers or anything that symbolizes the loss. I appreciated the flowers a good friend sent me and thought it was sweet, but DH disliked the reminder. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1831916 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:35:49 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1831916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: I like that idea with the snacks! Little bit of everything. </p> <p>@jaguar: I'm so sorry for your loss. :(. what is a chocolate hamper? I thought about a trinket of some sort but wasn't sure she'd want a physical reminder. I want to tread carefully I guess even though I love that idea. Found some cute trinkets on etsy. </p> <p>@FliegepilzHut: ooh those pillows are a great idea, thanks! It is kind of a far travel so wine is out, but tea/coffee is a good idea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1831848 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 19:45:26 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1831848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe one of those clove/bead/bean-filled pillows that you can heat in the microwave? I know mine has been really beloved to help with cramping. And maybe some good coffees/teas or other favorite beverage (say, a bottle of wine...if it doesn't have to travel far)? Definitely snacks, too. Very nice of you to think of her and want to help. :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscarriage-care-package-ideas#post-1831830 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 19:34:06 +0000 jaguar 1831830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My friends sent me a few things which were beautifully thoughtful. </p> <p>Flowers, a chocolate hamper, and some charms to symbolise the baby we lost.</p> <p>I'm so sorry for your friends. </p>