Ideas for morning sickness gift basket? What helped you?

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My best friend is pregnant and want to give her a gift of things to help with morning sickness, last time she said she ate lots of gingerbread men.

So lovely lot, what suggestions can i put in it? Obviously I haven't had morning sickness so no idea on what will help :-)

So far I've come up with

• ginger biscuits
• Gingerbread men
• ginger and elderflower squash

Mouth wash, mini packets of Cheerios, Chewing gum, Ginger beer, fizzy water, ham sandwiches, flask of hot water.

Just a few things that helped, I am 15 weeks and still have a bag of cheerios before I get out of bed!!

You are such lovely friend, I wish I had had a great friend like you when I was in the thick of it!

Nice mints ... I'm on Murray mints, or maybe a bag with humbugs and the striped ones etc.

If she hasnt already got them then travel wrist bands can sometimes help too. Maybe a bottle of sparkling water too.

And a voucher for a treat to a nice girly lunch once she's feeling more human & able to face food again.

Ginger and lemon tea was my saviour! Twinings is good, the Aldi version is just as good!

I found I could only cope with what I call 'fake' food, so lots of super noodles, pasta n' sauces etc. Beans on toast was good, as is peanut butter as it gave me loads energy when I didn't have any. Also I had some plain digestive biscuits on my desk and this tea - www.earthmamaangelbaby.co.uk/shop/morning-wellness-tea-box-of-16-teabags.html (it was an amazing gift from my mum).
Oh and jelly! I loved jelly.

What a lovely friend. My so called best mate hasnt even asked me how i feel let alone do anythin to help!

Ive been lucky with my 3 pgs and never really had sickness but i think just knowing you are there and providing support will be helpful for her :-)

Rich Tea biscuits, nice 'sucky' sweets/lollies, coke, fizzy water.

Boiled sweets and salt and vinegar crisps

Hula hoops. Lemonade. Super noodles. Sea bands.

Just popped by to say that you are an amazing friend, too cute and thoughtful :)

Don't put it in a basket. Put it in a bucket

What a lovely idea! I found mini Cheddars really helped.

Mint toffees, they were the only thing I found helpful.

For me tangfastics, breakfast biscuits and sea salt and balsamic vinegar kettle chips kept me sane. The breakfast biscuits were the best though - they're individually wrapped so I could always keep them in my handbag.
Definitively cordial. Water made me sick and cordial meant I could stay hydrated.
Lovely thing to do by the way!

Thanks all, loving the idea to put it in a bucket tondelayo!!

How about a DVD to watch when she's sitting on the sofa feeling rubbish?

Some nice headbands to hold her hair back! Personally I would avoid foodstuffs, as when I had hyperemesis with my DTs even the mere mention of food on an advert would have me throwing up!

Any type of mints. I swore by polo mints they worked wonders. Read onlije that they help and they realllllllly did x

I sucked a lot of boiled sweets. Particularly fruity ones.

Something that smells nice (and non food-y!!) that can be carried around. I couldn't go anywhere near the kitchen for weeks when pregnant with DS2, as just the smell of DH cooking DS1's food would make me ill.

Other than that, ready salted crisps.

I am another fan of the earth angel tea bags!

www.earthmamaangelbaby.com/pregnancy/morning-wellness-tea.html

Fruit pastilles - aka instant and continuous sugar - got me through the first few weeks!

i vote fruit pastilles too :) love the bucket idea! you are a lovely friend :)

Maybe a couple of trashy magazines for when she goes to bed at 8pm feeling too icky to sleep? I was also hooked on rennies and extra strong mints, peppermint tea is good for sickness too.