Meet the Collection Cradle
Every element has been designed with input from healthcare professionals and families who have experienced pregnancy loss, ensuring our solution meets real needs with genuine compassion.
A Complete Solution for Pregnancy Loss
The Miscarriage Collection Cradle represents a breakthrough in compassionate care during pregnancy loss. Our innovative design addresses the practical and emotional challenges faced by families during this difficult experience.
Dignified Handling Without Direct Contact
Our removable Sieve Insert eliminates the need for manual handling entirely. Healthcare professionals or family members can simply lift the sieve by its handles and transfer contents directly to the included opaque Storage Container. This design preserves dignity while enabling proper medical examination when needed.
Secure and Hygienic Collection
The cradle sits securely in any standard toilet and features a specially designed gap at the back to prevent contamination. The advanced filtration system includes elongated filter holes that effectively separate viscous liquids while collecting precious remains safely and hygienically.
Fits Under Toilet Seat
The original design positioned the Collection Cradle on top of the toilet seat. However, due to variations in toilet sizes and, more importantly, the risk of slippage and losing the contents, which would be devastating, the design was adapted to sit inside the toilet bowl, beneath the seat.
This revised positioning allows the device to be secured in place by the weight of the person sitting down, along with additional support brackets at the front and sides. These features ensure the device remains as secure as possible during use to safely collect the baby.It also allows the woman to use the toilet as normal, providing both practicality and dignity during use.
Gap To Eliminate Fecal Contamination
When I was in hospital, I was given a cardboard bowl that sat over the entire toilet bowl. It collected everything. During a miscarriage, especially when using medication, the cramping can cause the bowels to open. Everything ends up in the bowl, including blood, urine, faeces, tissue, all mixed together with the baby. Even though I chose not to look, I knew everything was in there with them and it’s a thought that has stayed with me.
I was determined to reduce this as much as possible. The semicircular design of the Collection Cradle leaves a gap at the back, allowing faecal matter to pass directly into the toilet. The rear edge is thick enough to be easily felt, helping the woman position herself so that the Miscarriage Collection Cradle can filter and collect what is needed while keeping other waste separate.
Removable Sieve
One of the most difficult parts of using a kitchen sieve and container during my miscarriage was being forced to look at everything that came out of me when I didn’t want to. Searching through blood, urine, faeces, and clots for my baby was deeply traumatising, especially as I’m not medically trained and had no idea what I was looking for.
When I found something I thought might be my baby, I had to either pick it up with my hands or pour everything from the sieve and plop them into a takeaway container. It was a distressing and undignified experience that no one should have to go through.
The sieve is fully removable, allowing the patient to collect everything and place it directly into the storage container without needing to look or handle any of the contents. This design minimises exposure, reduces distress, and removes the need for the patient to physically interact with the contents. They are not forced into a situation they may not be emotionally prepared for. Instead, it offers choice and gives the patient a moment to pause and decide what feels right for them.