Breast Milk Jewlerry

[Emo76]

Interesting idea!

[Emo76]

Please do not send frozen milk.

[DoItToJulia]

Bit weird? I can't decide?!

[dexter73]

Do you really need a medal to show that you have breast fed?!

[DoItToJulia]

Oh, I thought it was for you children? Not for you?

[DolomitesDonkey]

Arf. Gross and bonkers.

Fast forward 13 years -

"Mum cannihavea pony?".
"No darling, but mummy loves you, here's a necklace I had made for you from my breastmilk".
"urrrgh, you're such a freak - no wonder dad divorced you. I HATE YOU."

[notjustamummythankyou]

Do you make these then, OP?

[MrsHelsBels74]

Dear lord, 'BF defines me as a woman and as a mother'
Does that mean her life is over once her children are weaned?

[ShatnersBassoon]

Yay, a medal for doing something perfectly ordinary!

[MarcelineTheVampireQueen]

Sweet Jesus...

My favourit part is how not only does she take away her own identity in her spiel by saying it defines me, who I am as a mother and a woman but then reminds herself every day with her little keepsake. Does she disappear once her child is weaned?

[Emo76]

notjustamummy OMG no I certainly do not. Not at all my scene!

[notjustamummythankyou]

That's a relief!

[YourHandInMyHand]

Bit odd IMO.

[snowballinashoebox]

Please don't let this be true. whatever next sperm necklaces?

[Touchmybum]

Just Noooooo!

[WantAnOrange]

I think she needs a little perspective. My time spent BF DD is precious. My time spent FF DS was precious. Do I get 2 medals? What about one made of baked beans because I often feed DS beans now....

[SirBoobAlot]

Think these are lovely. If I had enough milk left after stopping months ago, I would get one. A friend of mine had one made, and its beautiful.

The comparison to sperm etc is ridiculous.

[RedPencils]

My loft already groans under the weight of all the crap precious mementos. I'm ridiculous sentimental about keeping stuff, but this is stupid.
Why would a hideous necklace remind you of the time you bf your children? I finished bf 8 years ago and still remember doing it. I'm n

[AmberNectarine]

Lol at Emo making breast milk necklaces. I can confirm that is definitely not how she spends her Friday nights!

[polyhymnia]

Yuk! And how on earth could anyone explain that to anyone who innocently asked what their necklace was made of??!!

And as for my having breast fed in the past defining me as a woman well words fail me !

Think I'll have to visit the Feminism threads to calm down!

[MrsHelsBels74]

I'm interested in starting a thread about her 'bf defines her' comment but don't know where to put it not sure if chat, AIBU or maybe feminism is appropriate.

[MonaLotte]

:o Dolomites

[Startail]

Bonkers totally and utterly bonkers and I spend far to long on here going on about extended BFing, but that's potty.

[DolomitesDonkey]

snowball I believe pearl necklaces have been worn for years...

OK, I'll put my hand up and say that I'm quite vocal about the fact that 'bf is not the be all and end all' - but it's exactly this "it defines me, without breastmilk I am but a husk of a woman" which pisses me right off!

We're all so quick to scream "no" when a woman defines herself through her acceptability to a man, yet when she defines herself through her ability to breastfeed? Do women no longer exist in their own right?

Btw - if anyone's interested, this is a superb article on the Feminist pov of bf. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/04/the-case-against-breast-feeding/307311/ and as she says in her by-line - "the ultimate badge in parenting".

Anyway, I can't stop around - I'm making pendants for mine - tonight they're having chicken kievs and chips with banana to follow. Anyone know how to varnish a banana? It keeps going brown.

[Fishandjam]

Ooh, I want a baked bean necklace!

These are a bit odd though. And the "breastfeeding defines me" thing really grinds my gruttocks.