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Original poster

...to think about getting a piece of breastmilk jewellery?!

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Celebelly · 25/08/2019 22:10

I can't work out if I think it's a bit gross or lovely!

Basically, from what I gather, you send off a little of your milk and it gets made into a kind of powder/resin and you can have it set as a ring or pendant, etc. Visually it looks quite nice, from what I've seen, and given breastfeeding has been a difficult but ultimately v rewarding journey for us, I kind of like the idea of something to commemorate it when we're done (which hopefully is a while off yet).

But am I mad? Has anyone had breastmilk jewellery made? Do I need to give my head a wobble?

OP posts:

Sparklingbrook · 26/08/2019 07:36

I would quite like a trophy for successfully navigating DC1 through the teenage years.

Sargass0 · 26/08/2019 07:42

sparklingbrook brilliant idea! Get your teenager's first vomit from too much white lightning in the park made into an inkblot print...

FlipperSkipper · 26/08/2019 07:50

I had this made and I love it. Don’t care what anyone thinks. www.momsownmilk.com/collections/resin/products/pss-23?variant=43785205139

DadCanIHaveAZedgie · 26/08/2019 07:51

Feeding your kid isn’t amazing or worthy of commemoration, it’s ordinary.

Certainly felt like it was to me. It was hard and a slog and stressful for the first six months. The first six months influenced the next six months. Perseverance then means I'm not dealing with a tongue tied child now. I'm proud of myself, my personal pride doesn't diminish someone else's experience or choice to do something different.

Is it a medal to yourself?

I definitely felt like I deserved one

UrsulaPandress · 26/08/2019 07:51

I've got random bits of hair in envelopes in random drawers from various pets plus two sacks of ashes but never get round to doing anything with them. I think mum saved me dds first curl but goodness knows where that it is. Hell I even lost my only scan photo.

A family I know had a loved ones ashes turned into jewellery plus one had a tattoo using the ashes mixed in with the ink. Eewww.

Sparklingbrook · 26/08/2019 08:07

@Sargass0 or something made from the tears I shed when he left for Uni.

I notice the owner of the momsownmilk site is on holiday currently. A very posh one presumably given those prices!

Benjispruce · 26/08/2019 08:17

I decided to do something amazing with my breast milk. Much better than jewellery. It walks, talks, is loving and intelligent , has grown into a beautiful person and is soon off to university. I am so proud to show this legacy to the world, she’s my daughter.

womaninthedark · 26/08/2019 08:23

Feeding your kid isn’t amazing or worthy of commemoration, it’s ordinary
I breastfed dd for over four years. She did the same for her daughter.
It's only 'ordinary' if you make it so. To the rest of us, it's beautiful and a precious time.

Yogurtcoveredricecake · 26/08/2019 08:23

Have you seen the umbilical cord pictures? You can get them dried out and shaped into words like "love".

Pippinsqueak · 26/08/2019 08:24

I think it's a lovely idea however everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

Breast feeding can be/is hard physically, mentally and emotionally even if you have no issues at all. It's demanding, time consuming, sleep depriving BUT....... it's the most special feeling in the world and the benefits to both mum and baby outweigh the tough times.

My husband is buying me one for Christmas as it will be a year since I started breast feeding. I see it as no different than keeping a curl or a tooth, I'm just wearing it.

Am I rewarding myself? Yes, do I care? No, is it weird? In some people's eyes, am I going to go around and flaunt it and what it is? No.

It's a personal reminder of a personal achievement. Not everyone gets to breast feed, I am proud I did.

Also thank you for the link to Milk Diamonds, much better than the site I was going to use.

BettysLeftTentacle · 26/08/2019 08:32

Jeez if you think this is batshit you should google the kind of shit they got up to to commemorate things and people in the 18th century!

FWIW OP I think it’s a lovely idea. Breastfeeding is a truly individual experience and thus, means different things to different people. If this feels right for you then go for it.

ThirdThoughts · 26/08/2019 08:48

I was gifted a voucher for milk diamonds (by friends who knew I would appreciate it). Breastfeeding has been a big part of this stage of my life being a mother of young children and having a little reminder of this time seems lovely.

Maybe in 10 or 20 years it will seem daft to me or maybe it means I'm sentimental. It doesn't really matter does it? People buy all sorts of stuff for all sorts of reasons.

You don't need to ask permission or justify yourself to strangers on the internet.

(And folk who think it's disgusting and compare it to urine and faeces... Presumably none of you consume dairy products, consuming udder milk from random cows has got to be a bit more disgusting than preserving a little of your own breast milk in resin to wear, right?

Redspider1 · 26/08/2019 08:56

I keep locks of my DC’s hair. But keeping milk is a bit yucky . I breast fed and it’s a wonderful memory. I personally don’t see how a drop of old milk, and that’s what it is, is s nice think to preserve.

BettysLeftTentacle · 26/08/2019 08:59

My own breastmilk - ewwwwwwwwwww!!! Yuck!!! Urrrghhh!! Disgusting!!!!

Ingests copious amounts of a random cow’s milk in my morning coffee

EmilyStar · 26/08/2019 09:00

I think it’s a lovely idea.

Redspider1 · 26/08/2019 09:01

I don’t find breast milk yukky , I find keeping old milk unappealing and don’t see how that would be nice in jewellery.

19lottie82 · 26/08/2019 09:01

A bit weird and yick IMO but each to their own. If you want to do it, why not?

Lowlandlucky · 26/08/2019 09:02

Whatever makes you happy. I wouldnt as i just fed my first 2 and bottle fed the next, there was no journey, no big deal,no drama, no medals offered

TSSDNCOP · 26/08/2019 09:06

Sweet.

I’m going to see if I can get an SMA scoop dipped to wear as a pendant.

WalkofShame · 26/08/2019 09:08

@Bezalelle

What next? Pendants made of fanny juice?
You win the internet

PinguForPresident · 26/08/2019 09:18

Good grief. Such vitriol on this thread. Comparing breastmilk to poo or vaginal secretions. Describing it as "gross" and icky. Breastfeeding can be bloody tough, and every breastfeeding mum should be proud of herself for doing something amazing.

Sadly, in this country breastfeeding isn't "ordinary" as someone claimed upthread. It's unusual past a few weeks and highly unusual past a few months. If a mum wants to celebrate her own achievements in BF then we should be encouraging her, not mocking her. Such mean-spirited comments on this thread.

You go for it, OP. And well done for achieving your BF goals.

WalkofShame · 26/08/2019 09:22

Oh, it’s not just limited to breast milk. I think hair and teeth in jewellery, ashes in tattoos etc all make me feel 🤮🤮🤮

Why would someone need encouraging, if you want to do it, do it. If you don’t, don’t.

But if you go in a forum asking for opinions, you’ll get them.

Boxerbinky · 26/08/2019 09:35

The ones I've seen have all been beautiful.. I have a bit of my bm saved and intend to have a little something made myself. Xx

KUGA · 26/08/2019 09:37

Surely the memory is the patter of tiny feet.
Sounds gross tbh.

JacquesHammer · 26/08/2019 09:40

We look back on the Victorians and think they were quite odd for having brooches made of the hair of their dead loved ones

I don’t think they’re odd. I’ve got one I found in a vintage store

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