Breast milk jewellery- cute or wierd?!

[wildmoon]

Okay.... so I can't decide if this is cute or WIERD.

But..... I am currently bf and drawing to the end of the journey- maybe another month or 2. I feel really sad about giving up but I know it's time.

I saw some breast milk jewellery where they use resin to make a pearl looking stone out of breast milk.

I thought maybe this would be a cute keepsake... if not to wear then maybe just a little heart shaped one to keep in a special box.

Thoughts on this? Cute? wierd?

Also- do you know of any other ideas for breastfeeding keepsakes/ souvenirs?

What does being an ‘empath’ actually mean? Is it bollocks like being a wizard?

I get pains in my legs when I watch people fall over on You’ve Been Framed, does that make me an empath? 🤞🏻

The study is based on reports from mothers. It doesn’t measure breastfeeding benefits for children.
There are plenty of studies that show the emotional and cognitive benefits of breastfed babies.

Someone who has the ability to empathise with others. So like... a regular human, I guess?

I think ultimately the studies generally show essentially, fuck all difference in outcomes for babies, however they’re fed. I mean, there’s a trillion threads on here that have degenerated into BF vs FF, in which posters have cited huge numbers of peer-reviewed studies that basically say, ‘no discernible difference in outcomes’. So long as people actually care for, nurture and remember to feed and water their babies, they’ll be just grand.

Shame the thread has descended into what can only be described as trolling.

OP don’t worry about what anyone else thinks - if you’d like some of the jewellery, order something special for yourself.

And if they want to make slightly loud jewellery from breast milk, their kid’s hair, their first tooth, a boiled-to-death carrot baton, some damp rusk, meconium, or a deep fried slice of placenta, to commemorate various milestones, fuck it, crack on.

You don’t understand what trolling means @GodspeedJune if you think that’s what’s happened here.

But I totally agree, if OP likes the idea she should do it, irrespective of others views

@Ouchmehip What do you think it is then?

Posts intended to cause upset or invoke an emotional reaction are trolling in my book. And there’s plenty here.

You've just described half the posts on mumsnet 😄

@GodspeedJune posts that are made to deliberately cause upset are trolling. This is an emotive subject and posters are putting their point across, on both sides. This is not trolling.

Sad this thread has descended into this. What was wrong with a simple yes or no 😒
Some people need to take a really good look in the mirror!

@My2pence2day don’t you think if people had just said “no”, OP might reasonably have asked why not? And people would have reasonably responded. We’ve shortcutted that superfluous question

Happy to summarize the thread. No.

Yak. No. Not needed

I think fine to say ew no gross, or oh I think that's amazing, but it's gone way beyond that. I wonder if these people are like this in real life.

There’s nothing I’d say on this thread that I’d not say in real life @My2pence2day

You can surely understand the polarisation that such a topic causes? People have responded to that. But I maintain OP should do what pleases her.

I just don't understand why either 'side' needs to get so nasty, it seems to now be a pro or anti BF thread. I don't even know why there needs to be a side at all

I was on a thread about it before Breastmilk Jewellery www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/4655935-breastmilk-jewellery?msgid=-4655935#-4655935

I hadn't heard of it before seeing that. My dh has had the setting made out of the gold he found himself during my pregnancy which is the most special thing to keep forever. I've loved my bf journey

Because @My2pence2day you have “pro” posters on this thread who claim at worst or intimate at best that they bond better with their kids, or their kids feel more love. Which in the cold light of day is absolute rubbish. And I don’t believe anyone is “anti” breast feeding. It just isn’t for everyone for many reasons.

At risk of sounding like everyone’s mum, when your kids get to adulthood and become people of whom we expect a valuable contribution to society, whether you breastfed or not will matter not a whit. But I’d rather newer mums weren’t made to feel like shit in the process.

@Ouchmehip comments from both 'sides' seem pretty sad to me. Early on someone said it was smug which was weird given you wouldn't even know it was breastmilk unless someone told you. No one in my friendship group or family even talks about this, it's a non issue. Some of us BF and some of us didn't for whatever reasons and no body judged either side. Why would you 😕

@My2pence2day i appreciate the genuineness of your replies 😊

I think this issue is that on a post of this nature - and it’s not a dig at the OP - there will always be a sub text.

The point about the jewellery is that’s it’s on display. Someone will ask about it. Breastfeeding can be discreet as either the mum chooses or limited surroundings dictate. So I think it’s the showiness of the jewellery that feels smug to some. Definitely not the feeding itself.

As I said I breastfed for as long as possible but now my kid is an adult with a colourful life, how he was fed back then is meaningless.

Have you ever breastfed?

I think it's lovely! Breastfeeding is such a magical thing! And to have a memento of all your hard work is special xx

@Ouchmehip so nice to have a proper discussion, I appreciate that too ☺️ when you put it like that, then yes I can understand how someone might think it's smug.
I personally thought it seemed very weird, but then thought it was quite a cool idea after I goggled it.
I do however draw the line at placenta earrings, that post made me actually lol 😆

@My2pence2day i had a section at 14 days overdue, lazy sod, so my placenta looked like a jigsaw. Thinking back it was probably in perfect earring shaped pieces!