Breast Milk Jewlerry

[Emo76]

Interesting idea!

Why? Why? Why?

Is this for the mums that dry out their placentas and have them made into ornaments?!

Or maybe a Placenta Teddy Bear

That article is excellent donkey.

GiloutNumbered - eww eww eww
Why would anyone think that was a good idea?

So if BF defines us as a woman, does the mean if you FF your tits fall off and you grow a cock?

Oh God, something about it appeals to me and I only managed to BF ds twice

Haven't read the article yet, but I'm very happy to stand up and be counted as a feminist and I have written some academic stuff on gender theory. I would still say bf has been a wonderful part of my life

But is it your whole life? Does it define you?

midnightinmoscow

I was wondering what that was down there....

There's no way I would be able to keep the horrified look off my face if someone told me they were wearing their breast milk in jewellery form

It seems way too smug for me - but then I only managed 3 weeks of bf so maybe I'm just bitter!

And I thought the woman I once heard of who used her breast milk to make scones was weird.....

Just to clarify, I wouldn't wear it or show it to anyone, I would just pop it in ds's baby box :)

Doesn't the milk go sour inside that little pendant thing?

Oh I see, it's preserved. Oh well, each to their own.

Awful. Shades of when Angelina used to wear a vial of BB Thornton's blood around her neck to demonstrate their special relationship.

It's resin. I did find a way to do it yourself online, which was also pretty awesome.

For some people, breastfeeding is "just" a way of feeding their baby. And obviously that's fine. For others it means more than that. There are a lot of reasons why breastfeeding was - and continues to be - an important part of my life, and a beautiful thing like this is a lovely way to remember it.

Again, the comparison to other bodily fluids is ridiculous. Show me another bodily fluid that contains HAMLET cells, for example.

Whatever about being a bit different or whatever being made of milk.

They're cheap and ugly and look like those kids things you see for sale on the street in holiday resorts.

Made with shells
Is missing from the end of my post above

"but I have just loved the closeness of feeding."

I breastfed because I didn't want to bottle feed. It didn't make me feel any closer to DD, it was just a way to feed DD (and gave me a chance to sit down and watch the repeats of This Life).

I must admit I don't get this smuggery about the "wonderful feeling" that breastfeeding gives you. It didn't make me feel wonderful (especially not at first - it was pretty painful to start with). It is something you get on with to nourish your baby - end of. And I don't feel the need to tell the world that I breastfed, any more than I need to tell the world that I made toad in the hole for tea last night. I think thw whole idea is just ridiculous.

I love the "closeness" of having sex with my husband - I don't however feel the need to advertise the fact by wearing spunky gems!

In response to the "not all bodily fluids" tenuously clutching at straws statement - what would you say if I were to present my boys with signet rings containing my husband's seminal fluid because without his sperm they would never have come in to existence?

spunky gems

Agree the bodily fluids issue is not the cringeworthy element of this - it's the "I feel the need to show the world that I am defined by this one relationship/experience".

Exactly MissBeehiving