Photo credits: Andrew DiMaio, Debora Lacreta
Nursing is one of the most important things that brings a mother and her baby closer. The precious time when you watch your little one giggle, yawn, blink at you, and smile before slipping into sleep while sipping on your milk is memorable! You’d never want to forget those faces. What if you could preserve these memories forever? Or, even better, if you could do so in the form of jewelry? Yes, you’ve heard that right. Your breast milk can actually be turned into beautiful jewelry! Sounds incredible, doesn’t it? Let’s give you an insight into it.
Mamma’s Liquid Love is an online store dedicated to handmade breast milk jewelry. It’s founder Ann Marie Sharoupim is also the mother of two pretty daughters. She explains on her website how the idea was born. For several weeks following the birth of her second daughter, she was unable to produce enough milk. During this period, she used donor milk and as a thank you, she created a pendant for the generous milk donor. This was the first time Ann created a breast milk jewelry piece. The gratitude and happiness of the donor inspired her to start the store.
Photo credits: Andrew DiMaio, Debora Lacreta
Image: Mamma’s Liquid Love
Photo credits: Andrew DiMaio, Debora Lacreta
The breast milk jewelry is made with metals like sterling silver, rose gold, white gold, and yellow gold. There is a wide variety of products like finger rings, earrings, pendants, and bracelets made out of breast milk. Sounds pretty amazing, right? Some of these jewelry pieces use precious stones and birthstones. You can also ask for additional stones according to your choice. Cubic zirconia, diamonds, emerald, ruby, citrine, and peridot are some of the stones that you can choose for your jewelry.
Image: Mamma’s Liquid Love
Photo credits: Andrew DiMaio, Debora Lacreta
Image: Mamma’s Liquid Love
Photo credits: Andrew DiMaio, Debora Lacreta
If you think about it, you can get really creative over here! There is tiny pearl-shaped, oval-shaped, and square-shaped jewelry already. Breast milk beads in the shape of tiny little baby palms and baby feet, stars, and the moon are beyond cuteness. You can check out the online catalog of designs that they have on their website. Some of the jewelry pieces made with breast milk can have your baby’s name engraved on them. Or you can go for one in which you have both of your initials!
Image: Mamma’s Liquid Love
Photo credits: Andrew DiMaio, Debora Lacreta
Each mother’s breast milk can differ because some of them might have a little more yellowish milk than the others and the amount of fat also varies. Due to this, the breastmilk jewelry made from one person’s milk will look different from that of another person. If it’s more white and less yellow, the pearl that’s made looks brighter!
Image: Mamma’s Liquid Love
Photo credits: Andrew DiMaio, Debora Lacreta
Why breastmilk? People have been always crazy about pearls and diamonds- most mothers would love to gift their daughters something expensive and socially accepted. The breastmilk of the mother is the first thing that a baby literally consumes- it’s their first food! It protects them from diseases by boosting their immunity. C’mon, we all know that, but what else? The emotional bonding that happens between the mother and baby is the strongest during breastfeeding. While it makes the mother feel that they have a part of their heart that’s smiling at them, the baby feels warm and protected.
The sense of security that babies feel when they are with their mother can be always cherished with the help of these breastmilk jewelry pieces. You can gift these to your kids so that they know you’re going to be with them- always.
What do you think of this jewelry? Are they precious or do you feel that they are gross? Would you like to make one for yourself and your baby or would you cringe at the thought of it? Let us know in the comments section below.
