Welcome to my Indigo Willow's Breastmilkjewelry.com blog!

Hi, World! 

This is the first blog post for my website www.breastmilkjewelry.com There you will find breast milk pendants, breast milk rings, and other breast milk jewelry (that's right-- jewelry made from your own pure breast milk!), along with placenta pendants made from encapsulated placenta powder and personalized jewelry. 

About Me 

I'm a Registered Nurse turned stay at home mom, placenta encapsulator, and childbirth educator. When I was working as a nurse, I was put on bed rest and had a difficult time. Since I knew that women on bed rest have a more difficult time with baby blues and an increased risk of Postpartum Depression, I started researching natural ways to prevent it. I wanted to enjoy every moment I had with my new baby and I planned on breastfeeding, so heavy medications were out of the question for me. This led me to placenta encapsulation since placenta encapsulation is known for an increase in milk and lifting moods. It really helped my moods and I had plenty of milk for my baby so I decided to start offering the service to local mothers. Placenta encapsulation eventually led me to find other creative things to do with placenta powder.

I've been an advocate of breastfeeding and breast milk's healing and nutritive properties since the birth of my child. I've enjoyed our breastfeeding journey for the past year and a half so far. It's been a long and bumpy road. I've had supply issues (which I'll address in a future post), and dealt with soreness from a super-hungry wee one. I'm truly thankful that I have been able to continue breastfeeding despite my struggles with it.

Indigo Willow

All my life I've been artistic. For as long as I can remember I've loved sketching ideas, drawing, sculpting, painting, and eventually got into logo and graphic design, and crocheting. My love for art ran the deepest, though, with jewelry. I love creating beautiful, wearable things! I begin making placenta pendants as a creative outlet for myself while also giving my customers something beautiful as a keepsake to remember their pregnancy.

Eventually, my passion for creating mixed with my passion for breast feeding sparked more fires in my soul and led me to the creation of breast milk jewelry. I loved being able to commemorate my time breast feeding with a physical keepsake and decided to begin offering this to other mothers who feel the same way about breastfeeding their precious little ones.