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FEATURE - Das gibts nicht beim Juwelier: Heather Timberlake macht Schmuck aus Muttermilch
Heather Timberlake after Grayson's birth (PA REAL LIFE/CAYTON PHOTO AND FILM) *** Mum shares the very emotional reason she makes
jewellery from breast milk
By James Butler, PA Real Life
A mum-of-two who could not breastfeed her eldest son after a traumatic birth has turned
the ordeal into a positive by making her own jewellery out of breast milk.
Heather Timberlake, 30, from Greenville, North Carolina, was diagnosed with both pre eclampsia, a condition that causes high blood pressure during pregnancy or soon after
labour, and HELLP syndrome, a rare liver and blood clotting disorder that can affect
pregnant women, shortly after Logan was born in August 2017.
She became extremely unwell and that left her unable to produce enough milk to
breastfeed little Logan, now three.
So when she had Grayson, now 16 months, in November 2019, Heather was determined
to breastfeed - and researched making jewellery out of her milk as a way to
commemorate the achievement.
Now she and her childhood sweetheart husband Charles, 30, make a full -time living
creating breast-milk jewellery - selling it to mothers around the world under the brand
Logan Grey Jewelry, named after their sons.
Heather said: "It means everything to me to be able to do what I do.
"There are so many emotions that go into each bit of jewellery I make - some happy,
some sad - but regardless, I want to make sure each piece is something the customer can
be proud of.
"Because I'm a breastfeeding mum, several clients have assumed I'm using my own milk
to make the jewellery, which isn't the case - but it always makes me laugh."
In fact, the milk is supplied by the mums themselves, who post it to Heather when they
place their jewellery order.
And some mums have very moving reasons for wanting to preserve their milk.
"I've made jewellery for mums who can't breastfeed because they have cancer and want
to preserve some of their milk this way, or mums whose baby is no longer on earth and
their bre
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