Women seeking a lasting memento of the hours they spent nursing their babies have embraced a new trend for jewellery made from their own breast milk, with sales soaring during the Covid-19 pandemic. Parents from around the world wanting to keep a personal token of the time have been flocking to commission trinkets from online jewellers, sending off vials of their milk in the post to be made into rings and necklaces. The milk is then sterilised, chemically and mechanically treated and pulverised, before it is made into a resin and given several layers of protective coating, while the pieces can take between 10 and 21 ... (full story)