Midwives of East Erie

Midwives of East Erie Midwifery Services in Southwestern Ontario Haldimand & Norfolk Counties est. 2004

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03/10/2026

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03/10/2026

Spring fever has sprung!
Itโ€™s Raining babies
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Happy International Womenโ€™s Day! ๐ŸŽ‰On this day, we celebrate the progress made toward womenโ€™s rights while encouraging co...
03/08/2026

Happy International Womenโ€™s Day! ๐ŸŽ‰

On this day, we celebrate the progress made toward womenโ€™s rights while encouraging continued efforts to create a more inclusive and equal society for everyone. โค๏ธ

As we look at the pictures on the walls of our clinic we reflect on the future generations that are shaped and formed by the current generation and hold on to hope that we are contributing to a more inclusive and equal society for everyone!




Full moon coming!!! Weโ€™re ready ๐Ÿ˜‚โ€ฆ๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿ‘ถ
03/02/2026

Full moon coming!!! Weโ€™re ready ๐Ÿ˜‚โ€ฆ๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿ‘ถ

โธปA heartfelt congratulations to Tabby & Taylor on the arrival of little Thatcher! ๐ŸŽ‰ Weโ€™ve been eagerly anticipating this...
02/28/2026

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A heartfelt congratulations to Tabby & Taylor on the arrival of little Thatcher! ๐ŸŽ‰ Weโ€™ve been eagerly anticipating this day, especially since Thatcher is the first grandchild of our dear second attendant, Michelle. After 17 years of dedication and being an essential part of countless home births, Michelle is now stepping into her most cherished role yetโ€”Grandma! ๐Ÿฅฐ We couldnโ€™t be more excited for the entire family!

02/27/2026

Hereโ€™s where weโ€™re at so far ๐Ÿฉต

Our current total for Floraโ€™s Walk is $200, bringing us closer to our $10,000 goal. Every movement starts somewhere, and this is ours. ๐ŸŒธ

Postpartum mental health struggles can affect anyone, and the funds we raise help ensure parents in our community can access the support they deserve.

If youโ€™ve been thinking about joining, donating, or sharing, this is your sign. Every dollar, every share, every step truly makes a difference.

Letโ€™s build this together. ๐Ÿ’ซ

02/26/2026

Birth doesnโ€™t always go according to plan. Thats why having one matters

But in the end, itโ€™s the baby who tells the story ๐Ÿ’•

02/19/2026

๐Ÿผ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿฝ This is a lactating breast. Not cysts. Not inflammation. Not โ€œtoxic buildup.

Those little bubble-looking spaces?

Theyโ€™re called alveoli and theyโ€™re where milk is made. โœจ

Breasts are made up of thousands of tiny milk-producing sacs, clustered into lobules, all connected by a branching highway of ducts ๐Ÿ›ฃ๏ธ๐Ÿงฌ that carry milk toward the ni**le.

When milk is present, those alveoli can look:
๐Ÿ’งrounded
๐Ÿ’งpale or white
๐Ÿ’งfull and distended

That white youโ€™re seeing?
๐Ÿฅ› Thatโ€™s milk.

Not stored in one big โ€œreservoir.โ€

Not sitting in pockets.

Milk is made continuously in these tiny sacs and released when your body gets the signal, like baby suckling, hand expression, pumping, touch, even thinking about your baby ๐Ÿ’ž

๐ŸŒธ A few important things most people were never taught:

๐Ÿฉธ Breasts are highly vascular, especially in pregnancy and lactation. All that blood flow supports milk production.
๐Ÿง  Milk ejection is hormonal, not mechanical. Oxytocin matters. Safety matters.
๐Ÿ“š This anatomy is normal. Functional. Brilliant.

So if youโ€™ve ever seen images like this labeled as โ€œdisease,โ€ โ€œabnormal,โ€ or โ€œconcerningโ€โ€ฆ thatโ€™s not your body being wrong, thatโ€™s education being missing.

โœจ Your body doesnโ€™t fail at feeding.
โœจ Your breasts arenโ€™t broken.
โœจ This system has sustained human life for thousands of years.

Milk-making isnโ€™t simple.

Itโ€™s alive, responsive, and powerful.

And it deserves to be understood, not feared. ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿผ

โ™ฅ๏ธThis is a conceptual illustration, not a literal or to-scale image of breast anatomy. Itโ€™s meant to show how milk-producing structures relate to ducts and blood supply, not what you would see in a real dissection. The physiology is real but the proportions are illustrative like what we would see in medical education all the time because real anatomy is too small, complex, and layered to photograph clearly sometimes. We often use illustrations in anatomy textbooks, lactation education, and physiology lectures.โ™ฅ๏ธ

-Love,
Badassmotherbirther

๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐๐š๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐Œ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž, ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž, & ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ!
Salud Articular

02/13/2026

For fun!!!! ๐Ÿ˜‰
Describe your birth story using only one gif
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โ€œBronte Maw-Poyton born Jan 24th on the kitchen floor. Thank you beautiful ladies for everything! Terry-Lynn was amazing...
01/27/2026

โ€œBronte Maw-Poyton born Jan 24th on the kitchen floor. Thank you beautiful ladies for everything! Terry-Lynn was amazingโ€

Another beautiful home birth in the kitchen
Maybe he will be a chef ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿณ
Babyโ€™s come when & where they are ready!!!

Thank you for all of the families that have invited us into their birth space itโ€™s been a privilege to support you ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿคฉ   ...
01/06/2026

Thank you for all of the families that have invited us into their birth space itโ€™s been a privilege to support you ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿคฉ





Welcome Kelton Klassen Bonaccorso - Wall Born at 1:58pm December 30, 2025 Norfolk General Hospital Simcoe OntarioWeighin...
01/02/2026

Welcome Kelton Klassen Bonaccorso - Wall
Born at 1:58pm December 30, 2025 Norfolk General Hospital Simcoe Ontario
Weighing 6lbs 5oz
Midwives Terri-Lynn & Carly & Dr.Austin & the wonderful nurses at NGH had the privilege of supporting little Kelton and his family!
Congratulations Bonaccorso-Wall family ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ‰โค๏ธ

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220 Victoria Street Simcoe/340 Lock St W Dunnville/5 Talbot St. W Cayuga
Simcoe, ON

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