Midwife Tanashia Huff, LM, CPM

03/07/2026

🌴 Spring Break Mode: ACTIVATED 🌴

I am officially off the clock and on vacation for Spring Break. That means I’ll be trading charting and phone calls for family time, sunshine, ocean breezes, good food, and maybe a nap or two. ☀️

If you need me while I’m away, please email me with any questions. I’ll make sure everything gets answered.

📵 Friendly reminder: no phone calls or texts while I’m away unless it’s a true emergency. My phone and I are currently in a very serious boundary-setting phase.

Thank you for letting me unplug for a bit so I can come back refreshed and ready to take great care of everyone again. See you soon! 💛

02/25/2026

Thank you, Melissa! I truly appreciate you & the part you've played in my journey.

Black History Month Doula Highlight

Today we are honored to highlight Midwife Tanashia Huff, LM, CPM , serving families in Tallahassee, Florida and surrounding communities.

Tanashia is a nationally certified professional midwife in Florida whose lifelong calling has been to support women through pregnancy and birth. She began her career as a Labor & Delivery Nurse, spending eighteen years caring for families in the hospital setting. After her own healing home birth in 2010, she decided to expand her services by completing her CCDS/DONA Birth Doula Training in 2012, joining the Tallahassee Doula Co-Op and serving clients as a doula (while also working in L/D as a RN). Tanashia began midwifery school in 2013 and now serves clients in out-of-hospital settings.

With experience as a nurse, doula, and midwife, Tanashia has attended births in hospital, birth center, and home settings, bringing a well-rounded perspective to her care and we are proud to celebrate Tanashia’s dedication to expanding empowering birth options within her community.

Huff, LM, CPM
Tallahassee, Florida & surrounding communities
www.midwifetanashiahuff.com

02/14/2026

Roses are red, violets are blue... If Cupid’s aim is good tonight, November might be busy for you.

Valentine’s Day babies conceived today will be due around November 7th… and guess what? I have availability!

So whether your plans include candlelight, chocolate, or just an early bedtime (no judgment here), just know... if Cupid shows up, I’m here for the catch in November.

Happy Valentine’s Day! ♥️ And if you end up with more than flowers… you know where to find me.

02/10/2026

Babies in Common recognizes our Laura of Health and Lactation.

Grateful for the steady, compassionate support of Laura. She shows up for our families with so much wisdom, patience, and heart, and it truly makes a difference in those early postpartum days. Having a trusted, skilled lactation resource like Laura in our community is such a gift, and I’m thankful to partner with her in caring for the families we serve.

Did Laura support you in your breastfeeding journey?

📍Florida - Tallahassee and Big Bend Region

Meet Laura Dearman, IBCLC 🤍who offers full‑spectrum, holistic lactation care—from prenatal education through gentle weaning. Her work is rooted in the belief that parents are the experts on their babies, and she partners with families to support feeding in ways that feel informed, respectful, and empowering.

A mother of five, Laura brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her care. Her personal feeding journey spans full‑term breastfeeding to exclusive pumping for over 12 months with her preterm twins. She has supported birth, bonding, and infant feeding since 2010 and achieved her long‑time goal of becoming an IBCLC in 2022.

Laura specializes in holistic lactation care, fl**ge fitting and best practices for pumping, and supporting breastfeeding dyads with FPIES infants, using gentle, food‑based, whole‑family‑centered approaches. Her passion for gut health and the microbiome grew from her own family’s healing journey and now informs her thoughtful approach to lactation and early health.

Laura believes that nurturing gut health in the earliest years lays the foundation for lifelong wellness—and that providing human milk can be a powerful first step 💛
https://www.babiesincommon.com/directory/item/laura-dearman-ibclc

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👶🏼 👶🏿 👶🏽 👶 If you are a parent, parent-to-be, or someone who works with families who are feeding 👶🏼 👶🏿 👶🏽 👶 👶🏼 👶🏿 babies: then our Directory may come in handy🖐 for you, no matter where in the world 🌎 you are (or the person you are supporting is).⁠
🔎 Find lactation professionals who have taken one of our pumping-related courses and are committed to helping families get support with pumping, fl**ge fitting, and so much more. ⁠
⏰ From time to time, we'll be posting about Directory members so you can learn about the services they provide. ⁠
👁️ 👁️ Check out the Directory soon--and notice that it's an attractive format and providers are searchable by name, practice location, state/province, country...⁠
babiesincommon(dot)com/directory⁠
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02/03/2026

I fell into the ChatGPT rabbit hole yesterday. If you did too, share yours in the comments...

01/11/2026

Today my youngest turns 16...✨️✨️

Sixteen years ago, she entered this world at home, in water, surrounded by family, dear friends, and an extraordinary midwifery team. And my life was forever changed. 💜

That day wasn’t just the day I met this fierce, beautiful human. It was the day I fell completely in love with home birth. I experienced firsthand what it looks like when care is rooted in trust, evidence, intuition, and deep respect for birth. I felt held (not just physically, but emotionally and spiritually) through pregnancy, birth, and the tender postpartum weeks. And something in me shifted. I knew, without question, that this was the work I was meant to do.

To my midwives and birth team: thank you. Thank you for your skill, your calm presence, your wisdom, your humor, and your unwavering belief in me. Thank you for walking alongside our family with such love and care. The midwife I am today was born alongside my daughter because of you. Layla, Christy, Alice.... thank you!

And to my girl... happy sweet sixteen! You came into this world powerfully and lovingly, and you continue to live that way every day. You are strong, compassionate, funny, and deeply yourself. Watching you grow has been one of the greatest privileges of my life (even on the days when teenage sass makes an appearance 😉).
Sixteen years of loving you. Sixteen years of gratitude. Sixteen years of loving home birth.

🎂🎂 Happy Birthday, Mariah 🎉🎉

(Link to my birth story in the comments)

12/27/2025

As this year comes to a close, my heart is overflowing with gratitude. To every family who opened their home, their hearts, and their most sacred moments to me... thank you.

Being invited into your birth space is never something I take lightly. Birth is holy ground, and your trust is an honor that humbles me every single time.

This year, I had the privilege of attending over 30 births... 30+ miracles, 30+ stories, 30+ moments where heaven felt close. I witnessed strength, surrender, courage, tears, prayers, laughter, and the raw, holy power of women bringing life into the world. Each family changed me. Each baby reminded me exactly why I was called to this work.

Thank you for allowing me to walk beside you, to pray with you, to advocate for you, and to serve you in one of the most vulnerable and powerful seasons of your lives. Thank you for trusting my hands, my heart, and my calling.

I give all the glory to God for sustaining me, guiding me, and blessing this work beyond what I could ever imagine.

As I look ahead to 2026, I do so with expectancy, humility, and deep gratitude... ready to continue serving, learning, and answering this calling with faith and love.
I am endlessly grateful. Truly blessed. 💜

12/17/2025

✨️ 2026 Availability Update ✨️

My 2026 calendar is already filling up quickly, and I want to make sure you have the latest scoop on my availability:

🌸 Jan thru August: BOOKED
🌸 August - 3 (late Aug)
🌸 September – 4 due dates
🌸 October – 4 due dates
🌸 November – 4 due dates
🌸 December – 3 (limited, early Dec)

If you’re hoping for a 2026 due date, now is the time to schedule your FREE consultation!

📲 Call or message today, and let’s start this journey together.

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10/30/2025

Sometimes, even with the most thoughtful preparation and attentive care, birth takes us on an unexpected path.

I’m deeply grateful for our collaborative physicians and the compassionate & skilled nurses who welcomed us with professionalism, kindness, and respect. Their teamwork ensures that both mom and baby receive exactly what they need in the moment.

It’s important to remember that a home birth is never the ultimate goal.

The goal is a healthy mom, a healthy baby, and care that honors the birthing family’s dignity and choices every step of the way.

When everyone works together with open communication and mutual respect, birth remains sacred... no matter where it happens.

10/06/2025

✨️ It's National Midwifery Week✨️

As I sit here reflecting on seven years, 180+ births, and countless sleepless nights, I can’t help but feel deeply grateful. Every family who has invited me into their birth space, your trust has been holy ground. You’ve let me witness the raw power of creation, the sacred strength of women, and the miracle of new life in its first breath.

There have been births where we laughed until we cried… and births where we cried until we laughed. I’ve caught babies by candlelight, by flashlight, and once by moonlight. Each one has been a story of faith, courage, and grace.

So, on this second day of National Midwifery Week, I give thanks to all of the families who’ve made me a part of your story! You’ve given me the honor of standing in awe of God’s handiwork time and time again. Thank you!

10/06/2025

🌿 Benefits of a Home Birth with a Licensed Midwife

Choosing a home birth means trusting your body, your baby, and your birth team. With a licensed home birth midwife by your side, you get personalized, evidence-based care in the comfort of your own home.

✨ Benefits include:

1. Individualized, Relationship-Based Care
From your first prenatal visit to postpartum care, your midwife truly knows you. Appointments are unhurried, holistic, and centered on your physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

2. Comfort of Home
You’re free to move, eat, rest, and birth in the environment where you feel safest and most relaxed. Feeling safe and supported can help labor progress more smoothly and reduce the need for interventions.

3. Evidence-Based, Safe Care
Licensed home birth midwives are trained professionals skilled in supporting normal physiological birth and identifying when medical care is needed. They bring medical equipment for both mother and baby and are trained in emergency response.

4. Low Intervention Rates
Without routine hospital interventions, home birth supports the natural rhythm of labor. Research shows that healthy, low-risk women attended by licensed midwives at home experience fewer inductions, epidurals, and cesarean births.

5. Family-Centered Experience
Your birth, your way. Partners, siblings, and loved ones can be as involved as you wish, creating a calm and intimate start for your baby’s life.

6. Seamless Postpartum Care
Your midwife continues to provide follow-up care by monitoring your healing, supporting breastfeeding, and checking in on your baby transitioning to life outside of the womb.

7. Empowerment and Trust
Birthing at home with a licensed midwife honors birth as a normal and powerful event, not a medical emergency. Families often describe their experience as deeply empowering and transformative.

📷 Jessica Blake Photography

10/04/2025

✨️ Four births in five days, y’all. FOUR! Two were merely hours apart. My body is tired, but my heart is full. 💜

I just want to take a moment to shout out my incredible birth assistants! No matter when I call, they always show up ready to work. Middle of the night? They are there. Middle of dinner? They are there. Middle of a one day off? …you already know. 😅

I may be the one catching the babies, but I absolutely could not do what I do without the steady hands, sharp eyes, quiet strength, and professionalism that they bring to every birth space. They anticipate what I need before I say it. They show compassion & empathy to every family.

To my birth worker sisters out there, if you’ve got someone on your team who shows up with both skill and heart... hold on to them tight and don’t ever let them go. They are gold!

To my assistants... thank you for being my right hand and my calm in the chaos. You make this sacred work sustainable. You make it joyful. You make it possible.

Now… let’s hydrate, nap, nourish our bodies, and wait for the next birth marathon.

Which assistant was at your birth? Give her a mention in the comments.