Tanya Trail, CPM

In 2004, while working with displaced families and the homeless in Costa Rica, I realized women were not receiving proper care throughout their childbearing experience.  At that point I started researching how I could help and meet a community need.  I looking into the path of midwifery and found home birth midwifery to be the most holistically minded and freeing for facilitating families in their own environment, no matter how limiting medical oversight would be.  That became the start of my path to the CPM (certified professional midwife).  I then completed 6 years of education, a combination of schooling and a clinical apprenticeship with families in the US.  In 2010 I finished my studies and went on to open my own midwifery practice.  I have had the joy of supporting over 300 families from over 14 countries through their pregnancy, labors and postpartum periods. I’ve been able to have both an Atlanta based practice and also a Southeast Asia practice providing service over the last 10 years.

Client Reviews

  • Lisa C, 2011 Mom

    Lisa C, 2011 Mom

    Tanya was an amazing midwife, and I highly recommend her for anyone considering home birth. It was our first pregnancy, and my husband and I didn’t know much about home birth at the time. She was a great teacher, patient and well educated, helping us understand our choices at each step. During labor and delivery, she was the perfect mix of supportive, direct, and caring. We had a beautiful natural home birth that was one of the most empowering experiences for me as a woman and a mom.

  • Anna Marie, 2019

    As a first time mom, I appreciated Tanya’s patient and nurturing approach to prenatal visits. Building trust with her was such an integral part of having a peaceful and positive birth experience. Thank you does not even begin to express my gratitude. Tanya will always be a special part of my family for helping me to birth in a wash that felt authentic and empowering.

  • MacKenzie M, mom of 4

    We hired Tanya for our very first home birth. My husband had some concerns about homebirth and Tanya put his mind right at ease. When the time came to have my son, she very skillfully assisted in, what just so happened to be, my most difficult labor. She was a problem solver, and gave the confidence I needed to have my baby. I would never do birth any differently in the future, with any other midwife. Five stars from us!!

  • Paloma, 2022

”We know that birth takes a woman from one place in her life to another.  The birth of a child certainly does change her viewpoint of herself and I believe her viewpoint of the world” 

- Sameerah Shareef