Best Childbirth Class Bakersfield Near Me

4worldlovers: Welcome to my page, here you will get to learn more about who I am and how I can best support you through your journey through your pregnancy, surrogacy and birth.


My name is Nikki Avila and I have been providing support for pregnant mamas and surrogacy carriers for a few years. I am passionate about providing support, education and advocacy to those on their journey through motherhood or surrogacy.

In 2018, I decided to sharpen my love for birth work by enrolling in doula training in a few doula organizations. I studied in both Birth and Postpartum work, I searched for a doula training that was well rounded in diversity and inclusion and continual support even after certification.

As a doula, your education does not stop, you always want to find ways to grow, learn and advocate. In 2020, felt called to become a Certified Childbirth Educator, after 40 hours of in person training I became certified as a Hypnobabies Childbirth Instructor and Hypno-Doula in 2021.

This program has shifted the way I support others through their journey, it has helped me change the way I view birth, and the power of language, I’d love to share with you how birth can be much more enjoyable.

After hours of classes through Hypnobabies, you’ll discover your innate power to birth with clarity and empowerment! You will feel much more prepared and comfortable with support through your journey.

I offer consultations to see if Hypnobabies is right for you? If Hypnobabies if not something you want, I also instruct other courses that may be more suitable for your journey as no two birth paths are alike, and still have a path to evidence based information and a path that is right for your birthing journey.

If you would like a FREE consultation, please contact me and I would be happy to set a date and time with you and your support person.

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4worldlovers: Justine Backhaus, LM, CPM, IBCLC, is the clinical director and founder of the Bakersfield Birth Center. Justine’s vision is to provide women and their families the opportunity to experience pregnancy, birth and the post-natal period in a safe, and mother-baby friendly environment. The Bakersfield Birth Center was designed to do just that.

Whether you opt to have your baby in our beautiful, state-of-the-art birthing center or want to explore your other natural birthing options – including home birth and water birth experiences – our experienced midwife is happy to consult, and provide you with information to assist you in your decision making process.

The Midwives Model of Care was created by the Midwifery Taskforce Inc., in 1996 as a collaborative effort between the Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA), the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM), the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC) and Citizens for Midwifery (CfM). It was inspired as a response to the fact that most mainstream medical doctors had no idea what midwifery care really meant, and – therefore – felt it was an unsafe practice. As a result, the Midwifery Taskforce Inc., created a universal definition of what it means to provide – and receive – The Midwives Model of Care.


Have you always wanted to labor in peace? Sans fluorescent lighting, a rotating regimen of nurses and/or doctors and in the manner and positions in which you are most comfortable? Are you curious about your options for out-of-hospital birth? If you are a healthy, low-risk woman you may be a perfect candidate for a birth center or home birth experience, assisted by our licensed midwife, Justine Backhaus.

Whether you’re choosing to have a natural birth, a midwife-assisted water birth at home, or a water birth at our beautiful freestanding birth center, our Evidence Page will assist you in finding data that supports your decision to birth un-medicated and out-of-hospital. It is reassuring that your intuitive feelings about where and how to birth your baby are actually supported by the evidence.

Our Birth Center is located in Bakersfield. Justine provides home birth services to the surrounding

Kern County and Northern Los Angeles County areas, including (but not limited to) Bakersfield,

Delano, Wasco, Shafter, Kernville, Lake Isabella, Arvin, Frazier Park Tehachapi, Ridgecrest,