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Nikki Avila

In the Waiting Doula Services

Bakersfield, CA   Service range 100 miles Must provide hotel listings nearby your birthing place

https://www.inthewaitingdoulaservices.com

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Birth Fee

$2975 to $3250

Postpartum Rate

$35

Indigenous/Aboriginal Doula

Availability Remarks: N/A

Birth Fee

$2975 to $3250

Postpartum Rate

$35


Medicaid and Third Party Insurers

Currently approved to receive payments from the following programs:


Birth Doula Experience

17 years and 142 births attended

Postpartum Doula Experience

7 years and 2 families served


Birth Doula Certifications

  • Hypnobabies - Certified Hypno-Doula

Doula Training

  • Self-trained, December 2018
  • Self-trained, December 2018
  • Hypnobabies, June 2021

Type of practice: Partnership with 2 or more doulas

Clients per month: 3 to 4 births and 0 to 1 postpartum families

Postpartum limits/restrictions: Open to all families! No smoking preferred.

Attends hospital births? All Hospitals
All hospitals

Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers
Please let birth centers know that you hired me as your Birth Support

Attends home births? Any Home Birth
ALL HOME BIRTHS and Un-assited/Assisted births


College Education

AA/AS


Special Services Offered

  • Abortion support
  • Acupressure
  • Antepartum doula support
  • Aromatherapy
  • Belly binding
  • Belly casting
  • Birth art therapy services
  • Birth pool rental
  • Childbirth education services
  • First Aid and CPR
  • Hypnosis for birth
  • Lactation consultant/counselor services
  • LGBTQIA+ Support
  • Military families support
  • Miscarriage support
  • Monitrice services
  • Mother blessing celebrations
  • Photography - Birth
  • Reduced rates for women considering adoption
  • Reiki
  • Satellite doula (for remote and rural clients)
  • Special Services
  • Surrogates and intended parents
  • TENS units rental
  • Twins and multiples birth support
  • Twins and multiples postpartum support
  • Virtual and remote doula support

Relevant volunteer or advocacy work

I have served and provided care for foster youth and young girls under 18, and there is no fee.

Languages Spoken

  • English

Fee Details

Birth doula services are $3,200, which include 5 prenatal visits and unlimited hours during the birthing process and one 3 hour postpartum following up which includes, belly binding and ceremonial bone closing. Indigenous Birth Worker

Service Area

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Bakersfield, CA Service range 100 miles Must provide hotel listings nearby your birthing place

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Birth Availability for Nikki Avila

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