About
About Azaria
Azaria Baggett
MFA, CLC, Lamaze trainee
Azaria Baggett, MFA, CLC, LCCE (trainee), is a birth worker, dance artist, educator, author, and mother of two.
Currently, Azaria is a Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) helping parents on their lactation journeys. She is also a Lamaze Trainee, teaching evidence-based birth classes. She awaits certification in 2026. Additionally, she is a certified Postpartum Doula through Childbirth International.
Azaria holds an M.F.A. in dance from Texas Woman's University and a B.A. in Spanish with minors in dance and dance therapy. As a former tenured Associate Professor of dance, Azaria has deep knowledge about working with the body, teaching, movement as expression, and movement in functional processes.
She gave birth to both of her children safely at home under midwifery care. In the process of receiving care under a birth center and later another midwifery practice, she realized that the education she was receiving was far beyond that of her peers and contemporaries.
That experience is what pushed her into birth work. She now teaches and supports parents across the full range of settings: hospital births, birth centers, and home births.
Credentials & Background
- Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) (Healthy Children's Project/ ALPP)
- Certified Postpartum Doula (Childbirth International)
- Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator (Trainee, certification 2026)
- Red Cross Adult & Pediatric CPR/AED and First Aid Certified
- M.F.A. in Dance, Texas Woman's University
- B.A. in Spanish with minors in Dance and Dance Therapy
- Former Tenured Associate Professor of Dance
- Two successful home births under midwifery care
- Nursed for 2 years and counting
My Story
From the moment I knew I wanted to conceive; I began consuming all of the knowledge about birth I could get my hands on. I knew I was afraid of birth, but I didn’t want fear to be my experience. I knew I needed to do the work to educate myself, choose the right providers for me, and work through fear before I was in labor.
I decided that I wanted to have an unmedicated vaginal birth and I thought a birth center would be the best option for me to achieve those goals. After the closing of my birth center two months before I was supposed to give birth, I decided to go the home-birth route with a local midwifery service. I loved my experience, I loved my care, and I loved the education and support I received.
I began to realize my peers were not getting the same education I was and many where wholly unaware of their options around birth. This lit a fire in me. By my second successful home-birth with my daughter, I knew that it was time for me to begin sharing my knowledge base with those beyond my friend group. I became certified and I haven’t looked back.
If you are looking for evidence-based education with the goal of limited interventions, you have come to the right place. I look forward to working with you and becoming part of your momma village.
My Mission
My Momma Village LLC (MMV) supports birthing people before, during, and after birth. I am dedicated to the education, health, and wellbeing of parents by centering evidence-based practices and support.
Services include childbirth education classes, doula services, lactation education, and more.
"When parents are supported, they thrive.
When parents thrive, children blossom."