Who is Nicole… or better yet … Who am I… I am Nicole Deggins, CNM, MSN, MPH. I am an author, an educator, a coach and an advocate. I am a daughter, a sister, a student and a teacher. I am a traveler, a dancer, and a novice snowboarder. I’m a talker and a listener, a friend and a confidant. I am a dreamer and a believer, a lover of life, a child birth enthusiast, and woman’s advocate. I am an advocate who believes that women and their families have the right to birth where and how they want to. My goal is to help women and their families make INFORMED decisions about their birth experience based on HONEST/ UNBIASED information. (Okay so I have to admit, I have my biases too 
) Enjoy the Introductory Video from my offiical website and if you want to read more of my professional story feel free to continue reading. Thanks for stopping by!!
I started my professional career with my Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Georgetown University in 1994. I advanced my career by completing a dual degree program at Emory University in 1999 where I fulfilled the requirements for the Master of Science in Nursing with a concentration in Midwifery and the Master of Public Health with a concentration in Health Policy and Management. Over the past 15 years, I have had the opportunity to witness birth throughout the country from as far north east as New Hampshire and as far south west as Long Beach, California. I have supported thousands of women in labor and birth and with this blog the next phase of my career began.
My goal is to become a more vocal advocate for women who are experiencing the joys of pregnancy and childbirth. Through this blog, I look forward to sharing and giving honest information. I hope to encourage dialogue that will give the child birth experience back to the individuals it belongs to; the pregnant woman and her family.
If you would like to speak with me directly, leave a comment here or at the end of any post. Learn more about me and how I came to to be here by reading my first and second posts. You can contact me privately via email at Nicole at your birth right dot com. Either way, I look forward to it!!
In Birth and Love
Nicole
There is a whole lot of valuable information here for mommies 2 b and new mommies. I can tell you are writing from the heart since you are passionate about getting out excellent and relevant information during a time when mothers have so many questions and need reliable sources. I will share your blog with others. Now let me get out of here in case the universe thinks I want to get pregnant! lol
Tracy thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment
. Pass the word around for sure and don’t drink the water. Last I heard that was linked to some pregnancy epidemic LOL.
Hi Nicole. Love your blog. I will guide others to your website. Keep up the good work girlfriend.
Thanks Veronica!! So glad you stopped by!!
THANKS so much Tracy for the kind words. You are awesome. I hope no one thinks I paid you to say these things LOL…. They mean a lot. Thanks for visiting my blog!!!
I met Nicole approximately thirteen years ago when she was completing her Certified Nurse Midwife training at Emory. I was working as a Labor & Delivery Nurse at Grady at the time. We became good friends and I have witnessed her professional and personal growth over the years. Nicole is a consummate professional who is passionate about her advocacy for women’s health issues. She is genuinely concerned about her patients and takes her role in the birth process very seriously.
Nicole is also an intelligent, multi-talented, creative,independent,hardworking and warm-hearted individual. I am so proud of her and applaud her efforts to educate and advance the issues that effect today’s woman. Keep up the good work Nicole!
I found your blog through Nursing Birth. I love it! My husband said recently, “if more people IN ‘the system’ start speaking out ABOUT the system, then maybe it will change”. I totally agree.
You and your husband are right. The problem is so many nurses don’t even know the system is flawed. While in my spirit I always knew there was something inherently wrong with the way we were treating women at my high risk hospital, it wasn’t until I went to midwifery school that I had any clues about what was wrong. The nurses who do know what’s wrong are either afraid to speak up for fear of the ramifications or don’t know how to speak up. Its a frustrating scenario. I believe patients in partnership with the nurses who do vocally support normal birth will ultimately be the strongest force in changing the system.
THANKS Andrea!!! That means a lot.
You are amazing!!! I’m so floored by your blog.