I have admired birth since I was first invited to a friend’s home birth in 1997.  Since then, I have had 6 births of my own, and attended friend’s births before working with Birth Works Doula Services.

With my first pregnancy, the excitement was almost overwhelming!  I spent nine months reading every book I could about different childbirth methods and nutrition.  The more I learned, the more my love for pregnancy and childbirth grew, and it continues to grow to this day.  After several years of studying about pregnancy and birth being a loved pastime, I decided to become a doula to put my passion into practice.

Each birth and every family is unique, and I love the challenge of adapting to each individual situation.  I have a special place in my heart for VBACs, and have been so inspired by the women I have witnessed overcome the doubts placed on them and have the victory of physiological birth.  I believe as women our bodies are perfectly designed to be life-givers, and I am grateful to be a part of your unique miracle.

My name is Nicolle Sherrie Fletcher. I am married with three children. I gave birth to all three children in different hospitals in the United States (military family). My births were all natural and sweet. Looking back I could really see how having a doula would have been to my advantage. So you are already a step ahead! Congratulations!

I have been led to serve women for the past 10 years. That service has taken many forms. As a student at the University of California, Riverside I studied Social Relations. My goal was to help women and children in the social system. After school, my husband and I served as “house parents” in a group home Thessalonica Family Services in Temecula, California. There, we were charged to care for six severely emotionally damaged girls. They ranged in age from 6 to 18.

That was the beginning of my life of service to women. We later transitioned to serve in the United States Army. I was not enlisted or commissioned but my husband was both. There, the door swung wide open for me to serve women of all different walks of life. During my husband’s service to America in Korea, Iraq and various locations within the states, I learned how to really serve women in need. Many of the ladies experienced radical deployments (myself included) which necessitated an environment of service. We clung to each other and served one another in our most desperate hours. We learned how valuable we are to our families and to one another.

The reason I am a Certified Doula of Birth Works Doula Services is to continue to serve women in an even greater capacity? Just as the experience in the military, a woman in labor experiences challenges, wonderment, joys, and (just a little) pain. I understand and respect the amazing transformation of birth. I believe a woman giving birth is normal, natural, and in all cases should be supported as such. I am thankful for modern medicine as there are times and situations when it is vital to save the life of both the mother and the child. My purpose is to educate and support women and families during there greatest hours of joy. My goal in service to women is to nurture them in such a way that they hear and declare their “birth voice”.