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Nina Spears

The Baby Chick®: Pregnancy, Birth & Postpartum Expert

Nina is The Baby Chick® and the Founder and CEO of Baby Chick®. She received her baby planning certification in early 2011 and began attending births that same year. Since then, Nina has received her birth doula and postpartum doula certifications from DONA International, her childbirth educator certification from ICEA, her Hynobabies Hypno-Doula certification, and her infant massage instructor certification from Loving Touch, among other certifications. Nina has used her knowledge and expertise to teach and support families during their pregnancies, at their births, and throughout their postpartum journeys for over 14 years.

Early in her career, Nina acquired her nickname from one of her birth doula clients, who lovingly referred to her as “The Baby Chick.” The “chick” who works with moms and babies. The moniker has stuck ever since!

It has been Nina’s passion to educate and support families through their motherhood experiences, and she has done exactly that and continues to do so through Baby Chick, named after her epithet. Having supported over 700 mothers, Nina is now sought after as a pregnancy, birth, and postpartum expert. She continues to make guest appearances on TV shows and podcasts, does speaking engagements, and reviews baby products while also running her company, Baby Chick. Nina is also a loving mother to her two children, Liam and Lily.

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