Zoe Speidel Birth & Postpartum Doula in Portland, OR

We are so grateful for Zoe’s loving support this past year as our doula. Zoe worked with us as a postpartum doula after our son Emmett was born. Her support was intuitive and natural, easily fitting in to our lives and jumping in to support in all the right ways. She was incredibly helpful both in practical ways helping us get back on track with our daily routine, but also was a wealth of information about breastfeeding, newborn phases and milestones, and labor recovery. Zoe shared helpful resources related to where we were at in the postpartum and newborn journey. She also made space to help us process and talk about things like our birth story, postpartum anxiety, and really anything else on our minds… which was a lot. We appreciate the calm and loving connection and support for our whole family.

— E J.

My partner and I chose Zoe to be our guide through the journey of pregnancy and birth. As first time parents we came to the table with a lot of nerves and often felt like we didn’t know what questions to ask. Zoe came prepared and compassionate. She put us at ease and had exercises that prompted us to think clearly about our needs and values. Our time with Zoe helped us become more supportive of one another and allowed us to create a meaningful birth plan. I appreciated how Zoe did not force values on us but instead created an environment where we could discover our own parental compass. Her genuine curiosity, openness, and confidence made it easy to come to her with questions, big and small. Her responses always came quickly whether I was seeking emotional support, reassurance, or clinical information. Our daughter’s arrival finally came, 8 days after her due date, in the form of an urgent C-section and we had to throw our “Plan A” out the window. Zoe was by our side, guiding us in the same process we had prepared for all along: finding strength and clarity and communicating our needs effectively. Zoe continued to be a valuable resource during our recovery and as we eased into life with our healthy little girl. I sincerely recommend her services to any parents seeking support!

— T B.