Zoe Speidel

Birth & Postpartum Doula
Portland, Oregon
5.0
About me

Hello! Supporting families through the birth year as a birth and postpartum doula brings me immense joy. As a dear friend of mine said, "Helping people move through huge life transitions is where it's at." I bring non-judgmental, compassionate, inclusive, evidence-based care to you and your family, however "family" looks for you. My training includes DONA-approved workshops for birth and postpartum doulas, lactation support, newborn care, pregnancy loss, abortion support, and prenatal/postpartum yoga. When not involved in birth work, I love to bake, play with my puppy, and read mysteries.

Education

Master of Arts, English (2016)

Bachelor of Arts, English (2012)

Certification and training

Birth Doula Training Workshop, DONA-approved (2023)

Postpartum Doula Training Workshop, DONA-approved (2022)

Lactation Basics for Doulas (2023)

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support (2023)

Abortion Doula Training Workshop (2022)

Yoga Teacher Training (2017)

Specialties
Abortion Doula Care Anxiety Anxiety and Depression Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Birth Doula Birth Support Chronic Pain Endometriosis Evidence-Based Care Grief and Loss HAES (Health at Every Size) Approach Herbal Postpartum Care Home Birth Infant Care Keeping Fit Labor Doula Loss and Bereavement Doula Mental Health Newborn Care Pelvic Floor Therapy Pelvic Pain Perinatal and Infant Loss Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Perinatal Mood Disorders Pilates Postnatal Yoga Postpartum Adjustment Postpartum Care Postpartum Chef Postpartum Depression Postpartum Doula Care Postpartum Life Pregnancy Loss Prenatal Yoga Sibling Preparation Strengths-Based Therapy Support during Labor, Birth, and Postpartum Support in Pregnancy Loss Telehealth Yoga
Languages

English

Service introduction

My services support you throughout the entire birth year, from pregnancy through postpartum parent and newborn care. See my website for more details about each of these services.

Packages
Hourly Postpartum
Postpartum support is charged hourly and includes individually tailored support for any given day. A minimum of 2 hours for each visit.
$45.00
USD Per hour
Birth Package
My birth support includes 2 prenatal visits, labor support, and 2 postpartum visits within the first 3 weeks. From time of hire to 6 weeks postpartum, you have unlimited text/phone support.
$1,000.00
USD Flat rate
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support
Whatever type of loss you are experiencing, I am available to support you by providing non-judgmental listening. I will validate your feelings and be there to help you process.
$0.00
USD Flat rate
Ratings and reviews
Average
5.0
# of Reviews
2
5.0

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.

5.0

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.

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