Portland Doula & Birth Services

My husband and I were privileged enough to hire Brooke as our Doula for the birth of our second child. We wanted 1) to have an advocate in the room who was there just for us, and 2) to be supported and cared for on a personal level.
Brooke was with us during labor and delivery for close to 12 hours. In the early hours, she was available to bring my husband coffee and helped to keep the mood light with her jovial disposition. As labor progressed, she worked with me to normalize my fears, and was able to keep me feeling positive when I started to self-​doubt. She gave me space when I needed to zone out. She rubbed my feet forever… FOREVER! when I couldn’t relax, and she gives amazing foot rubs. She used my phone and took a video of the last moments of the birth. Brooke was good at adapting to our needs and offering support where she saw it would be most helpful.
She has a diverse skill set that made our experience with her feel holistic and harmonious. I felt like I was always her priority, but also that she was caring for my husband too. Outside of the birthing day, we saw Brooke for 2 prenatal appointments and 1 postnatal appointment. She made great effort to know our hopes for the birth. She never made me feel like there was a right or wrong way to give birth. She provided suggestions for things that she had seen have healthy outcomes, but I never felt judged if I agreed or disagreed with her suggestions. At our postnatal appointment, she offered some very helpful lactation consultation. It was healing to debrief with her after the birth, and she came to our house, so it was very comfortable and convenient.
Brooke communicated clearly and frequently. As my due date approached, she would let me know when she was attending a birth and may be unavailable. She was prompt in returning my phone calls and texts. She was available to me for counseling over the phone when I was feeling low on several occasions.
I am so grateful to Brooke. Having her at the birth felt comfortable and it was the right choice for us.

Brooke was an amazing resource to my first birth experience. She was kind, confident, emotionally supportive during pregnancy, empowering and affirming during the birth process, informative and knowledgable postpartum. If I am lucky enough to have another baby I would love to work with her again.

What a massive letdown. After being recommended to Brooke for her counseling services, as my husband and I have dealt with infertility issues for a long time and are exploring what our next steps will be to become parents, we showed up to the time scheduled with her via email. It was my husband’s day off from work so we took several hours out of our day to commute down to her office as we don’t have a car. We arrived and her first question was do you have an appointment with me, and then she checked her schedule and she had written it down for the wrong day. Rather than offer to reschedule right then or do something to make up for her mistake, she simply said «you’ll need to go find another doula.» My husband was so pissed off he just walked out, and I was so upset I was speechless as well. We didn’t even come to her for doula services, but for counseling, and to basically be told she wasn’t even interested in making it better was just a sucker punch, especially with the emotion laden issues that we are already dealing with.
Truly a crappy way to deal with a new client.
UPDATE: After posting this review, she TEXTED us an apology, then later copied/​pasted it into an email. Yikes.

From the perspective of the birth partner who had not been through this before. It was a game changer having Brooke as a part of our daughters birth. From our first interaction with her she immediately knew just the right thing to say or do to make each of us feel comfortable. It was very important to me that this be as comfortable and enjoyable/​memorable experience as possible for my wife Molly and I. Brooke really helped set us up for success. For a couple such as us, it would be scary going through this without her guidance. She prepped us well and that helped both of us stay calm throughout the process. I was particularly nervous because I didn’t want to see Molly suffer. Brooke was there with us every moment and was disarming and had a perfect bed side manner. For Molly, Brooke was supportive and encouraging and helped her relax and preserve energy. For me she made it one of the best days of my life. I don’t normally do online reviews but our experience was so wonderful I want to encourage couples to use a Doula, and Brooke if she is available. Its such a big moment in everybody’s life, and Brooke really helped make it a great moment for us.

We are so glad we had Brooke by our side during our pregnancy, labor and delivery. Brooke is very knowledgeable, experienced, and was very supportive of our decisions. She helped educate us on what to expect during labor and delivery but she also was there every step of the way to be our advocate and support. She truly was instrumental in helping us achieve a positive labor and delivery experience.

Brooke helped us have the birth experience we were hoping for. She’s a calm, gifted doula with a ton of experience. She worked seamlessly with us and the hospital staff; helping us stay informed and in charge of our decisions. Choosing Brooke was one of the best decisions we’ve made.

Brooke Noli is simply amazing; she had a large part in helping me have the empowering, positive and fabulous birthing experiences that I had. Brooke was our doula for the births of both of our children, and if we ever have a third, we will ask her to work with us again, without a doubt!
My first birth, I surprised myself and asked for an epidural, and my second, I thought I would have an epidural, but there wasn’t time, so I had to deliver without one. While my two birthing experiences were very different, one thing that was the same for both was how confident and supported both my husband and I felt during each one, thanks to Brooke.
Brooke really knows her stuff. She helped me speed up my laboring experience when I needed help «getting things going,» and likewise, when I needed to slow down my experience, she helped me find the space and time I needed. She also knows how to provide comfort and support for both me and my husband.
Thank you, Brooke, for being such an important part of our lives!

We had a wonderful experience with Brooke as our doula. We initially selected her for her experience, knowledge, and because we felt comfortable with her right off the bat. She also seemed to offer a broader range of services and expertise than most other doulas we’d found in our research.
In the end, she turned out to be an even better «investment,» than we’d anticipated. My physical birthing experience was a tough one – 24 hours of labor that ended in an unavoidable c-​section. But I really believe that because we worked with Brooke, my experience was one of empowerment and deep satisfaction (plus an incredible bonding experience with my husband) whereas it could have easily been scary and disappointing had we not had Brooke as our doula.

Brooke Noli is a wonderful doula! She assisted us with the birth of our second child at Good Samaritan Hospital in October 2010. My first labor was induced and I really wanted this birth to start naturally. When my second baby went past his due date and I started to get nervous about another medical induction, Brooke was quick to offer many suggestions for natural induction techniques. Because of my first experience I felt more like a first time mama when it came to recognizing that I was in labor. When it finally did start on its own, Brooke was very reassuring and encouraging through almost 20 hours of labor — over half of which I spent doubting that it was actually happening!

Brooke is very intuitive — she seemed to know what I needed before I did. She was very attentive and involved without being intrusive. She was wonderful with my husband and the hospital staff.
Brooke has so much love to give to mamas and their babies — our experience with her was amazing. It was like having our baby with a dear friend.