Emily Spaeth is the founder and CEO of Be Well Baby PDX. She draws on her extensive background as a NICU physical therapist, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Trauma-Informed Professional, and prenatal yoga teacher.

With expertise in high-risk pregnancy, Craniosacral therapy, postpartum recovery, pelvic floor health, and—her greatest passion—babies, she provides comprehensive, compassionate care to families.

As your guide in her pregnancy support program: Beyond Birth, Emily combines evidence-based care with yoga, meditation, and personalized support to empower families through pregnancy, birth, and beyond.

Her holistic approach nurtures both physical and emotional well-being, creating space for joy and connection during life’s most transformative moments.

A dedicated educator, Emily develops educational programs for parents and professionals, equipping them with tools to navigate the changes in their bodies. Her mission is to revolutionize how people experience pregnancy and birth—ensuring they feel supported, have their questions answered, and are guided every step of the way as they navigate the complexities of modern health care.

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Kate began working with breastfeeding families as a peer lactation counselor with Nursing Mothers Counsel in 2014. She quickly became deeply involved with the organization and took on multiple board positions. She coordinated new counselor training in 2016 and 2018, and managed the website and social media accounts to bridge the generational gap and bring free lactation services to new parents.

Kate is now a Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC), and her private practice was founded in 2021 when she relocated with her family to Portland, OR. She is thrilled to be able to use her clinical skills on the team at Be Well Baby PDX!

In 2022 she began her study of craniosacral therapy (CST) for infants with Beames CST and has begun to incorporate those skills into her lactation assessments, bringing a much deeper, full-body approach to care. She completed training in June 2023, and became a Certified Infant Craniosacral Therapist in April 2024.

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Melody’s yoga journey began in 2004 when she was immersed in her high-stress corporate career in Public Relations. Yoga had an immediate and powerful effect on Melody, when only weeks after starting to practice she felt that her body and brain had changed forever. It was such a profound difference, that she began to dedicate her life outside of work to the study and practice of yoga.

After receiving her 200-hour teacher training in 2008 at Yoga Tree in San Francisco, she began teaching vinyasa flow and yoga for athletes classes, but still continued to march forward in her PR career. In 2017, she made the decision to leave PR behind her and dedicate her life to helping people. She became a certified Yoga Therapist and 500-hour E-RYT at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, along with becoming a certified perinatal yoga teacher.

Most recently, Melody is back in school to pursue a doctorate in Occupational Therapy (OTD) at Pacific University where she hopes to integrate her yoga teachings into her OT skills and interventions. Her yoga style blends yoga philosophy with creative movement and breath awareness to create customized yoga sessions that are dynamic, fun and therapeutic. Melody does one-on-one yoga therapy sessions with a focus on women’s wellness, back health, pelvic floor balance & strengthening and trauma-informed care.

She hopes her students will leave her sessions feeling empowered and like better humans than when they arrived. She takes her yoga seriously but tries not to take herself too seriously (everything is a practice!). Melody likes to laugh, move her body, hang out with her daughters and husband, cook and eat food, be outdoors and travel.

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