The Doula Duo

A doula is a trained companion who supports another individual through the process of pregnancy, delivery, and post-birth. They help the client feel safe and comfortable while complementing the role of the healthcare professionals who provide the client’s medical care.

The Doula Duo members Morgan May and Rebecca Dilley are located in Rochester, NY. Both women were inspired to become Doulas in response to their own birth experience and what they felt it lacked in relation to their hopes. However, the duo was created as a result of some of the most influential people in their lives: their children. Both women benefit from the partnership as it allows them not to be “On-call” all the time.

Morgan Moy holds the newborn baby of mom Sarah Rector (not pictured) during the beginning of their postpartum session. While postpartum doula sessions are not combined with birth doula sessions, they are good for "new moms, or moms with postbirth recovery"described Moy. Postpartum sessions can include emotional support, household care, or personal care for the parents or the baby.

Sarah Rector (Left) explains her difficulty pumping enough milk while Moy gives her tips on ways to produce more for baby Resse. Moy has recently become a certified lactation specialist because she wanted to be able to help clients struggling with breast feeding in more ways.

While Rector fills her water bottle before going to take a nap, Moy begins her tasks that need to be completed during the postpartum session. Moy exclaimed about how funny she thought it was to be having to make rice as she said “my husband is Asian I leave making rice up to him!”

Moy works on switching the loads of laundry while holding baby Resse. Moy says one her favorite things she’s learned to do since having her own baby is doing everyone one handed.

Katie Quateart talking about her C-section experience that resulted in a severed bladder at Strong Memorial Hospital while both Moy and Dilley “disgusted and horrified” by this. Due to restrictions from COVID-19 Moy was not allowed in the operation room or the hospital suite after the baby was born. As a result most of this information learned at the post birth check-in was new to them.

Quateart looks in awe at Dilley’s phone that shows a picture of all the kids she watches during the day. Due to Dilley’s flexible schedule she watches all of her daughter’s six classmates after online classes ends until their parents finish work as Rochester schools changed to solely online part way through the semester.

Rebecca Dilley (Left) and Morgan Moy (Right) talking over the cost of getting certain legal rights for their company. Dilley and Moy meet once a month every month at their local Panera Bread to go over their schedule for the upcoming month as well as any other outstanding things to discuss.

Daughter of Dilley, Charlee, kneels in a labor postion as Moy describes to viewers what she is doing during their weekly zoom meeting. Every Sunday meetings are hosted surrounding certain birth topics. This meeting was focused on effective labor and birthing postions.

Billy Moy acts in misbelief as Moy and their daughter Audrey play hide and seek under blankets on their couch. After a miscarriage last fall Moy is once again expecting with a due date of December 2021.

William Dilley runs to his mom after setting up a game of hopscotch outside their home. William has a sensory processing disorder which can often cause him to have extreme energy when many people are around.