Pregnancy, birth, and the weeks after a baby arrives are meaningful.
They can also feel overwhelming, confusing, and far more isolating than people expect.
Families are often left trying to piece together support while navigating exhaustion, big decisions, and a flood of information.
People who feel called to support families often face the same challenge. They want to help, but don’t know where to start or how to feel truly prepared.
BabyMatters exists to change that.
Mission
Our mission is to strengthen the childbearing year by supporting families and preparing the people who care for them.
We do this by offering calm, evidence-based education, hands-on support, and thoughtful mentorship so families feel more confident and professionals feel steady and capable in their work.
The Problem We Solve
Information about pregnancy and postpartum is everywhere.
Clear, steady guidance is not.
Families need support they can trust.
Professionals need education and mentorship that prepares them for real life, not just a checklist.
Without that, families feel alone, and caring professionals lose confidence or leave the work altogether.
Debbie with a Postpartum Doula Client
Postpartum Doula Training, South Korea
How We Help
BabyMatters supports families and professionals throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
For families, we provide childbirth education, newborn education, birth doula care, and postpartum doula support that helps parents feel calmer and more prepared.
For professionals and future professionals, we teach postpartum doulas, birth doulas, and childbirth educators in a way that is practical, grounded, and deeply human. Our trainings focus on real-world skills, thoughtful communication, and confidence built through experience.
Across all of our work, we meet people where they are and walk beside them step by step.
Debbie providing Birth Doula Services
What Guides Our Work
These values shape everything we do at BabyMatters.
Compassion and respect
We offer care and education without judgment. Everyone deserves to feel seen and supported.
Evidence-based teaching
We share information that is current, practical, and rooted in real experience.
Clarity over overwhelm
We slow things down, explain the why, and help people make sense of their options.
Community and mentorship
We believe people learn best when they feel supported, not rushed or compared.
Inclusivity
We honor the dignity, backgrounds, and lived experiences of the families and professionals we serve.
Postpartum Doula Training
Debbie Young, Birth Specialist
Debbie, Vic (Husband, and their 5 grown kids in 2013
Our Story
BabyMatters was founded by Debbie Young, whose work has been shaped by more than three decades of supporting families and teaching others how to do this work well.
As a mother of five and a longtime childbirth educator, birth doula, postpartum doula, and mentor, Debbie saw the same pattern again and again. Families didn’t need more pressure. They needed reassurance and guidance. Professionals didn’t lack heart. They needed preparation and support.
BabyMatters grew from that understanding into a place where families feel supported and learners feel steady, not alone.
About Debbie
Debbie Young is an internationally respected childbirth educator, doula trainer, and perinatal support specialist known for her warmth, clarity, and deeply human approach.
Her work began with her own birth experiences, shaped by moments of limited education and support. Those early experiences planted a lifelong commitment to make sure families never have to navigate pregnancy, birth, or postpartum alone.
For more than 30 years, Debbie has supported families and mentored birth professionals. She prepares postpartum doulas, birth doulas, and childbirth educators to show up with calm confidence, practical skills, and compassionate care. Her teaching is grounded in evidence and lived experience, shared in a way that helps people feel capable rather than overwhelmed.
Students often say they feel safe asking questions and steadier with each step forward.
Parents often say she changed their earliest days with their baby.
Debbie teaches and trains across the United States and internationally. She collaborates with hospitals, nonprofits, and education teams, and continues to work directly with families so her teaching stays rooted in real life.
She currently serves as President of the International Childbirth Education Association and has held leadership roles in birthworker organizations since 2000. She also hosts InCast, the InJoy Health Education podcast for perinatal professionals and parents.
At the heart of Debbie’s work is a simple, deeply personal mission.
To help families feel supported.
And to grow a compassionate, well-prepared workforce who can offer that same care.
If you’re here as a parent, a student, or a professional, you’re welcome.
Debbie would be honored to walk alongside you.