Deearna's Maternity

Deearna has been with us for 7 weeks now since the birth of our baby. We wanted someone to help us with our little boy as we lost our daughter when she was six months old and so we knew that having a baby following our loss was going to be difficult. Deearna has been unfailingly kind and helpful. She is extremely professional and her wealth of knowledge and experience has been very reassuring, including when our little boy needed to go to hospital unexpectedly one night as she had spotted that he wasn’t quite himself. Having Deearna work with us has been what has kept us functioning! We are always reassured that our baby is in safe hands. She has become like one of the family.

Deearna has been a pleasure to work with. She has a calm and helpful demeanor. She has been very accommodating in terms of schedule. She is also incredibly knowledgeable and shares tidbits of information regularly. Very glad to have found her and have gotten her help straight away when coming home from hospital. Thanks Deearna!

Deearna was with us for 3 days following the birth of my daughter and I could not have asked for better support. Over this time she helped us establish a feed/sleep routine, supported us with many questions around health and gave us peace of mind and confidence in day to day tasks. Deearna has a fantastic approach and her caring nature for our daughter’s wellbeing (and my husband and mine) was fantastic. I can not recommend her services enough. On top of this Deearna is also a lovely individual and our time together was also full of laughs and good conversation!

Deearna is brilliant as a professional in the care of infants. I have great admiration for her work and have had many mutual patients. I would recommend her most highly.

Deearna was amazing! She looked after our baby for three nights which enabled us to go on our mini moon break with peace of mind that he was in the safest hands. Thank you so much - and for all your sleep advice!

We are just over a week into our time with Deearna. She joined us the day we arrived home from hospital. We feel so lucky to have her supporting us during this incredible but challenging time. When we got back from hospital, my wife was struggling to breastfeed, as she hadn't received good support at the hospital. Following an unplanned c-section, she also was experiencing delayed onset lactation. It was causing her a lot of upset, and we were concerned she wouldn't be able to get breastfeeding going. Within a couple of hours of Deearna's arrival, she was breastfeeding our baby, and feeding has continued to improve from then on. Deearna has an astonishing understanding of how to overcome complex breastfeeding challenges plus a range of tricks that can be used. She has also taught us how to create a feeding routine for our daughter (with 3-4 hourly feeds). This means we are able to keep her well fed, while also not spending every second feeding. Deearna has also taught us how to take care of our baby in other ways. She provides almost daily notes covering different topics, from feeding to hygiene to a bunch of health matters. We now have so many helpful guides that we can use now and in future as issues arise. She has also shown us what to do!Deearna also does so much of the heavy lifting. We decided to have our daughter in with us for a few nights to learn as much as we can. When we needed sleep, Deearna took our daughter in with her, and just brought her in for highly efficient feeds. Deearna does all the baby (and our) laundry, keeps bottles etc. Sterilised, she even cleaned the kitchen and the windows last night and this morning. She provides a positive and joyful energy, and we're delighted we have her support and guidance for a few more weeks. .Moreexpand_more

Deearna has helped my wife and I during the first six weeks of our newborn baby, and has been an absolute delight to work with. Having helped countless parents over the years she has lots of experience and is super knowledgeable, especially when it comes to sleeping and eating. During these six weeks she's provided lots of 'additional' help and recommending certain products, and given plenty of advice that we would otherwise not have gotten anywhere else! We've managed to make great progress in a relatively short amount of time and have come out feeling lots more confident. On a personal note Deearna is absolutely lovely and has a unique way with babies, would absolutely recommend!

Deearna is an amazing person. She is so kind, professional and her experience is outstanding. Deearna helped us to get the reassurance that what we do with our 6 week baby is correct. She saved our lives by showing our boy how to slip in a crib and gave us a trick how to settle him there for a good night sleep. She has been also great support with the breastfeeding and helped me to get confidence with the latch. I can’t thank her enough for the help that we received from her. I would highly recommend Deearna to any parent. She has a magic in her hands.

I don’t even know where to begin. Deearna is one the kindest human beings we have ever met and she has been a life saver in establishing a routine for our newborn from the first week after we came home from the hospital. We trusted Deearna from the moment we met her and couldn’t be happier with everything she taught us. Deearna has such extensive experience and has provided us with tools and tricks, which we would have never known as new parents if we hadn’t met her (they don’t teach you these in the NCT classes! ). We cannot thank her enough!

Deaarna was simply amazing. We have been having issues with our 10 week old son not being able to take the bottle but she was able to easily feed him with the bottle allowing for a much needed night of sleep. Our son just adored her, he wouldn’t stop smiling at her. She also took really good notes and made suggestions on a few things. She noticed his tongue-tie (which the hospital never noted! ) and it’s reassuring to know that it should be taken care of. She has such a warm personality and was wonderful to have in our home. Wish we could have Deaarna every night! She is a fabulous maternity and night nurse- so knowledgeable and able to just handle everything. It was my first time using a night nurse and from our first call to meeting in person the night we used her I instantly felt we were in such a good hands. Would love to have her come again. She also fed him in the morning before she left and got him so comfortable that he napped for a solid two hours after she left. Biggest break I have had, can’t recommend her enough. Absolutely amazing! Now if only the son will take the bottle when the husband tries to feed him!Moreexpand_more

We were having a few minor issues with our 5 month old. She would only nap during the day on when been held and she kept waking up at 1am for a feed without fail! We had tried numerous other techniques but nothing worked. After contacting Deearna she immediately addressed the issues we were having and we knew she would be able to help, she certainly did! Within 3 days our little one was sleeping 8. 5 hours at night, we couldn’t quite believe it! And also napping during the day in her cot. Massive achievement. Deearna has extensive knowledge and experience in so many different things. We really can’t thank her enough. She was constantly checking in with us with lots of phone calls, which was really appreciated and gave advise each time, thank you again so much.Moreexpand_more

Deearna was so helpful in advising me in resolving my baby’s sleep and digestive issues. She had lots of advice and sent me helpful documents she’d written up for each of my issues. She followed up many times to check in and give extra advice and was so friendly and reliable. Thank you!

Where do I even begin? ! It’s hard to express in words what Deearna has done for our new little family. Our baby boy is not a difficult baby, but a mix of opinions, lack of sleep and lack of knowledge meant we were creating a little milk monster and night tyrant. It was not a nice home to be in, and I was finding myself desperate to return to my old life before our bundle of joy arrived and not enjoying any new aspect of being a new parent. Deearna sorted us right out, became our baby boy (and cat! ) new best friend and created a new way of life for us that meant our little boy could flourish and we could enjoy the journey with him. It is still tricky at times, but we’re approaching it with a new parenting hat on supported by the knowledge and guidance Deearna has taught us and is still providing us. It is a relationship where I would love her to return to our family right away, but one where I know if we don’t see her then we are doing her proud and instilling the lessons she gave us - which is just what it should be. Thank you so much Deearna, j don’t think you’ll ever really know how much you saved me by helping us. Lots of love Anna, Guy and Mr T (and Ziggy!).Moreexpand_more

Deearna was kind enough to provide information and support about reflux for my newborn.

Deearna has been amazing at helping my daughter to link her day time sleep cycles and have a long lunch time nap. I couldn’t have done it without her. It’s been a game changer getting 2/3hrs to myself in the middle of the day.

Deearna came to support my wife and I and our new born son for 4 nights about two weeks after he was born. He arrived a month early and Deearna was super flexible in making the schedule work as well as supporting us remotely whilst in hospital prior to getting home. Our whole experience was brilliant, Deearna is clearly hugely experienced and has a huge amount of knowledge and insight to impart which was massively valuable. She is extremely easy to get on with, very personal, and has an very calm and reassuring manner. She has endless really effective practical hints and tips on feeding, settling, and general newborn development, but she also acts and reacts to both parents wider needs and focuses on the broader wellbeing of everyone in the house. A particular highlight for us, and my wife in particular, was the rebirthing Deearna did with us that replicated an element of child birth that we were unable to experience in the circumstances in which our son was born. Overall Deearna has been invaluable to us and we will continue to use her.

Deearna is the Mary Poppins / the real life Mrs Doubtfire! Not only has she helped me with my premature newborn but she has also helped me mentally to believe in my capabilities as a mother of 2 children now. I had a very traumatic birth, and did not meet my baby for a few days so had no skin to skin contact when he was first born. We did a rebirthing experience at home and I was able to experience birth and re connect. I feel like a different person and it’s put closure on my birth experience. Deearna is a fountain of knowledge and has taught me a lot of things I didn’t know from my first baby- little tips that actually work. I couldn’t recommend her more, over the 4 nights, I feel she is part of the family! She even made us a chicken and steak pie, and did our washing, a huge help to my family. Thank you .

We had Deearna’s help with our 20 month who has always had issues with early rising. She gave us new tips and routines to try that we hadn’t thought of in the past. Our daughter has gone from waking at 5-515 to now 6-615 which has made a huge difference. Deearna was so helpful and replied at any time of day and night! Thank you .

Deearna has been an absolute life saver! Our little boy of just 4 months would wake almost every hour and have an extremely restless sleep at night, and would also not nap during the day, albeit clearly tired, and only for a maximum of 30 minutes with lots of effort in a dark room or energetic and continuous pushing of the pram. We were totally sleep-deprived and at a loss of what to do. In addition, he wasn’t feeding well anymore on the breast and I had started giving up breastfeeding to ensure he gets the calories he needed from the bottle, which I was utterly sad about. Within a few hours of her arrival, he took his first nap in the bright living room without sleep props. Every nap saw an improvement and within a couple of days, he learned to fall asleep by himself within minutes and naps have become longer too. Moreover, he started sleeping through the night and only wakes for the age-appropriate night feed, and we are aiming at transitioning him from co-sleeping to his big-boy cot. On top of solving his sleep issues, Deearna has also helped me to re-establish breastfeeding and ensuring good feeds overall. Lots of wet nappies and no more worries. All within 4 days. And above all, whilst we’ve always been gifted with a happy baby, he has become the cheekiest little monkey with enough rest. Deearna is just wonderful, extremely experienced and exceptionally knowledgeable, calm and gentle but determined and with the most lovely energy, confident and supportive, practical and easy-going and also delightful to have around in the house, so organised and she never stops. She will not take over the baby and tell you what to do, but simply guide you, work with you and provide you with the level of help and support you need while respecting every boundary you may have. If you are lucky enough to have Deearna look after your baby, you are in incredibly safe hands and we would not hesitate at all to recommend her. .Moreexpand_more

As a new mum, it is important for me to get everything right by my baby. As much as I can. I found it challenging with all the sleepless nights and with breastfeeding and settling a crying newborn. Deearna was a god sent. She immediately took us under her wing, checked in with me daily and helped me apply all the useful techniques both in terms of breastfeeding and settling my baby. We are now 4 weeks old and Deearna will continue to guide us all through the way. Deearna is kind, caring and very polite in every respect. Her advice has been absolutely invaluable in helping me be a better mom, but most of all helping my little one. She is 24/7 available, day or night and she is there to support us and answer all our questions. We highly reccommend her and she is a blessing to everyone who takes up her services. Thank you Deerna x.Moreexpand_more