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More Than Birth Support, This Is Where Love Grows.

Holistic Birth & Postpartum Doula Support, Childbirth Education & Birth Photography in Stillwater, MN & Western Wisconsin.

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Our Mission

At My Love Grows, our mission is to provide intentional, holistic support that helps families feel informed, confident, and cared for throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

As a birth and postpartum doula serving the St. Croix Valley, Eastern Minnesota, and Western Wisconsin, I combine evidence informed childbirth education, hands on comfort measures, compassionate guidance, and personalized family support.

Whether you are preparing for labor, navigating the fourth trimester, or preserving your family's story through photography, every offering is approached with humility and heart. We want to build relationships rooted in trust as well as honoring the individual needs, values, and goals of each family we support with faith, love and advocacy.

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The Heart of My Love Grows

Meet Kayla Hernandez | Certified Birth & Postpartum Doula in the St. Croix Valley

I'm Kayla Hernandez, a certified birth doula, postpartum doula, childbirth educator, and birth photographer serving families throughout Stillwater, Minnesota, Eastern Minnesota, and Western Wisconsin.

With over four years of experience and more than 100 families supported, my work is rooted in Christ, education, empowerment, and the belief that every family deserves to feel heard, informed, and respected throughout their birth experience.

Through personalized doula support, childbirth education, and meaningful photography, I help families build a strong foundation for pregnancy, birth, and the transition into parenthood. Experience the unparalleled strength of support with our doula services.

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Offerings

At My Love Grows, we offer personalized holistic support through every stage of your journey. From pregnancy, and birth to postpartum and beyond. Whether you are looking for hands on support, education or want to preserve the beauty of your story through photography. We are here to walk alongside you with faith, compassion, knowledge, and care.

Same heart, Multiple ways to support your story.

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Certified Birth Doula Support

Certified Postpartum Doula Support

Encouragement, Advocacy, Continuous Support.

We provide physical, emotional and informational support during pregnancy, labor and birth. Our goal is to help you feel confident, informed and empowered as you navigate your own unique birth experience.

Rest, Recovery, Real Life

Postpartum is a sacred and tender time. We provide hands on, judgement free support to help you heal, adjust and thrive as you get to know your baby and your new rhythm.

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Knowledge, Confidence, Choices

We are firm believers that education builds empowerment. We offer evidence-based, trauma informed childbirth education to help you feel prepared for the journey ahead, no matter how your birth unfolds.

Real Moments, Lasting Memories

Your story is sacred. We offer heartfelt, authentic photography to capture the raw beauty of your birth, the tenderness of postpartum and the everyday moments that make your family’s story unique.

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At My Love Grows, every session, every comfort measure, and every moment of guidance is intentional. We don’t just prepare for birth. We empower families to step into it with confidence, peace, and purpose. The result? Real transformation: calmer labors, stronger partnerships, and parents who feel truly supported from pregnancy through postpartum.

Providing support in the Stillwater, MN & Western Wisconsin Areas.

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Growing in Strength.
Your Birth,
Fully Supported.

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Your Questions, Answered

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Your Questions, Answered *

  • At My Love Grows, a birth doula provides continuous emotional, physical, and informational support throughout pregnancy, labor, and the early postpartum period.

    That means:

    • Personalized prenatal education
    • Hands-on comfort techniques during labor
    • Guidance as you navigate decisions
    • Steady reassurance in vulnerable moments

    I do not replace your medical provider — I work alongside your care team to help you feel confident, informed, and supported in your birth experience.

  • A midwife or OB provides medical care and monitors the health of you and your baby.

    A birth doula provides emotional, physical, and informational support.

    I do not perform medical tasks. Instead, I focus on:

    • Comfort techniques
    • Birth preference support
    • Evidence Based support
    • Physiological Birth
    • Emotional reassurance
    • Partner guidance

    We work alongside your provider — not against them.

  • Many families say hiring a doula was one of the best decisions they made.

    Research shows that continuous doula support is associated with:
    • Lower cesarean rates
    • Shorter labors
    • Reduced need for interventions
    • Greater satisfaction with the birth experience

    But beyond statistics, families often say they felt calmer, more confident, and more supported.

    At My Love Grows, my role is to help you feel prepared and steady, not overwhelmed.

  • The earlier, the better.

    Many families in Minnesota and Wisconsin book during the second trimester to ensure availability and allow time for meaningful prenatal preparation.

    That said, if you’re later in pregnancy, please still reach out. I may still have space to support you.

  • My Love Grows provides birth doula services in:

    • Minneapolis, MN
    • St. Paul, MN
    • Woodbury, MN
    • Stillwater, MN
    • Hudson, WI
    • Baldwin, WI
    • Surrounding Twin Cities & Western Wisconsin communities

    If you're unsure whether I travel to you, simply reach out.

  • I support:

    • Hospital births
    • Birth center births
    • Planned home births

    I serve families throughout the Twin Cities, MN and St. Croix River Valley, WI. My role remains the same in every setting — calm presence, informed guidance, and hands-on support.

  • You deserve support, no matter what pain management choices you make.

    At My Love Grows, I support medicated, unmedicated, inductions, and cesarean births. My care is never tied to a specific birth plan. It’s rooted in helping you feel informed and empowered in your decisions.

    Even with an epidural, comfort techniques, positioning, emotional grounding, and advocacy still matter.

    This is your birth.

  • Absolutely.

    Your partner is not replaced, they are supported.

    During prenatal visits, I teach comfort techniques and ways they can actively participate. During labor, I guide and encourage them so they feel confident instead of unsure.

    Birth is a team experience, and I help strengthen that team.

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