ABOUT US

Wildflowers Midwifery is birth / midwifery support & placenta medicine practice located in Gainsville, Florida. Our offerings include :

  • Pregnancy support including midwifery care &mortice services

  • Birth tub rental, Birth education & Placental Medicine

MonkeyMind Wellness is a sister business of Wildflowers Midwifery, focusing on reproductive health. Our offerings include:

  • Health and Fertility support with Traditional Chinese Medicine

  • Our practice includes use of acupuncture, electro stim, cupping, herbal medicine, nutrition, as well as other naturopathic methods.

 

IRINA SHLAIN

Licensed traditional Midwife {LM, CPM}

ACUPUNCTURE PHYSICIAN {L.Ac.}

BIRTH EDUCATOR & YOGA INSTRUCTOR 

 

Irina Shlain, LM, CPM, A.P., is a licensed midwife {License # MW454} an acupuncture physician {License # AP3560} and birth advocate. She is also an experienced E-RYT 200 yoga instructor.

Irina completed the Oriental Medicine Masters program at Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine in Fort Lauderdale, FL in 2014, and received Acupuncture Physician licensure.

Irina began Monkey Mind Wellness in South Florida, an Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine practice focusing on reproductive health. After becoming a first time mama, her passion for birth led to her obtaining certification as a labor doula, midwifery birth assistant and birth educator. In 2023, Irina graduated a direct entry midwifery program at Florida School of Traditional Midwifery in Gainsville, FL.

Irina is a practicing licensed midwife, birth educator, placenta specialist, licensed acupuncturist and yoga teacher. As owner and operator of Monkey Mind Wellness & Wildflowers Midwifery, the chief focus is on treatment of Reproductive & Gynocological Health and Pediatrics.

 

TAINA COICOU

Licensed traditional Midwife

BIRTH EDUCATOR

 

I am a childbirth educator, birth assistant, and recently graduated midwifery student. My journey into the birth world was profoundly influenced by my grandmother, a midwife in Haiti, with whom I spent countless summers following. These formative experiences ignited my love for midwifery and instilled in me the importance of respect, community, and empowerment in the birthing process.

I hold such a profound reverence for pregnancy and birth. It is important to me that can I create and be a safe space for you whether that is in a class setting or at your birth. Pregnancy and childbirth are not just individual journeys but are deeply intertwined with the fabric of community support. I would be honored to be a part of your community as you embark on your journey.

 

CARO

BIRTH DOULA & birth assistant

BIRTH EDUCATOR

 

Caro (Zewua) Alzate is guardian of wisdom ways for Care for the People and Care for the Earth. Part of her work is in recognizing birth as the sacred ceremony that it is. Most importantly, though, she cares for honoring each individual women’s calling for how they may envision their unique birth space and experience. She is a birth doula who supports women before , during, and after giving birth. She hopes to make sure there is always access to doula services whether choosing  to birth at home, hospital or a birthing center and regardless of ones socio economic background. 

Some of the her offerings are Mother’s Blessing Ceremonies, Child Birth Education and Mentoring, Birthing Assistance, and Post Partum Care.  Carolina is based in Gainesville, Fl and  has trained as a Doula with TDMA (Traditional Doula and Midwifery Arts)

 

ALLISON

birth doula & birth assistant

ayurvedic PRACTITIONER & BODY WORKER

 

Inspired by the home birth of her son in 2015, Allison Milford has devoted the past eight years to birthwork, offering grounded support to women and families with warmth, reverence, and care. She sees pregnancy, birth, and postpartum as a ceremony—an honoring of life’s deepest rhythms.

Guided by her teacher Whapio’s wisdom that “birth is not just a physical event, but a spiritual initiation that holds the potential to transform us all,” Allison draws on massage and ancient traditional modalities to hold women in prayer, encourage spiritual strength, and nurture them with presence. She is committed to helping families feel supported, empowered, and truly honored in their birthing journey.

Learn more about Allisons additional offerings HERE

 

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU !