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, 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.

My name is Maitreyi (Mai) for short. My relationship with birth has been nourished from a young age as I witnessed and heard homebirth stories from the women in my family. Deeply inspired by my mother and grandmother who guided my upbringing as TCM acupuncturists, I’ve always known I wanted to pursue a path that supported others in their healing journeys.

My own healing journey led me to movement practices such as Yoga, Mobility work and Thai Massage, all of which strengthened my mind/body connection, connected me with the power of breathwork and taught me to intuitively listen and trust my body's ability to heal and endure. These practices also re-instilled the importance of community; my teachers and practitioners guided me and held space for me in times of need.

In 2022 I was called into birthwork and chose to pursue midwifery school where I quickly recognized the overlap of these practices in the birth space and how deeply spiritual the nature of birth is.

I’m excited and honored to support others in deepening their intuition and mind/body connection as they prepare for their birth journey, and to support you as a member of your birth team. 

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)
For more information about Caro and her offerings: Becoming Birth website can be found HERE

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