You shouldn’t have to learn about birth while you’re giving birth.
Pregnancy gives you months to prepare for a moment that can change in minutes.
Know the landscape. Choose your path.
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Induction
what it involves
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Cesarean delivery
when it is recommended
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Vacuum or forceps
the trade offs
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Fetal monitoring
what clinicians watch for
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Pain management
your options
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Hemorrhage
how teams respond
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A baby who needs extra support
what happens next
OUR PHILOSOPHY
CLARITY BEFORE THE DECISIONS GET HARD.
I know because I am usually there when real time runs out.
I am Dr. Shakkaura Kemet-Rosenwohl*, an OB/GYN and laborist. My clinical work begins when patients arrive at the hospital to give birth. I have spent thousands of hours caring for people during labor, performing cesarean deliveries, responding to obstetric emergencies, and sitting at the intersection between the birth someone imagined and the birth that is actually unfolding.
Again and again, I have watched patients encounter important decisions for the first time while exhausted, frightened, in pain, or being told that we need an answer now.
I created Virevelle because I began asking a simple question: what if we had this conversation earlier?
Shakkaura Kemet-Rosenwohl, MD, MPH*
Dedicated time before labor, to understand the decisions that may arise during birth.
Not because every complication can be predicted, or will happen. Because uncertainty is easier to navigate when it isn’t entirely unfamiliar.
Before we meet
You complete Your Starting Point, a short form about the questions and preferences you already have.
In session
We work through the decisions most likely to matter to you, in plain language, at the pace the questions need.
Afterwards
You receive your Birth Map, a personalized summary with questions for your own care team, and reading chosen for your concerns.
Come with questions. Leave with clarity.
Birth planning for people who want to understand their options before they’re in the delivery room.
OUR PRICES
The conversation you deserve before the decision.
Understand your options. Ask better questions. Make decisions with confidence.
Understand the system.
Make choices that feel like yours.
Every session is shaped by time spent on Labor & Delivery - the decisions that come up there, and the questions worth asking before they do.
CLARITY BEFORE THE DECISIONS GET HARD.
Birth navigation sits beside your medical care, not in place of it.
Your obstetrician or midwife delivers your baby. We give you time beforehand: room to ask what a recommendation really means, what the alternatives are, and which parts are yours to decide - so you walk into your own appointments already knowing what to say.
Virevelle services are currently available only to clients physically located in California at the time of their session.
What this is
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A private educational consultation with an obstetrician who works on labor and delivery.
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Time to understand the decisions that may arise, and the trade offs underneath your preferences.
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Questions you can take back to your own obstetrician or midwife.
What this is not
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Not prenatal care, and not a replacement for your obstetrician, midwife or hospital team.
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No diagnosis, prescriptions, testing, or direction of your pregnancy.
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Not a promise about how your birth will go. Nobody can offer that.
Questions people actually ask. Answered plainly.
The short version of what this service is, what it is not, and how it sits next to the care you already have.
Is Virevelle prenatal care?
No. Virevelle does not replace your obstetrician, midwife, prenatal visits, hospital care, or any other member of your healthcare team. Birth Navigation is an educational and decision-preparation service. Your treating clinicians remain responsible for your medical care and for making individualized recommendations.
Are you my doctor?
Then why does it matter that you're an OB/GYN?
Will you make a birth plan for me?
Can you tell me whether I should have an induction or a cesarean?
What if I already have a doula?
Is this only for first-time parents?
What if I want an unmedicated birth?
What if I know I want an epidural and don't really have a birth plan?
How much does it cost? Will my insurance cover it?
Why does this need its own appointment?
START WITH YOUR QUESTIONS
Know what’s ahead. Know what matters to you.
Tell me where you are and what you would most like to understand. I read every message myself and reply with what I think would actually help - including if that is not Virevelle.
Virevelle services are currently available only to clients physically located in California at the time of their session.