Episode 029 // The Everyday Birth Magazine w/ Cheyenne Varner
Get To Know Cheyenne:
Cheyenne Varner is a nationally recognized certified birth worker, health equity advocate, and illustrator. She is the founder of The Educated Birth and Everyday Birth Magazine, platforms dedicated to advancing reproductive health equity through inclusive educational tools and amplifying underrepresented stories.
Her work has gained global reach, supporting birth professionals and families with resources that foster informed decision-making and culturally competent care. In 2023, The Educated Birth was recognized as an Official Perinatal Safe Spot by Common Sense Childbirth’s National Perinatal Task Force, affirming its impact in creating safer, more equitable spaces for birthing people.
Cheyenne’s illustrations and educational materials have been used internationally and featured by organizations like Babylist, The Birth Place Lab, and Hypnobabies. With a focus on storytelling and representation, her mission is to transform how pregnancy, birth, and postpartum are experienced and understood.
The Educated Birth
"The Educated Birth creates teaching tools for pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum health education that are effective, accessible, inclusive and high-quality. Our content is created specifically for reproductive health professionals (ie. birthworkers, doulas, childbirth educators, public health workers, midwives, OBGYNS, etc.) to help them more confidently, comprehensively, and equitably support a wide range of parents and parents-to-be."
Everyday Birth Magazine
Everyday Birth Magazine is is a biannual print and digital magazine. We share real-life hospital, birth center, and home birth stories as well as educational content written by professionals, centering images + voices that have been historically marginalized.
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