Cheyenne Varner

27. RVA. doula. designer. photographer. writer. Creator of The Educated Birth and Everyday Birth Magazine.

[Cheyenne Varner @cheyvarner]

Life’s Work. A photo and audio documentary series showing expecting parents real-life examples of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care to help inform and empower their own decisions.

[Birth Place Lab @BirthPlaceLab]

Thank you @cheyvarner for the amazing illustrations you created for the RESPCCT project, depicting the full range of people who give birth.

[Cheyenne Varner @cheyvarner]

I got curious and looked at houses in Los Angeles, CA on Zillow one time. Now sitting in my 2 Bed 1 Bath 800 sqft in Richmond, VA, they've just ✨ Recommended For Me ✨ a 1.8M 5 Bed 3 Bath with 2759 sqft in LA

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@RJEpiOBWarrior @EducatedBirth Thank you so much ❤️🙏🏽✨ This gap is so massive it’s going to take support for all of us to shift the norms!!!!!

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Myths like “babies are not brown in the womb” are exactly why we need more anatomical imagery showing Black and Brown birthing people and fetuses. Medicine is limited by this constant depiction of whiteness as the norm and standard.

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[2] this will appear differently on different babies because by this stage not all babies have the same skin color!!!

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[1] And after birth, all babies go through the transition from receiving oxygen through their umbilical cord to receiving it through breathing through their lungs — and this comes with a color shift in their skin often from a “bluer” or “purpler” shade to a “redder” one — but

[Cheyenne Varner @cheyvarner]

At certain stages of development yes — the fetal skin is so thin it’s translucent, giving it a reddish appearance from the outside — all babies go through this stage — but not all babies are born pink!!!

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At birth a baby’s skin is likely to be a bit lighter than it will ultimately be — but again babies are born with different skin colors!!! Illustrating them in womb as different shades is not illogical!

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Interesting myth coming up with the latest beautiful illustration of a black fetus in the womb — that babies don’t have skin color until after birth. Skin color does shift after birth but all babies are not born pink!!!

[Cheyenne Varner @cheyvarner]

@ravenscimaven This is why I started making @TheEducatedBirth illustrations in 2016 and honestly it’s been hard as hell and I need support to keep going — hundreds of illustrations to date ❤️

[Cheyenne Varner @cheyvarner]

But seriously

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You’re welcome @tiktok_us

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@deaudrearich Same 😩

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I suddenly, for the very first time, feel an overwhelming + somehow deeply satisfying urge to use my freedom to tweet.

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@spozbo Yes, I did — thank you!

[Cheyenne Varner @cheyvarner]

Life’s Work. A photo and audio documentary series showing expecting parents real-life examples of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care to help inform and empower their own decisions.

[Cheyenne Varner @cheyvarner]

Thank you! 🥰🥰🥰 I’m so grateful to be working alongside you!

[Karen A Scott MD MPH FACOG @RJEpiOBWarrior]

@cheyvarner is extraordinarily brilliant and talented! To be young gifted and Black!! I dedicate Ms Nina to you !! Thank you !! https://t.co/Tulyl0V1I7 y’all need to look her up & elevate your birthing communities by supporting her work. https://t.co/2s1klHWCEX ✊🏽

[Cheyenne Varner @cheyvarner]

@eddie_j_alvarez 🙋🏽‍♀️ reproductive health illustration especially

[idiot @elizabethaham]

my IUD punctured the wall of my uterus and i was crying and immobilized from pain last night. my ER visit will cost ~$1000 after ultrasounds, cultures, exams, and bloodwork. i don’t have health insurance. Planned Parenthood is taking out my IUD and fixing my uterus for FREE.

[Jessica M Roach, LPN, MPH- ROOTT @JMRROOTTRJ]

This....

[Stephanie Baiocchi (She/Her) @stephbaiocchi]

me attempting to do my very facebook-centric job when facebook is down... #facebookdown