Beyond The Bedroom

Jaclyn Huff

Beyond The Bedroom™ goes far beyond emotional wellness. It is the space where women finally hear the truths our culture avoids—about our bodies, our hormones, our identity, our trauma, our pleasure, and our power. Host Jaclyn Huff, mother and survivor, brings courage and honesty to conversations on postpartum depression, perimenopause, sexual wellness, relationship dynamics, beauty pressures, and the hidden emotional labor women carry. We break the silence. We reclaim knowledge. We redefine womanhood on our own terms. New episodes weekly.

Episodes

  1. Episode 7 — “Birth Trauma, Medical Racism, and the Fight for Black & Indigenous Mothers”

    11/19/2025

    Episode 7 — “Birth Trauma, Medical Racism, and the Fight for Black & Indigenous Mothers”

    Birth should never feel like battle. Pain should never be ignored. And a woman in active labor should never have to prove she is in pain — but in America, she often does. In this urgent and deeply personal episode, Jaclyn exposes the harsh reality of medical racism, birth trauma, and the systemic biases that continue to endanger Black and Indigenous women at alarming rates. Triggered by a recent viral video of a Black mother left sitting in a chair while in active labor — only to deliver her baby twelve minutes later — Jaclyn opens a necessary conversation about the failures happening in delivery rooms across the country. This episode weaves together: • The story of Carrie Jones, forced to answer questions instead of being taken to a delivery room. • A heartbreaking YouTube comment from a woman denied pain relief because she “wasn’t married.” • The tragic death of Kira Johnson at Cedars-Sinai. • The cultural lie that Black women can “tolerate more pain.” • Jaclyn’s own traumatic delivery experience. • Her Aunt Bert’s story of being dismissed, judged, and placed on a mattress on the floor. • The generational trauma that childbirth neglect leaves inside families. • What EVERY woman needs to know about the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) — your legal right to emergency care. • How racism, bias, and medical gaslighting create deadly conditions. • And what needs to change NOW. Jaclyn speaks with tenderness and fire — as a mother, as a daughter, as a niece, and as a woman who refuses to stay silent. She ends with a message to every listener: 💜 If you were dismissed, ignored, or harmed during childbirth, you are not alone. Your story matters. And if you want to share it, Jaclyn wants to hear it. Next week, the show returns to the perimenopause series with Episode 8 — but today, this conversation can’t wait.

    17 min

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About

Beyond The Bedroom™ goes far beyond emotional wellness. It is the space where women finally hear the truths our culture avoids—about our bodies, our hormones, our identity, our trauma, our pleasure, and our power. Host Jaclyn Huff, mother and survivor, brings courage and honesty to conversations on postpartum depression, perimenopause, sexual wellness, relationship dynamics, beauty pressures, and the hidden emotional labor women carry. We break the silence. We reclaim knowledge. We redefine womanhood on our own terms. New episodes weekly.