In part one of this powerful two-part episode, Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator Joy Skow is joined by guests Alyssa and Bob Iero to discuss the power of advocacy when it comes to labor and birth. Listen in as Alyssa and Bob recount their traumatic first birth experience which resulted in an emergency c-section, as well as their second experience filled with unimaginable twists and turns resulting in Alyssa and Bob leaving the hospital during their 59-hour labor in order to achieve their desired birth outcome – which they credit to the power of advocacy and the benefit of having Joy as their birth doula.