Our journeys into this world started in the womb. In the opening episode of The Earliest, we explore the moment of passage from womb to world: birth. We get personal with Elizabeth Pihlaja—a mother, doula, and early childhood expert—about her own traumatic birth experience. We hear from Elizabeth and experts about what went right, what didn’t, and how it all could’ve been better.

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