In this episode of The Birds, the Bees, and the Scorpion, host Nora Al-Musili begins unraveling the story of her fertility journey. Starting the story at adolescence and her first period, Nora shares her experience of unusually painful and debilitating cycles, through how she eventually began a contraceptive pill in early adulthood as she felt the pressures of performing as a young professional. But the contraceptive pill didn't shield her from the storm of health issues, including hypothyroidism and, later, Orthorexia. Fast forward to the start of the pandemic in 2020, where Nura and her husband bravely embark on the quest to conceive, only to be met with unexpected challenges, one after another. This continued to the point of realizing that their dream of having at least one child may not come true without a little help.

Enter the fertility specialist, simultaneously a beacon of hope and a symbol of perceived failure in a sea of uncertainty. Nora will be back in the next episode to pick up the story at the visit to the fertility specialist.

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