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The Moth Radio Hour: Reconciling the Past

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Navigating the Fertility Clinic and Trauma Triggers

This chapter of the podcast episode tells the story of a couple visiting a fertility clinic and their struggles with infertility. The narrator reflects on their partner's nerves and their own thoughts about the expensive and sometimes impersonal process of using donor sperm. The chapter then takes a darker turn as the narrator shares their own experience of surviving sexual assault in a foreign country and how it has impacted their identity and sense of self-worth.

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