Now, as howling winds echo across the snow-covered reaches of the Wild North West, we present Sergeant Preston of the Yukon by special recording brought to you by the Quaker Oats Company, makers of Quaker Pop Wheat, and Quaker Pop Rice, the delicious cereal shot from guns, in cooperation with the Mutual Broadcasting System. It's Yukon King, swift as the strongest lead dog of the Northwest, breaking the trail for Sergeant Preston of the Northwest Mounted Police in his relentless pursuit of lawbreakers. On King, on you, Huskies! Gold, gold, discovered in the Yukon, a stampede to the Klondike in the wild race for riches. Back to the days of the Gold Rush, bringing you the adventures of Sergeant Preston and his wonder dog, Yukon King, as they meet the challenge of the Yukon. The adventures of Rin Tin Tin presented on Mutual every Sunday over most of these stations is a listening treat especially designed for the whole family. Several generations have thrilled to the heroic exploits of Rin Tin Tin, the dog that's almost human, and now you can hear his further adventures every Sunday. The new series of Rin Tin Tin adventures are laid in the colorful and legend-filled era of the Pioneer West. His young master is Corporal Rusty, stationed at Fort Apache. During the troublesome post-Civil War era, the Army cavalry finds plenty of action in keeping under control the renegade Indians who set fire to the early settlers' cabins. And as members of the Fort Apache cavalry unit, Corporal Rusty and Rin Tin Tin are engaged in many stirring escapades. Make sure your family enjoys the pleasurable listening on the adventures of Rin Tin Tin, presented by Mutual every Sunday over most of these stations. Macy Vale, a rough type of woman in the Southwest United States, had gone to the Yukon territory during the first Gold Rush. Macy started a cafe in Selkirk, and though it prospered to a degree that should have satisfied her, she used it as a cover-up and headquarters for a tough gang which brought her added revenue. Macy considered herself a power in the town and also considered that anything taken by force without becoming involved with the law was the quickest way to help.  The trouble with you, boys, is that you seem to be getting careless. What do you mean by that, Macy? Yeah, yeah. Like Joe says, what do you mean? That's all. The other night came in here boasting that you didn't get but half his gold. He had the other half hidden his cabin. And how was we to know that? I can see why folks call you Sniffy. You almost drive me loco with that eternal sniff into your... Or can I help it? Oh, forget that. Like Sniffy just said, Macy, how are we to know the old goat was holding out on us? You should make it your business to find out. Well, is that all you brought us in here for? To ball us out for not getting the gold it hid? No. What I really want to talk about is another job. A big job, Joe. Yeah? What is it? The first season will be leaving here for the states tomorrow morning. Yeah, sure. What about it? A lot of the prospectors are sending their gold back on that boat. It's been accumulating at the express office. Yeah, that's right. Now we're going to get that gold. But Macy, it's risky holding up the express office. It's working too close to home. If the constable gets a lot of that... Lead a minute, you dope. I'm not saying you and the others that are going and rob the express office at all. And how are we going to get the dust? Easy. Here's my plan. I have all worked out. I happen to know the express agent, Lynn Selden. Now, he puts all the pokes in a big canvas sack. They're bound at the top with fine wire that's twisted together at the end. And then covered with red sealant wax. Yeah. Where do we come in? Now, here's how we do it. I've had Jake and Sam fill a lot of pokes with sand and pack them in a canvas sack. Look, there it is in the corner. Fixed with the wire and sealant wax just like the one from the express office. Well, I'll be dying. But how do we... Give me a chance to explain, will you? Sure. Sure. Go ahead, Macy. Selden will take the canvas sack on the express buckboard from the office around nine o'clock tonight. How do you know? The purser from the boats out front right now. One of the waiters heard him say he had to be at the boat at nine to take on the express. Well, Selden will drive through that deserted alley between the fishing shacks near the land and to get to the boat. You and Sniffy will be waiting there in the shadows. Then what?  See that he gets knocked out. Don't you want us to plug him? No, that's the one thing I don't want. Now listen, Jake and Sam will be waiting in the shadows with horses. Take the sack of gold off the buckboard and put the fake one in its place. Then you and Sniffy head back here. What about Jake and Sam? They've got a rumpus shooting their guns and so on. That'll draw a crowd. They'll make out like they drove off the bandits. And when Selden comes to and finds the canvas sack still on the buckboard, they'll be heroes. Gosh, that's sure some plan. Yeah, but when that sack is open in this state, there'll be an investigation made. Yeah, yeah, but that'll maybe be six weeks or so from now when the boat reaches Seattle. By that time, the crowd in town now will be scattered and folks will forget what happened. The company will put the blame on young Selden. It'll be up to him to explain his way out. All right, Thunder Macy, I think it'll work. Sure, sure it will. I've already given instructions to Jake and Sam, so they'll do their part. Well, you can count on us too. If you don't do your part and do it right, you'll be mighty sorry. That's all I got to say. Well, now let's get our front and have some reports. Sure. That evening, Lynn Selden was at his cabin on the edge of town having his supper before returning to the express office. His wife, Helen, and their eight-year-old boy Danny were at the table with him. I have to go back to the office, you know him, to get that goldboard to board tonight. Lynn, that's a big responsibility for you to take alone. You should have a guard along with you. Why don't you stop by and ask the constable? Honey, stop worrying. I've been putting the goldboard alone for some time now and I've never had any trouble. Anyway, it's only a short distance from the office to the boat landing. May I go with you, Papa? May I? Kevin, Danny, you'll be in bed and asleep by the time your father drives to the boat. But I want to see you boat once more before it leaves. Ah, please, Papa, let me go with you. Do you think you can stay awake that long, son? Oh, sure, I'll stay awake. I'm really not thinking of taking him with you. Why not, honey? The kid wants to see the boat once more and it sails at dawn. We'll be back home well before midnight. Well, all right, if you want to be bothered with him. I will be a bother on him. Okay, son, it's all settled. We'll be leaving in a few minutes for the office. I have a lot to do before we drive to the boat. That night, Danny dozed a bit while his father made out weigh bills and attended to other office routine. Finally, Lynn awakened the boy and they started out with a sack of gold for the boat. As the boat board started through the narrow darkened alley between the fishing shags, Lynn saw two figures step out ahead of him. He spoke quickly to Danny. Get under the seat, son, quick. Hide under the seat. Stop. Don't go over your gun. We got you covered. Oh, there. Oh. Down on that seat. Hold on, mister. What's this all about? He said, get out. Yes, I have to. Your faces are masked with bandanas. You won't get away with that. Hold up. You keep them covered. Sure. I'm ready to plug it. This'll take care of you. You went out like a light. Hey, call Jake and Sam. Jake, Sam, come on. Yes, sir. Here the men put the sack containing the polks of sand on the boat board and transferred the sack of gold to us to the pack holders. Then Joe spoke again. Now, sniffy or me, we'll get going. As soon as we're out of sight, Jake, you and Sam start a ruck, all right? Come on, get going. Come on. Let's start things gold. This'll bring a crowd of no time. Shoot a few more times. I'll leave down besides selling. Looks like I'm trying to help you. Danny. What about Danny? Who? My boy, I have it. Okay, we came along and we did. I don't know who you are, but I'm sure thankful. I was taking gold to the boat, but it hadn't been for you, too. They would have stolen it. Let's ease out of here. Glad to do it for you, mister. We got to be getting along.  Hey, wait a minute. I didn't get your names. They sure did you a good turn, Selden.  I don't understand. After delivering the sack to the boat and getting a receipt, Lynn Selden and Danny returned to their cabin. As they were about to get ready for bed, someone knocked at the door. I'll go. And King. Sorry to come here so late, but I just arrived in town. I heard you had some trouble. I wanted to get the report first-hand. Thanks. King again, Sergeant. I suppose you heard about Lynn's awful experience. Yes, that's why I've done things so late. Sit down, Sergeant. Thanks. You know, they were fortunate those strangers came along and prevented the robbery, Lynn. I sure was. The crooks had knocked me out. Danny hit under the seats if they didn't see him. Oh, is that he was him? Uh-huh. I sure was scared, but I kept real quiet. Lynn, was there anything familiar about the two who tried to hold you up? No, they used bandanas, and though it doesn't get very dark here at night, it was shadowy enough to keep me from seeing much. I was kind of upset, too, thinking about them getting the gold and about Danny being with me. Oh, you understand that. I couldn't see anything from under the seat, but golly, I could hear him talking. He sure talked tough, too. I heard the ones who were scared away, the bandits did quite a bit of shooting. I wonder if they wanted either of the crooks. Oh, no, Sergeant Preston. I heard the crooks tell them to start shooting after they left. What? Please, you don't know what you heard. You were too frightened to be sure. But, Papa, I did hear them on it. Now, Danny, let the men talk. It's time you bring them. Just a minute, Helen. Danny, tell me everything you can remember. Everything you think you heard. Well, one thing I remember. One of the crooks that stopped us made a funny noise all the time, like this. Danny, are you sure you weren't imagining it? The boy might be able to help us. What else do you remember, Danny? After they hit Papa, I was plenty scared. But I remember one of them called out two names and said, come on. Then the other two came and they all talked together. Then they took something off the buck board and put something else on it. Hold on. Hold on, Danny, not so fast, please. You see, the crooks called the other two and they talked together. Uh-huh. And they took something off the buck board and put something else on it. That's right, Sergeant. Was it a sack they put on? Yeah, that was it. I heard one of them say, change those sacks. But I was afraid to look. Then two of them rode away on horses. Horses? The crooks who held us up were on foot. But them men came with the horses, Papa. Honest, Danny. I hope you haven't made all these up, have you? Oh, no. I'm beginning to see the whole idea. Lynn and a plan like that would be too clever for a boy to imagine. What do you mean, Sergeant? You believe that what Danny said? I think Danny saved the day. Come on, I want you to go with me to the boat and have that sack opened right away. If what I think is true, then you've been robbed after all. We'll continue our adventure in just a moment. Say, wouldn't the kids in your neighborhood wish they were in your shoes if you saw a baseball home run king in person and saw him smash a homer right out of a ballpark? Carly, nothing beats the fun at a ballpark. The game, the crowds, the hot dogs, peanuts and soda pop.  Come on to the ball game as guests of your favorite team. If you are 12 years or younger and can bring a paying adult like mom or dad, grab a pencil and paper quick to get a free baseball ticket, tear off the box top from a package of Quaker Puff Tweet or Quaker Puff Price or Muffet Shredded Wheat. Send with your name and address to baseball box5205 Chicago 77 Illinois.  For each ticket, send a box top from Quaker Puff Tweet or Puff Price or Muffet Shredded Wheat. You get two free tickets with the guarantee seal from Quaker Packer 10. We'll give you the address now and again later in the program. I'll write it down. Baseball, box5205 Chicago 77 Illinois. The president and Lynn left the Selden cabin and went aboard the boat. The night watch aroused the purser and soon the three men stood in the purser's office with the sack before them. Sergeant Preston and the purser watched as Lynn broke the wax seal and opened the sack. Now I'll open one of the pokes. It's filled with sand. Sand? Great day. Then he was right, Lynn. They did change the sacks. This is off. Not as bad as it would have been if Danny hadn't remembered what happened. If that sand had been opened in the express office in Seattle, you would have been suspected, Lynn. I gave you a receipt for thousands of dollars worth of gold. Well, what do I...? One will go back to receipt but keep this quiet and let it get out that you know about it. But the boat sails are gone. It's after midnight now. I'll have to talk to the captain before I leave. Maybe since the cooks will be off guard, we can get that gold back before the boat does sail. Let's go then. Come along, King. After leaving the boat, Sergeant Preston and Lynn, followed by King, walked toward the main part of town. I was thinking, Sergeant, maybe you could pick up the trail of those cooks who left with the horses. I wonder where they'll hold up to a place, Lynn, before I came to your cabin. Half the town were all over the place. I spoiled any trail that might have been there. I didn't think of that. Now, how do you begin? What can you do? Your face to open. You go there quite often. Quite a bit. Why? And it wouldn't be unusual for you to be single. No. Once in a while I go there after closing the office. I go there now. Please keep your eyes open for either of the men who pretend to be helping. I remember it was shadowy in the alley where I was stopped and I was rather dizzy even when they left. I might not be able to recognize the old tri anyhow. Much more. I remember what Danny said about one of the cooks who made the sniffing zone. The kid might have been imagining that. He's been right so far. Yeah, he is at that. I'll go to the cafe and look around. Oh, wait outside with King and the shadows across the street there. Do you think you found one of them? Come out and signal me. I'll follow it up from there. All right, Sergeant. I'll do the best I can. Short time later, Lynn sat at the table in the cafe looking over the crowd. Hello, Selden. How about joining you a minute? Good evening, Miss Bear. I'm glad to have you. I've been here and you had a bit of trouble. That's right. A couple of oblasts tried to hold me up. Oh, then they didn't get anything. Well, I started from the express office with a sack filled with pokes and I put a sack of pokes aboard the boat so I... In other words, they missed out on getting the gold up.  I heard all about it. I say, who were the ones who acted like heroes, you know? No, I don't. They left right away. It was kind of dark. Sure, sure, I know. Did that gun butt do much damage to your skull? No, it was a glancing blow, I guess. Lucky for me. The back of my head is still sober. Yeah, well, that's to be expected. Lucky, they didn't put a bullet in you. I guess I am at that. Hey, Maisie! Well, I guess I gotta be running along. See you later, Calvin. Good night, Miss Vell. I stayed in the cafe for almost an hour and then he left and joined Sergeant Queston and King when the shuttle was across the street. He was saying, Yes, it's no use, Sergeant. I didn't see anyone who looked familiar that could have been one of the crooks too loud. Maisie Vell sat with me for a short time. She asked me about the holdup.  She asked you about it? I mean, she mentioned the gun butt? What she actually said was, did that gun butt do much damage to your skull? Hold on a minute.  No one, I guess. By the time the crowd gathered, I was on my feet in worrying about the gold and Danny. Well, as far as anyone knew, he could have been knocked down by a man's fist. That's right. I didn't talk about it, it didn't seem important. It might be important. Only the crooks would know how you'd been knocked down. Strange, Maisie should be so definite about it by saying that gun butt... Why are you driving that, Sergeant? It's just a thought. What do you mean, Maisie, no? In her office, somebody was waiting there to see her. I'm going to question her. Let's walk around to the back of the cafe. I'll get in to talk to Maisie privately through the back door of the office. Meantime, in Maisie's office, the four members of her gang were having a discussion with her. Maisie? The boys think that gold ought to be divided tonight, so that... Well, so Jake and Sam can clear out before morning. You might be recognized by that express agent. Are you taking chances? I happen to know Sergeant Preston came to town tonight, too. So what if he did? There's been a report of an attempted holdup, but that's all. And the guy that gathered covered the trail like I thought it would. But that guy, Selden, came into the cafe a while ago. If he saw Jake and Sam... What if he does see them? He thinks they're heroes, don't he? But if he recognizes them when news of the robbery breaks after the boat reached Seattle, he'll go to the mountains. And they'll begin to check. That's right. Sam and me want to pull up states and get out of here without meeting Selden again. It's safe. Yeah, that's what we want to do. We're going back and divvying up the gold now, Maisie. Well, all right. Lock the doors, Smithy. Yeah, sure, sure. You get the sack out of that closet over there, Joe. With Maisie. They open the sack, Joe, and put the folks a gold dust on my desk. Then we'll divide them up after I get my half-burnt. Meantime, Sergeant Preston and Lynn with Yukon King reach the back door of Maisie's office. I'll knock on the door and go in to talk to Maisie. You wait over here with Jane Lynn. I'm going to make some kind of argument going on in the office. Let's move close to the door and listen. Cautiously moving close to the back door of the office. Sergeant Preston and Lynn, listen closely. Listen to me. You're locked. Why'd they go in there, Sam? Don't worry about me. We take the chances and you, brother, you'll get up here. You know what he means by that. Listen. But like Joe said, we deserve to get as much as that gold as you. Don't worry about me.  I'm getting tired of that. Listen to yours anyway. It gets on my nerves. If you don't like working for me, see this someplace else. I'm sure he'll do it like I said. Then he's right again, Lynn. That man must be one of the cooks, the one who sniffs. Oh, yes. No. And you think Maisie does? Yes. I never did trust her. He'll get the constable. Bring him here as fast as you can. We'll continue our adventure in just a moment. Say, kids, wouldn't you like to be out at the ball game and maybe catch one of those balls? Golly, everything in a baseball game is fun. The crowds, the eats, the excitement. Come out to the ballpark as guests of your favorite team. Yes, see the game free if you are 12 years or younger. Just bring your mom or dad a paying adult. To get a free baseball ticket, send your name and address with a box top from Quaker Puffed Wheat or Quaker Puffed Rice or Muffet Shredded Wheat. Send to baseball box 5205, Chicago 77, Illinois. Get as many tickets as you want. Details are on every ticket. For each ticket, send a box top from Quaker Puffed Wheat or Rice or Muffet Shredded Wheat. You get two tickets at one time with a guarantee seal from Quaker Packerton. Send to baseball box 5205, Chicago 77, Illinois. Send right away. Preston hurriedly told him what was going on in Maisie's office and then outlined a simple plan. Meantime, Maisie and her gang were still arguing inside. Look, I have this gun in my hand, see?  So you better do as I say. You've got stuff in your safe like what, for instance? You remember when each of you came to me to join up? Sure, sure. Remember when I had you write down what jobs you pulled here and in the states telling each of you was sort of an application? Yeah, I remember that.  Those are regular confessions that would fix you plenty. You wouldn't dare use that. That's right, we could talk plenty. Then we would, too. You couldn't prove a thing against me. Every job I lined up for you did yourself. Yeah, while you sat around here and raked in the grave. Oh, while I sat around here and established an alibi, Joe, why, if I had a mind too, I could send you all up for murder for killing that old prospector over at Pelly Landing last month.  But who'd believe that? Now, it's for this gold. Hey, somebody from the cafe. I'll send him away. Who's there? The festival, Miss Dale. I have to talk to you right away. It's important. Can't it wait till morning? Sorry, but I must see you now. You'll be suspicious if you don't talk to him. Only if you clear out the back way. Then I'll let him in. Get that gold out of sight quick.  Yeah, I got it. Man, this is official business. All right. The back door boys, quick. Right, Sergeant Preston. For a moment the four men stood crowded in the doorway looking in surprise at Sergeant Preston. Then Maisie approached. Hey, what's the idea? You have no right to stop these men. They haven't done anything.  Why are you... Joe, hold it. Come on in, Sergeant. If there's something on your mind, maybe we can sit you straight. All right, Maisie. Come on, Lynn. Hey, what's that guy's spell then coming in with you for? Two guns are better than one in this case. King, standing in the doorway behind Preston, saw Maisie ease her hand from behind her back. The intelligent dog could see the gun in her hand before Preston got a glimpse of it. You won't ever break in here again, you dirty...  And as the bullet went harmlessly into the ceiling, Maisie fell under the impact of the dog's attack. King stood over her, crawling so that she feared to move. Meantime, Joe reached for his gun. Now plug that sneak and bounty plan, man. But the bounty sidestep, the same time throwing a hard right to the crook's jaw, rocked him on his heels. Sam, another one of the gangs, saw Jake go down and deciding to get away during the excitement, Sam headed for the back door. There he stopped by Lynn Seldon.  Preston quickly looked around. He saw that Maisie and three of the crooks were taken care of. The fourth snippy cowered behind Maisie's desk. With all thought and resistance gone. Look, I give up. I give up. Come out of there, you old cheater. I'll open the other door now, Sergeant. All right, Lynn. Seems to take it all the fight out of Maisie. Yeah, King saved the Sergeant from Maisie's bullet. Oh, God. Easy fellow. Watch your boy. Look in that closet, Lynn. Right, Sergeant. Sack of gold. All right, Maisie. We arrest you and your gang for the crown for robbery. Later, I'm sure the additional charge of murder will be made against all of you. I don't have any hardly found any. Out of the mouths of gangs come words of wisdom. Oh, there's something to that effect, Sergeant. All right, Lynn. They're crazy. All right, please.  We'll get them to jail and get the gold to the boat, Lynn. This case is closed. You can play a vital part in the defense of our country. 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Hi there, I'm Sandy Allknock, artist and paper crafter here on YouTube and today I'm going to paint some very loose Holly I'm gonna make this a super quick video because we are all busy with the holidays coming But I wanted to make a little quick video. We're celebrating one more time this week Ellen Hudson's anniversary and Thought I would share a little bit of painting this Holly stamp I really love this all of her mondo flowers of all sorts But this Holly one is particularly gorgeous It's me using some Distress Oxides on watercolor paper And I loosely put the green on and now I'm kind of loosely tapping in the red even putting some red on the edges of a few of the Branches and one of the cool things about red and green is that they are complementary colors So they're gonna go well together in terms of one dulling the other out so that you're if you're familiar with my Theories my color theory stuff that I teach in Copic markers and colored pencil a lot of times You can use red to shade green and green to shade red And I thought let's play around with this and do something really loose and see what the two of them do together So you can see I've got just loose spots of both colors all over the entire stamp not super even So some of them just have a tip of red some of them have a little bit more red in them Others are all green and the the mix between all of it is really nice I'm just painting them with water just plain water rinse the brush if my if I start spreading around too much color and now with clean water I'm painting outside of the stamp to do the background and I'm trying to get it good and puddley so that it moves really nicely And I don't end up with weird edges and I want to get most of the paper pretty wet You could spray it but then again you could break down all that distress oxide ink and it could just totally disappear and go to mush So I find it's a little easier control it with a brush I am using a number 8 size brush You could do this with probably easier with a number 12 but I decided I was going to try to stick with one brush and not switch out in between and I'm adding in a little bit of sap green From my Daniel Smith watercolor palette as well because I wanted to kind of do some more splashy things get some more color on here And I didn't really want to get out more of the distress oxide ink You could do it as well with with that if you wanted to but I just wanted to add some more color to the background and Keep those edges moving and nice and wet While I'm here and painting away I thought I'd say one more congratulations to Ellen Hudson on her anniversary This week we've been celebrating all over social media and everything and I am so proud to be Associated with a company like Ellen's She runs it with such integrity. Her whole team does they're super people I love their customer service and how well they take care of people and they're all about education Which if you know me, you know, I'm all about teaching and that's really important to me Not to just have good products in your hands, but to have a partner in doing that They make sure they get good quality stuff that I can point you to that. I know I can trust the products I can trust that they're going to arrive at your house in an appropriate fashion And you're going to be taken care of and we're all going to be able to learn together What I'm doing here is painting with water first and then dropping in some purel scarlet because the color from the distress Ink was just softer than I wanted I let it dry and Then I'm going to go back in and add some lost and found edges by that I mean some edges are going to be really hard and some are going to soften and kind of melt into each other if You just do what I what I just did here I'm going to have to fuss with that a little bit in order to make it look a little better If you just go around the outside edges of every single leaf Then it's going to look like it's pasted on you're going to be adding shadow But look how much nicer that one looks then the one that I did a minute ago Where I have that that hard edge around it you just want to pick a few Areas where you want to put that that harder edge that darker shadow And it's going to let parts of it look like it's melting into the paper and parts of it Look like it's lifting up and that's what's going to give this the feel of that loose watercolor and and just make it super spectacular So that's that's my advice to you when you try to to fake these things There are people who can paint like this just right off the bat without having to do any of this fussy Edge creation that I end up having to do Because I'm not that good at it yet and figure out how to do that in one fell swoop But I am getting better at the fixes So I'm able to go back in on something like this and just add some dark areas Choose a few spots where there's dark shadows in between some leaves, but not letting it take over entirely I don't want this to look like it's glued on and Have a solid outline around anything just kind of take my brush with a little little damp water on it and Move some of that color around until it softens and looks like it's kind of melting in and just leave a few spots a very dark color Because that's going to draw more attention contrast as we've talked about many times here on my YouTube channel contrast is what draws our attention and Makes us stop and look at something So adding a little more of the sap green onto some of the leaves because I wanted a time where that background color into the Leaf itself and just kind of going back and forth between adding some of the Daniel Smith watercolor to what was already there From the distress oxide ink that I had stamped in the first place Now if you do something like this and you're like, oh man My whole leaf just completely washed away if you have it in your misty and you can reink it Just stamp a portion of it right over top But I didn't feel like that was necessary here because I was kind of getting that loose look that I wanted For the berries I mixed up a little bit of purple Into the pierce scarlet and now I'm just going to drop some of it on a few places In between some of the berries so I can create some of those really deeper shadows those darker edges To make them look a little bit more dimensional And to finish off my card I just added some layers of cardstock and a stamp sentiment and Called it done very loosely painted holly Just to give you a heads up in the month of December. I'm going to cut back a little bit on the video making I'll do one card video a week and then I might do some fine art videos here and there without voiceovers, but I'll be back in January a hundred percent with Monday Wednesday Friday videos So have no fear things will restore to normal, but I needed a little rest break So I thought December would be a good time since you're busy, and I'm busy. I'll just take it easy I'll see you soon. Bye. Bye


Okay, we'll live this and then I'll spark I Rather have two characters and an assist Never mind. It doesn't matter Yep, that's me. You're probably wondering how I got myself into this situation up two characters with sparking blast activated And yet somehow I'm one drop away from losing the only game keeping me from being knocked back to living legend Please kill him. Please you gotta be kidding me. Dr. Dato. No, I think to truly understand how he got here though We need to go back a little further So this is actually just a normal ranked match video This is one of my worst drops of all time, but I didn't know what to do for the intro So I did that hopefully that was that was that you know, I'll just I'll just start the video How's it going everybody? Dato doi here with another round of dragon ball fighters ranked matches this time We're playing a suggested team of Vigito Jiren and Bardock if you couldn't tell from the team This is a very in-your-face kind of team the assist you don't get much closer in terms of assists than these two Switch I'm gonna hit it twice. I know you saw that first one and I was a little worried about what you do So I just threw it again. Oh nice interrupted me No, I couldn't reflect. I don't know why I just didn't keep blocking the nerves Definitely not no, I'm down tech was that over committing. Yes also Vegeta Vegeta cut me off So it slowed down Jiren Just another one of those assist game. We're going for this already dude the mix. Okay hard knockdown mix Two seconds into the game. I'm a man. I can deal with it Ever heard of EX counter.   Always a pleasure. I always forget. I don't have a heavy Once I make that mistake though It reminds me instantly that I have that heavy grab my I just start spamming it dude Catches a lot of people off guard. Are we dead here? We might be No, no, I think we should be good. Wow. No, we're definitely dead.  I have a lot of hours in this game. I was mashing my heart Did I try jumping? I might have done I might have just done that That's a good change. Oh This is gonna give hard knockdown to that's a new patch stuff, but you just gets hard knocked down wherever he wants. Oh, it was so obvious. I Just can't believe he did it. I tried clicking L a Vigito player instinct ran through me And he killed but he's he can stall. Oh, he had enough time to TP in there. No, I Guess that makes sense. I didn't really cover that with anything. I just didn't expect the raw Dp. Yep. Oh my god. I'm getting caught by DPs like it's my job. I mean it kind of is There we go. There we go. I'm gonna get rid of the yamcha assist. I know it's Vegeta yamcha It's not like and then let me guess ex Yep, that's it. That's they've That's in the yamcha handbook. Okay Why did I go with the heavy? They back it up and we back it up Do I not have another jump? Okay, I did but that was crazy. What am I doing? What am I doing because I'm a genius? I'm not a genius guys.  Oh Man, I I'm so used to old Bardock I'm so used to old Bardock. It's crazy how he's still top tier Just the normals make him top tier dude.   You could literally send that to Arcist and they'd be like, what do you want us to nerf? That's just the way his limbs move That's wild It's also wild how I super dashed against the Vegeta assist. I was a poor decision Yeah, look at the that was all me trying to escape And I have work you to can I introduce you to this corner What are you doing? Oh, what are you doing? What am I doing? If any of you guys figure out what I'm doing, could you please let me know? Okay, nice and simple. Everybody gets the corner.  I'll remember you. What is he doing? All right, we have to let him play with Vegeta more though Okay, not the most optimal Not at all the most optimal, but we'll have to take it EP. Yeah, there it is. Oh, well, he didn't get anything off it. No, that's crazy Twitch, okay You remember how I talked about those those limbs I dropped it. All right. Well, he hit Wolfgang fist There's not too much Yamcha can do off of that actually Okay, I'm not too afraid again. They're not too much Yamcha can do you go into a level three That's his choice he dropped it boys. Oh Wolfgang fist that dude All right, don't don't Wolfgang fist this. Oh huge huge Suckitude for me. I couldn't think of a better word. So yes, we are gonna stay with suckitude. I could EX again Beautiful DP. He knew I was gonna click a button there Nice dragon rush Jiren's just dying Jiren didn't get to play unfortunately my bad Jiren You want to drop this though? That would be sick Man, I've never seen anybody do that with Big Bang. I can't believe it Why'd you do that? You absolute fool are you kidding that works Nobody told me about this Commander I play Yamcha every day of the week. I Make a different Yamcha video every week. Can you believe that Jiren can I mean Vigito can get away with stuff like this? Six years off this man's life as well. That's great Wow, wow behind the back. I was just reflecting for fun.  I was in my head. I'm like sacking off a character makes sense for the level three sparking because level one sparking Let's not even talk about that. That thing lasts two seconds That wasn't supposed to be a low too. Well, that was us.  Can he kill with a level three? Let's check. Let's play whose favorite game Not my favorite game Hashtag not my game I didn't want this We'll live this and then I'll spark. I'd rather have two characters and an assist Nevermind. It doesn't matter Please kill him. Please you got to be kidding me. Dato. Dato. No, no Bro, I think I'm gonna pass out bro, I think I'm gonna pass out. I'm gonna pass out.  I'm not even joking my for some reason my head actually hurts after that Chronic disappointment syndrome my two DPs That was this.  What do I title this video? What do I title this video? That was legit legitimately the worst? Wow I'm just sorry. You guys had to see that. I'm sorry. I had to see that nobody wanted to see that guys But I forced you to you clicked on this video for wholesome fighting game content And what did I give you guys? Huh? What did I as your is a content creator? Give you all nothing but sadness Pain in my case a literal headache. I've been in this corner for six damn years I do remember when it was all fun and games guys. That was man flashback to when that didn't happen Good times Dp. I forgot about it. Don't sleep on the DP gang Overhead this should not scale that good though. Okay. That was kind of sick. I'll give it up I was definitely trying to jam in a little bit of a No, okay. I can't see past the go home I'll take it whoo jeerat to the corner How come I can't block that overhead now? It's not even the hardest thing about the double block. I'm dead I was dead a while ago, but To At least I'm on Vegeta. I guess He's closer to being taken out. I think I lost this match as soon as I I did whatever I did back there Not gonna lie. It was so long ago. I forgot what I was so angry about But the the feeling is still there. All right, we got a like spark or something to get back a bit of moments I didn't block low All right refocus Geez hard knockdown From all the way up here From all the way up there, dude. I'm still not used to that. I tried to jump. Can he kill me here? Can he kill me?  What do I pay you for? What did I pay my five dollars for a Vegeta? He saw it coming to you but Give you bedel and then DP Moonsault. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god.  Please don't run. I need another chance even if it even if it's not all game I just need another chance to embarrass myself. I tried it. Damn. All right. Let's not rush things Oh, let's play cool calmly collected dragon ball fighters boys. I Didn't even see the moon assault. I don't know how that means saw. I don't know how that didn't cross me out I am reflecting like crazy that one. You can't reflect them. So I bad time to say that Finally we got one boys No, okay, one of those bars was supposed to be a tag out. Okay, didn't get punished for that can't be too upset Low I got to keep blocking low. I Always stop I always stop for some reason after the yamcha Maybe it's because I always go for overheads after that not the Vegeta said I was already so committed I was in a steady relationship with my light button. Oh Nice nice. Okay. We can still get out of this It'll be tricky since he hasn't even called another character, but wow that was some recovery Good job. Can't throw up beams like crazy You get an action after that in the air after getting reflected nice, okay, we hit that actually No, I'm not giving up. That's hilarious. You're not giving up. Oh, I Didn't block low. What was I blocking then? No, I must let go okay Shout out to Bardock. You'll have to do it all is on his own He does have level three sparking now. So Yomcha says got me Dirty there. All right. It's sparking time already What's that you say sparking time He'll probably try to do something here Bardock Bardock, what was that? I can't believe a back dash came out Our sparking so close to being done to don't hard knock down.   I mean, I do have seven bars. Oh my god. I really didn't notice that Okay, he took a little pity on me there. I'm just gonna level three I'm just gonna hard knock down right now Kind of extending that I tried jumping. Wow, that's it Good games good games. Oh man. What a set. What an awful horrible set for me It was that one thing dude. I was after that my brain was not ready for fighting games That's the harsh truth about it dude after something like that happened Oh, man, I should have stopped for the day good games my man I'm gonna go ahead and hit no rematch. Thank you to my opponent for the matches It is super late here on the East Coast So I'm happy I got a game at all. Hopefully you guys enjoyed that if you did I Like the video in this trying time and subscribe to the channel Not all videos end like this not all videos have something this catastrophic in them Some do actually some of them definitely do I guess to find out you have to click on one of those other videos And on your screen right now. Gotcha the YouTube's paradox. Seriously. Thanks again for watching this particular video I'm Dr. Doia and I will see you in the next one


Tukituka palivo ni umbani kusia Tumikuwa tukiwa na palivo kwa nyemi tanda mekom Kusimona ki do guna bian? Bian is my bro Akin ya kodown Na alba mi ya keni noma Ya, but ako chinia mekonda But he's my friend, he's my bro Small bro, yeah Ako chiniki vipilab Ako chinia nyewezi Ya, amona kana nyeweza But bian is my bro all day every day Man, I respect that brother so much And God bless that guy Guys, make sure you stream his album Alusa wa utopless, it's out there on all digital platforms The most talented musician we have in Africa That has to be bian, facts and everybody knows that Me, I'm just the best rapper in Africa But bian is the best musician we have in Africa What's up, good people And welcome back As you can see, we are right here at KICC The flagging of the Coca-Cola Christmas season We are right here with the OG Mambo Vipil Mambo Shwari, Mambo Poa, Mambo Fresh, Mambo Best What a performance right there You think it was a good one? Ya Of course, when you bring it, we bring it all day every day Thank you so much man OG is OG and you shall be respected You said that was your first corporate performance this year When you're on stage, you gotta gas them up You must try to secure the bag But it's like the fifth But you try to make every moment special But it's the first of its kind So we did that thing anyway We've also seen you with the Prime Cabinet secretary Musale Mudavadi on stage Ilkwa Vipi Ilkwa Tusawa Maybe you can ask him if he's on stage Because OG is OG Ya Likwa poa manzit It's an honor to share the stage with such prominent people We don't take that for granted And God is good We are grateful to God For lack of a better word If I come out and pay a condition On getting on the same stage with you And the condition was They must respect the OG And they did And they did exactly that Right How can the OG celebrate Christmas? Of course Ya, I'm a human being like anybody else I have family, you know So we celebrate Christmas, of course Ya, ya, we celebrate Christmas And I'm looking forward to it Me and my family and everybody else Ya What is your favorite Christmas memory from back in the day? Chapati tu ya Nkona kula chapati Endless chapati is back in the days Ya, ya, ya Ya ni memorable forever, ya Sayu anase ma chapati ziko kila mahali Labda saseivi labi What are you looking forward to during Christmas? I'm still looking forward to chapati Ziko kila mahali, lakini ziko kuwaitu kila siku So I'm looking forward to chapati Alright, Christmas right now in the new home Mama Bado But after Udaku sasa ni Bado, Bado Bado ni koko Bado Bado, but hopefully next year Ya Uduwafotki baki poudaku Naske the studio is almost like someone's bed seat Aja mani? Bed seat? Someone's house Pardon you for that Bed seat a panna Ya, ya, ya, ya Ya, but it's a You are grateful to God for the blessings Ya, it's something you are trying And it's somewhere man You are grateful either way, ya Alright, and maybe During your whole time that you are Constructing the house What is that one thing Maybe you would advise people who are also Doing the same Because we have a lot of people who are doing the same thing Niku kuwatu consistent To tafti pesa Kus kazi yaku jenga ishangi Ya ni nendele hangat Wata kamaa sisi to tengia po bila dirisha Tutanga nga natu yu veneiko So watu ya kitu bidi? Ya, ya, ya Lizevo sabu Most of the time to kipata watu Wana jenga wana liya Kidogo wana sema labda Kibufuko wana tingizwa Kidogo How was it for you? Was it a rough journey also? Ata min me kwan kilia tu Ispokuwa labdas ya kwan kilia kum tandao Lakin imufuko ina liya Ata sa hi Ata sa hi interveni kandao Ali pesha manzejo Bari kosa Tuli anza na tu na maliza And all your materials From Kenya, makuna zanyome Witu niza apa bana Witu akuna nini Witu niza Ena Ioni misconception ii mejawku inje Ti yi gotta get things from outside Things are from here Locally you can get everything you need And I will show you once I'm done You will see Na zote kila kituni apa Ato na pesa kutua witu inje Na witu ziko apa iwi Even the interiors may be VT bada ita kwa lo VT niza apa zna shon wana onyango Kwani onyango aji kushiona Anadiwa na ii onda tafanya yo kiti Situ me kutukali a wituza onyango All through na tujai kufa If anything you see me out here The drip is fresh Look at the shoes right there Point the camera towards the shoes Let them see Na sisi tu me toa tupe na wukwi Nuna tu kwa duka za wukwi Iwi alaf We see the raw local Walo na fanya bia shara ape We raise what it is we out here Respect Maybe to keep up a level In yumba aneku To make it up a level To make it up a level Kusumana kina guna bian? Bian is my bro Akin ni ako down Na alba mi akin inoma Yeah but Ako chin yame konda But he's my friend He's my bro Ako chiniki wipilabi Ako chinia New Ezi Yeah I'm on Akana New Ezi But Bian is my bro all day every day Man I respect that brother so much And God bless that guy Guys make sure you stream his album Alusa wa utopless It's out there on all digital platforms The most talented Musician we have in Africa That has to be Bian Facts and everybody knows that Me I'm just the best rapper in Africa Yeah but Bian is the best musician we have in Africa We saw your music was played in the US And everybody streaming everywhere in the US Playing your music Saying that they have never listened to a Very nice sound like yours How does that make you feel? I feel good God is great Man and of course Shukran yote na rudi shangatu kwa fans Because they make all that possible We don't take it for granted Kila sikwata baduni task I try to be better I can't say at the level Where I want to be Just perfect in the craft But niki tu puwa Sindiyo Just one more question How you navigating this tough economy Tuna na na tu kamae kalo undu Sindi kikiwi Niki tu na kuja kubambanya bambanya Ono na tu kimae kwa stage Na jipende kesa kwaeshi miwa Eh tu ambiae niya jibere Chasa kwae hafo chen Na jibere Ita fukwa kila muwa Kenya oote man zin And it's only that I was on stage But I actually wanted to raise that topic out there They need to address the harsh economic times in Kenya Because people are really suffering right now Mambo nengumusana And it's not supposed to be like that Yeah Sindiyo, thank you Thank you Maybe a message to them One na mtu le Ako hosi Have you reached out? Honestly speaking, I haven't Because Sijamjuwa personally But I saw the news And I say Mother Bowl is on my court right now Mindo na meki o F10 ya kuri chout Sijamjuwa personally I only knew about him When they started posting the news But we'll reach out Mindo na melegea ki dogo Bada kamamsa ni Nafilpi anirisponsibiliti angu pia Kuri chout konekin naza Saidiya na haji As a community Christmas message to your family Advice to you know You creators muko uko injia But you first lots of hate On social media Personally you know You've been able to see people Talking about your mansion How do you handle all this Or you know, haters on your bio I don't even handle them There's nothing to handle there A hader is a hader At the end of the day And it is expected That you will see people Saying negative things about you But majority of the people Are always saying positive things Nifanyatu ki dogo tu na penda kuh Focus on the negativity But we're focused on The positive things Leave alone the negativity Because people will always Have something to say Onafkiroto nyesha mansionia kona Ishikwa nyumbamzuri na mtu melela Kwa bedsita mali na ngangana Aske vizuri aki onayo Naima niyaa miniku e kelea bidi Ata jam na taongi ambaya Sushionele miimsi niya kwa melela Kwa matresivi And all those are the same people So it is what it is At the end of the day Christmas message to your fans Okay, my Christmas message To everybody out there Kam na niskiza I want to take this opportunity To say that You have to respect the OGs That's the best one


You're welcome back. We're glad to know you're still there. It's breakfast on plus TV Africa and Right now we're going to look at the challenges and reality of in vitro fertilization or what is simply known as IVF and We're glad to be joined by Dr. Jean Nassar fatality specialist. Good morning and welcome to the program Yeah Infertility is a problem in our society, especially a society that takes Having babies having procreation very seriously it has ruined marriages and so many other things But not many people know about this IVF intro vitro in vitro fertilization So walk us through what that really means and How can get it? Yeah, okay? So Let me start just by the definition of infertility just for people know well To go and seek help or to see a specialist maybe so the first thing is definition of fertility So if you have more than one year of regular unprotected intercourse, and you don't have a baby Please go and see a specialist in in vitro fertilization. So that's the definition of IVF Okay, so in vitro fertilization, it's a procedure that is very simple It's not complicated. It takes about maybe 10 days on average and depends on the patient But it takes about around 10 days during these 10 days the patient will Have to do some subcutaneous injection just under the skin. It's like insulin injection It's very easy to do and during these 10 days she will come to our clinic to Do an ultrasound a monitoring to see how she's responding to the injections and accordingly According to the size of those follicles and the number of follicles. We will decide on what day we should give her a trigger shot so she can ovulate 36 hours later and under light and seizure or even under local and seizure can get Those eggs from her do the fertilization in our lab. Then we'll have some embryo some will be Freezed and some embryo will be transferred to the uterus of the patient Day two slash day three or day five slash day six after the retriever of the eggs Okay, so that's it results in a pregnancy that is our pregnant. Yes Okay, so which means with IVF. There's nothing like infertility in a woman. I Mean, it's not 100% the pregnancy rate but it depends on the age of the patient and On her ovarian reserve. So there are many factors that can affect the pregnancy after IVF So if we are talking about just one IVF cycle, it will be around 50 to 70 percent pregnancy rate depending on the age and Case of the patient. No, but you have your prime age You below 30 for instance, and you you're trying to get your baby. There's a likelihood more than 70 percent More than 70 percent to have this baby. Yes, sure. Okay, but this is only for the woman, right? Yeah, so we're not talking about the man right now I will not talking about the man But also we should talk about the man because sometimes we are obliged to do in vitro fertilization for The sole cause male factor and which is around 20 percent So 20 percent of the infertility is due to male factor and around 40 percent It's a co factor So the male is very important because depending on the sperm count So if the sperm count is very low Sometimes and the woman is perfect. Sometimes we are obliged to go in to do in vitro fertilization Because of the male so because we have a low number or bad quality sperm and by IVF I didn't explain to you by doing the IVF there is Procedure called XE which is intra cytoplasmic sperm injection where we go we find the perfect sperm We get it and we injected inside the egg So if you have a low number or a bad quality sperm we go and check for the best one and we inject it So yes, male factor is one factor of infertility and to be considered seriously Okay, well, it's good to know that it's not just for the woman. So there is no Fight in that that okay, the woman has this advantage over the man but now you're doing the process of IVF to the the woman and Does the person need to repeat after every cycle, you know You have a baby now after it is being done and then you need to have another baby You're still finding problem You have to come back or is it that when once you do it it give it triggers something in the in the in the system Of the person that gives room for pregnancy it's a very good question because I cannot count how many patients Have a second baby spontaneously after doing one or two or three cycles of IVF So it's not true. So it's not once you do IVF. It's always IVF That's not true at all and we have many many examples of women that Struggle to have the first child and then right after they will They will have spontaneous pregnancy not even one maybe one or two and in my opinion The most common here the most affecting effect is Psychology because the woman now she knows that she can have a baby. So Psychologically, she is prepared and she's more relaxed and that's why She will have her second baby. So psychology is very important I've if you want to look into statistics, you can see that a lot of women have Are pregnant just during vacation when they are not thinking about having a baby So when you do an intercourse not in the aim to have a baby There when you have your pregnancy. Oh, I see. So, how do you prepare these patients? Psychologically, you know after the IVF to to be more Confident in themselves that they can have a baby. Do you do anything on psychology specifically for them? Yes, but I will just correct a little bit. Maybe in pre IVF. It will be a better to do some psychological Consultation so to prepare her psychologically for this journey that could be in some woman difficult. So you should Be prepare her psychologically. How would I prepare her first? I sit with her and a lot of time I take a lot of time as the first visit to explain everything and then there is Psychologist, you know that can support the moment during this journey pre IVF and post IVF and even post partum. So it's when the patient Deliver the baby, you know Sometimes you have postpartum blues and postpartum depression and psychology here play a major role a key role But is it really a thing or you just look at the patients and patients and see who needs psychology? I mean every Style couple need a psychologist. Okay. That's my opinion. Walk us through the processes of IVF from beginning to the end So as the first visit we I insist always to see the couple not just the woman So the male and the female I insist to see them and first visit both of them So they when I explain they know exactly what they are going through and First step I'll do an ultrasound for the woman to see her ovarian reserve What is ovarian reserve is a quantity of eggs that she has inside both ovaries And this can be done by ultrasound and also we have a blood test that should be done a hormonal test To see if there's any hormonal imbalance that can affect the pregnancy rate after So this is for the woman also we can do like a hysterosalpancography To see if her tubes are patent so it's not necessary to go directly into IVF There's another procedure called IOI which is intrauterine insemination Which is which is a very simple compared to IVF and if the tubes are patent The sperm is good and the woman has a good ovarian reserve Sometimes we can do IOI and not to go directly into IVF and also it's less expensive so that's concerning the woman and For the male we always ask for a sperm analysis and a sperm culture to see the sperm quality and the sperm Concentration and the normal percentage of normal form of the sperm and according to all those results. I will Decide if I go into IOI or IVF Okay, so the rate of success. Is it depending on On the age of the patient not only the age but but age as a major major factor Why one of the major factor because age is related directly to the quantity and quality of the egg And every woman you know that after the age of 37 38 her ovarian reserve will decrease and also her quality And so after the age of 40 41 we start to have less eggs and Less quality, okay, and that's statistics. There's this thing. I've observed maybe I'm wrong But people who undertake this IVF process or procedure seem to have more multiple babies than single births Yes, is that a thing do you choose it or it just no that was in the past before having the freezing now we have Ambrio freezing so we can do single embryo transfer or a double embryo transfer So the maximum we can have twins or a single baby and but in the fall in the past We didn't have freezing so what we get from the IVF so if you get four or five embryo We used to return those four and five embryo and that's why you have a higher risk of having a multiple multiple pregnancies but nowadays we have the freezing and We should not Return more than two embryo in the worst case scenario What if is the choice of the person patient? What if she wants? Yeah, I cannot tell her no, okay? all right a Lot of people want this procedure, but the thing is too expensive is that a Is that a right perception of what it should be at this expensive? Yes, but it's not too expensive. Okay. What is expensive also? Don't forget if you want to use the right medication The good ones. That's the most expensive part the injections, but it's not too expensive So it's not that much But now if you are considering going abroad and do the IVF in Europe, maybe Versus don't get here. So no ticket. No hotel. So maybe it will be less expensive Okay, what are the what are the contributions of the person who who undergoes this procedure because you will do the Injecting you will do the sorting of the eggs You'll do everything clinical to make sure that the person gets pregnant But when that person gets home, there must be some things that they need to do for themselves What are these critical things? Yes, the most critical thing is lifestyle modification. So by lifestyle I mean diet and stress. That's psychology. So psychology stress anxiety lifestyle modification obesity how diet and Exercise all of these can affect pregnancy and can affect also the pregnancy rate after an IVF So I will say lifestyle modification. I do left as a Does lifestyle affects after you have done it or both it affects them Even lifestyle also can make you not to get pregnant. Yes, both. What kind of lifestyle? I mean if you are eating a lot of carbs and sugar So it will lead to increase weight increase weight will lead to less response to the injections that we have less Response to lead to less and even before the injections like someone comes to you And he needs or she needs help me or she needs. Yeah, but Was is there a possibility that if that person had a different kind of lifestyle He or she may not have needed you. Yes, and we are talking about spontaneous pregnancy here So what can we do to increase the spontaneous pregnancy and not doing IVF? Yeah, that's what you mean Yes, so yes once again lifestyle modification because obesity or increased weight increased carbs intake can affect the ovulation And the quality of the egg So when we have decreased in weight decrease in carbs and decrease in every sugar intake and Exercise it will increase the quality of the egg and we'll have more regular cycle and so the woman can get a spontaneous pregnancy and In particular we are talking now about Policistic ovarian syndrome, which is very common here also in Nigeria. So PCOS patients Especially needs a lot of lifestyle modification in order for them to have a spontaneous pregnancy And yes, they don't need IVF all the time. You are you are right So lifestyle can affect spontaneous pregnancy without talking about fertility Yeah, but when you when you mention carbs, it's it's very scary to a Nigerian our food I know So if you say a couple of cups will will will affect pregnancy It would be not affect pregnancy local look Excessive carbs can affect weight and weight can affect the equality and it can affect fertility Okay, so if you eat the carbs and you can still stay fit. Yes, you're good. Exactly. Okay, fine So no carbs. I know I don't I'm not gonna say zero carbs. I'm saying the low carbs exercise Or you can eat carbs and exercise so you can make like a balance Okay, so tell us about the technology involved in IVF now it like you said It's it used to be different a little bit different from what it is now How is it easier now? Is it better now? Is it less expensive now than before? What are the things that I bought? Yes, sure. There's a lot of of technologies that we are using even here in Nigeria It's like I talked before about freezing. So that's a new technique This aside from freezing we have a new Technology called PGD Where we go and do a biopsy on the embryo and we can see the DNA of this embryo before Implanting this embryo inside the uterus and by this we are like selecting normal embryo and there's any genetic Abnormality it can be detected before Transfering this embryo to the uterus so by this we are increase when we are transferring a normal embryo We are increasing the pregnancy rate That's true and we are decreasing the abortion After if there's any risk of abortion after the woman is pregnant because of any genetic abnormality So we are decreasing this risk So the number of or if you want the percentage of take-home baby, which is different from a pregnancy rate is Higher due to the PGD, which is very new. Okay, but the medical field now has remote Remedies to a lot of things You can stay in in America and do a surgery or something, you know, does that also work for? No, because you need to retrieve the eggs you need the eggs Okay, well, maybe you have a word for the people who Maybe I okay before we get there. How can the people in the rural areas for instance access this Well, you need yes, of course, you need some some financial help of course and we need more centers maybe close Close to every to every area not just maybe in the cities or in the big centers So we need maybe more centers. We need more Awareness and we need to talk more to people to tell them when to seek help and not when it's too late And that's my message today. Yeah, but but but how will you assess the number of IVF centers? With the people who need these IVF centers is even in the cities Do you think it's enough or do you think it's something government has to look at very deliberately? You think there's something of policy or something. Yes, maybe I don't know much more about politics here I'm just talking medicine. So yes, of course, you need more centers, of course Yeah, I'm not talking about your experience in the number of cases that you get a week or per month There's a lot give you an idea whether the centers are not much are not enough for the people to Sure, it's not enough. We need more we have a lot of fertile couple here If you were to advise the government on things to do in the health sector to make it better, what would you say? maybe more hospitals more hospital more awareness and Not to push people also to go away or doctors away from energia to work outside. So keep them here so they can increase The health system. Okay, let's just access Free consultation talk to the people About IVF about what they need to do about what they need to know in the short space of time that we have right now Just talk to Nigerians. You just said there are very many infertile couples. Yeah, and sometimes it's not really Something that is beyond repair is some it's not something that is beyond Remedy, let me use that word. So please by way of advice to Nigerians So my advice today is not to wait more than one year of One unprotected regular intercourse, please don't wait more than that Because we are seeing a lot of patient Coming to us after 10 and 15 years of infertility. So please please please Don't wait more than one year. Please seek help before so after one year exactly go see a specialist and It will be fine because as I told you age is a very important factor So don't wait until the age of 45 and 46 to go and seek help for the first time But you can still have help. Yes, but also after the age of 41 and 42 We have many technologies including ovarian rejuvenation, which is another chapter Which is ovarian PRP that can generate more eggs and better quality in your ovaries So you can have a baby even at the age of 45, but I'm just telling a general info So seek help after one year of unprotected intercourse. All right. Thank you so much. Dr. Nassar for coming on the show. Thank you. It's been very enlightening and we do hope that people will access this information and not only the information will also go to the hospitals and get IVF and Possibly they are some stigmas. So possibly there are some Some traditional beliefs against that and you did say something about enlightenment We will take it up from there when they come to the hospital. You do your bit. Yeah, okay Thank you for coming on the show. Thank you. Well That's how we're going to wrap it up on the show this morning We've had the pleasure of having Dr. John Nassar here. He's a fertility expert and if you're seeking to have a baby and you think you're having a problem try IVF that just might be your solution and on behalf of the entire Breakfast family or plus TV Africa. I'd like to say thank you to you for being a part of the program Let's do to get tomorrow. My name is Nyamu. I've got you