this is dr ruth. dr ruth reassures chiagozie that this is a tried—and—tested method.ent normally costs just over 200 us dollars. ebere is told she can choose the sex of her child, but only if she accepts an injection. not knowing what's in it, chiagozie and ebere refuse the offer. dr ruth hands her a sachet of a crushed, unlabelled substance instead, and she instructs ebere and chiagozie on when they should be having intercourse and how to take the drugs. 0k. 0k, thank you. ebere will be expected to return in four weeks to see if she might be pregnant. to understand what pushes people to choose this surreal path over more conventional, medically sound solutions, i meet with gynaecologist dr kingsley in enugu, a neighbouring state to anambra. the core problem is the certainty that you go home with a baby. the in vitro fertilisation is there. you can have surrogacy, you can have donor egg. all those things are available. but the problem is the failure rate is high, so people tend to err towards cryptic, those that can afford it. cryptic pregnancy, it's not really for po

his mental health expert, doctor ruth white, dr white. it's always so good to have you. how's it going? >> it's great, john. happy new year. and thank you for having me again. happy new year. yes, a lot going on already in the new year. it seems like people start the year off strong with resolutions but eventually give up and give into old habits. >> why do you think people usually you'll give up and go back to those habits? well, it's interesting. there's dr. asim shah paler college of medicine. >> reported that 88% of people who said new year new year's resolutions fail before the end of january. and so some people call the second friday in january, quitters day, which is the 10th, which is literally next friday. so a lot of people give up because they set on realistic expectations. so, you know, you go from i don't exercise at all to i'm going to go to the gym 5 times a week. i'm going to work out for now. well, that's a huge leap. no gymnasts. no olympic athlete with ever do that, right? we do incremental change as an athlete. i knew that item 5 feet today or whateve