` The number of pregnancies registered recently has seen a marked decline , '' an obstetric nurse from the International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital in Shanghai told CNN . Some Chinese couples are putting off pregnancy to avoid `` sheep babies '' Superstition says people born in the Year of the Sheep face bad luck . The practice is believed by some villagers who say it will protect them from illness and misfortune.
Some Chinese couples are putting off pregnancy to avoid `` sheep babies '' Superstition says people born in the Year of the Sheep face bad luck . The practice is believed by some villagers who say it will protect them from illness and misfortune.