However , the perception of bad luck for those born in the Year of the Sheep has become so rife that state media have carried a string of reports in recent months that attempt to debunk the myth . Some Chinese women are putting off pregnancy to ' ` ` sheep babies '' Superstition says people born in the Year of the Sheep face bad luck . But demographers have no idea this effects the birth rate .
Some Chinese women are putting off pregnancy to ' ` ` sheep babies '' Superstition says people born in the Year of the Sheep face bad luck . But demographers have no idea this effects the birth rate .