Source: Kim Choe, TV3 News

It is nearly the beginning of a new year in the Chinese calendar, and superstitious Chinese all over the world are getting clucky.

They want their babies to be born in the upcoming year of the dragon - and some are prepared to go to great lengths to make sure it happens.

One such person hoping for a dragon baby is Bevan Chuang and the 30-year-old only has three months left to get pregnant, to make sure her child's born in the Chinese year of the dragon.

“A dragon is seen as a sign of an emperor or leader, and a lot of great men were born in the year of the dragon. It’s a very auspicious thing,” says Ms Chuang.

The dragon is the most highly favoured of the 12 zodiac animals – it is the mythical ancestor of the Chinese people and those born in a dragon year are said to be ambitious and successful.

Ms Chuang does not have a partner, but is so keen to have a dragon baby that she is considering getting a sperm donor.

One fertility group says there's nothing unusual about Ms Chuang's plans to get pregnant.

“There are some people who say, ‘I want to have a baby in this very defined time’ so that’s something we deal with in a daily basis. If people want to have babies in the year of the dragon then yes, it’s all good,” says Dr Mary Birdsall, Fertility Associates Medical Director.

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