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BY SAMANTHA KUBOTA

ANCHOR LAUREN ZIMA

Celebrations for the Chinese New Year Monday welcomed the Year of the Dragon, the luckiest of all the zodiac signs.

So, many Asian countries are expecting a huge baby boom -- because parents want their kids born in the prosperous year. The BBC reports that in China and Hong Kong, some doctors are expecting a 10 percent jump in births.

The dragon babies have put such a strain on Hong Kong’s health care providers, this doctor says she doesn’t have appointments until after August.

“Even if I’m willing do to one more delivery, I can’t, because there are no beds.”

And some educators fear the so-called dragon babies won’t have good opportunities in school, saying more kids in the classroom means more competition. TIME magazine reports

“ … the potential increase might put pressure on parents who must adhere to the country’s one-child policy and pressure on their dragon babies to compete for spots in the most elite schools.”

Time also notes “ ... in places like Taiwan, which carries one of the world’s lowest birth rates, parents and government officials are embracing the baby craze.”

The Daily Telegraph did the math, and estimates couples have until about May 2nd to conceive if they want their babies to be dragons.