It seems I’m not the only one fascinated by “Yellow Fever” and some of its what-thens. Researchers from Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine have taken a close look at Asian-White couples making babies. (Not like they’re watching them make babies, ew. You freak.)

Via Reenee Online via Angry Asian Man, coupling of Asians and Whites shows a unique health risk. This is very interesting stuff.

1. It’s an Asian-White study! Usually “interracial” studies are Black and White. Though you should be careful not to confuse this study with being all-ethnicity-encompassing, it should be appreciated for its focus on an underrepresented part of American babymakers.
2. It affects me.  Not saying I’m planning to have Eurasian dumplings any time soon – I’m just sayin’.
3. It affects every sibling and cousin in my generation of my entire family. Not one of us is in an Asian-Asian relationship.

What are the health risks?
For starters, regardless of who in the relationship is Asian, women have an increased risk of gestational diabetes. (Compared to the control group of White-White couples.) I had to look up gestational diabetes. It’s a fancy term for diabetes onset by pregnancy. According to the American Diabetes Association, “Gestational diabetes starts when your body is not able to make and use all the insulin it needs for pregnancy. Without enough insulin, glucose cannot leave the blood and be changed to energy. Glucose builds up in the blood to high levels. This is called hyperglycemia.”

Sounds like a grand ol’ time! Gestational diabetes affects the mom, the baby, and emotionally, the dad. Treatment? Losing weight, eating healthy, and exercising. So basically you (I) should be ready to be a yoga mom.

Also, Asian women having White men’s babies are more likely to deliver the baby through C-sections. This is possibly due to body type: “The pelvis of an Asian woman tends to be smaller than the average white woman’s.” LA Times readers really aren’t happy with that allegedly subjective hypothesis, however. There’s definitely some race card-waving rage running through the comments there. A more thorough overview discussing variances in birth weights and body frames can be read at Science Blog.

If it is a pelvis width issue, I don’t think this will be a problem for me. I was born through a C-section because I had a twin brother embarking upon the world with me. I probably won’t need a C-section because my hips are pretty huge. I have the Curves figure analysis to prove it.

We better all keep this stuff in mind as we endeavor to bestow upon our progeny only the best and strongest of physical attributes. I just want my kids to build an early tolerance to lactose so that they can have happy ice cream-filled childhoods and lifetimes.

Editor’s Note: Dumplings = Asian babies. The cutest babies ever.