Hah, they were just examples. For every way to minimize the risks you find, I could throw out ten more potential problems with the child. The point is that we do everything we can but at the end of the day it's still a crap shoot. You could give birth to the perfect child then have a creep crash into your vehicle when he's three and end up raising a person with severe brain damage. There is always that element of lack of control in parenting. These are risks you have to accept going in. If extreme shyness is something you couldn't see yourself handling, then that's something you need to seriously evaluate in yourself because it's going to be a possibility no matter who you have children with.

As for aspergers itself - it doesn't sound like it's more likely to pop up than any other condition. It's actually one of the few major conditions which I would feel comfortable handling, though. You being social and gregarious would be extremely helpful for the child's rehabilitation therapy. I think children on the autistic spectrum often do worse if their parents are also withdrawn. They need more social training and it's helpful to have a parent who is naturally equipped to handle that.