Why women still feel pressured to conceive a boy-child as opposed to a girl-child

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Do women feel pressured to conceive a boy-child as opposed to a girl-child? And does this affect parenting in any way? We seek the answers.

Grace Muchiri was pregnant and looking forward to motherhood. She was all set with everything she knew a new baby would need. And it was all in pink. She couldn't wait to hold her little baby, who she thought and wanted to be a baby girl. As pretty as the Barbie doll that was all the rage then. But when the baby came, it was a boy.