Emergency Room Series: Mental Slavery

Wonders wont end!  This is just beyond me.  You know, I used to wonder why when I was doing labour room posting in nursing school, relatives were keen on knowing if the child delivered was a male or female, they would ask the mother after delivery.  Why does it matter?  I wondered. If the mother says it is a male, they would scream 'eeeeeeeeeeeehhhhh, congratulations! and via IFTTT