The end of three decades of China's one-child policy on January 1 did not bring joy for Liu Yan. This professional woman found that her family began demanding she give up her career.

今年1月1日，中国实施三十年之久的独生子女政策的结束，并没给刘艳带来快乐。这名职业女性发现，她的家庭开始要求她放弃自己的事业。

As soon as the policy came out, her husband and in-laws started telling her they want another child, a girl. The 34-year-old former vice¹ president of a Beijing-based company already has a 4-year-old boy and doesn't want to have any more children. But the pressure is wearing her down.

政策一出台，她的丈夫和姻亲就开始告诉她，他们还想要一个孩子，一个女孩。34岁的她之前是一家总部位于北京的公司的副主管，已经有了一个四岁的儿子，不想再要更多孩子了。但是她却承受着非常大的压力。

"My husband even told me he'll buy me a new car if I had another child," she said. "We immediately started quarrelling. What does he think I am, a child-producing machine?"

她说：“我的丈夫甚至告诉我，如果我再生一个孩子，就给我买一辆新车。我们很快就因此吵了起来。他难道认为我是一个生孩子的机器吗？”

Liu said her husband insisted Liu should not work because he makes enough money and she should make their family life her only priority².

刘艳表示，她的丈夫坚持不让她工作了，因为他挣的钱足够用，并认为她应该把家庭生活放在优先位置上。

What makes her even madder is her husband even taught their son to say he wants a baby sister. When Liu looks at the expression on her son's face, she feels helpless, because he doesn't truly understand what having a baby sister means.

让她更发疯的是，他的丈夫竟然教儿子说他想要个妹妹。当她看着儿子脸上的表情时，她觉得很无助，因为他并不懂得拥有妹妹意味着什么。

Even though the change to a two-child policy received some praise for being a step in improving reproductive rights, it's also presented a tough situation for some women, as they may be pressured by their families into having a second child against their will. Furthermore³, experts say that women's rights in other areas, including the workplace and in their families, are still lacking sufficient⁴ legal protections.

尽管二胎政策因为在再生育权力上迈出了向前的一步而广受好评，但它也使得一些女性陷入困窘，因为她们被家人强迫要二胎。除此以外，专家表示，妇女在工作场合和家庭等其他领域的权利，仍然缺乏足够的法律保护。