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Choice on circumcision. Wondering what others have done in the past or planning to do.
Just curious to see how many moms plan to circumcise their son or not.(or have or haven't in the past.) I already have one son and I did choose to not get him circumcised since there is no medical need for it, same for my next boy. My sister made the same choice with her two kids. How does everyone else feel about it? Also I want to know other moms reasoning for doing it or not doing it. Thanks :)
We don't have any children yet but are ttc. I have left this decision solely up to the hubby and he said there's no way his son isn't getting circumcised, regardless of anyone else's opinion or videos we have seen. I'm with him 100% either way and we're not religious in any way. He believes there's not good enough reason to not have it done. He had it done and never had any problems because of it and rather his son have it done as well.
I agree with stacy yes there can be complications for either siide but I'm not one sided in the subject I would be ok with circumsied or not but for piercing ears of little girls I don't agree with I think they should b able to say weather they want it done or not. I would say boys could be the same but that would be so traumatic for them but like I said is. I would b fine with either
it used to be routinely performed here and in new zealand, but they stopped doing it quite a few years back, my eldest son is 16 and they didnt do it then, I understand the religous point of view I just think its an unnecessary thing for baby to have to go thru if its done so baby "can be just like dad" over here your the odd one out in the change rooms if you are circumsied, and I gather it would be the other way around in America, its funny because the majority of "men"over here have been done , and the majority of the children havent, my boys havent mentioned the difference between their fathers penis and theirs, so as you said it all comes back to personal choice
I've heard of a few. It sounds like in Australia the norm is uncircumcised. Here in the U.S. it's generally the opposite. I've never really heard of guys with issues from it, and know of no one in my life who has been negatively affected by this. It's just a different cultural expectation, I think, as I said, I think it's a personal decision. One of the reasons I really didn't have any strong opinion on it is because either way, I think my little boy (assuming I even have one lol) would be okay. :)
Your right of course ;) but it does come with risks involved and there are plenty of botched circumcisions
Female circumcision routinely takes out the mechanisms necessary for sexual pleasure. All the circumcised guys I know have no problem with sexual pleasure, so it's an apples and oranges comparisons. And there are possible medical benefits for this, as the poster said above, that's arguable of course but it's up to every parent to decide what's best for their child. But we make girls go through pain for traditional reasons as well. I was less than 6 months old when I got my ears pierced, very common in my culture, and I'm told I screamed my little head off. And since I have no recollection of it, I'm perfectly fine with that.
I honestly had no real feelings on the issue, so I let my child's father decide this one if it's a boy. For him it's both a religious and a cultural issue (it's common in my religion and culture to circumcise as well) and I would guess he also wants the baby to be like him...you know how guys are. But most of the boys I know, including all the boys I know of in my very large family are circumcised with no negative effects, so I'm not that worried about it.
In Australia it is not routinely done and you have to hunt for a doctor to do it, I have 6 boys and none are circumcised and I have never had any problems with any of them as long as you teach them to clean themselves from around the age of 4-5 there shouldnt be any problems with the fore skin
I choose to have my sob circumscribed bc I know a little boy who hadn't had it done & u could barley pull back the skin for him to pee yes this is from his mother not taking proper care of it but I didn't want to risk it
I have 3 boys and all are circumcised I felt it would be cleaner and as they got older I didn't want them to feel self concious about it. Plus my dad had to get his done when he was 16 due to repeated infections and said it was the worst pain so I decided do it when they are young enough not to remember.
I had my son circumcised and plan to have this one as well, my son didnt act as if he was in pain or as if it bothered him. I have heard uncircumcised boys tend to get more infections, there wasn't really a question to my husband and I about whether we were going to or not though we always planned to do so
We getting one for my son when he born i heard & study boys whose not circumsized are more prone to infection...plus looks good so he will thanks us someday
The baby probably came back sleeping because he essentially passed out from the trauma of the circumcision. Please watch a circumcision video on youtube and I think you will feel differently about the procedure.
The foreskin has a purpose. Who are we to question God's creation and remove body parts on a newborn baby. Please everyone do some serious research about the functions of the foreskin. The foreskin is not just some useless piece of skin. It protects the penis and is full of nerve endings.
My 3 sons are all circumsized, mostly to be like dad. I will say that. after my first, I questioned the need to do it but at that point didn't want my boys to be different, so we kept doing it. I may add that while the idea of such a painful procedure on a newborn babe is scary, all of mine have conme back from surgery either sound asleep or happy as can be. Crazy, huh?
I would also like to add that I was NOT real impressed with my youngest's surgery; it looks like the doc didn't take enough skin off and I was told it might have to be repeated at about one year of age. He's almost 2 now, and we haven't had to do additional surgeries but it still looks a little weird; I can only hope that as he grows it won't look so odd. Makes me even more reluctant to cicumsize any future boys we may have.
I would also like to add that I was NOT real impressed with my youngest's surgery; it looks like the doc didn't take enough skin off and I was told it might have to be repeated at about one year of age. He's almost 2 now, and we haven't had to do additional surgeries but it still looks a little weird; I can only hope that as he grows it won't look so odd. Makes me even more reluctant to cicumsize any future boys we may have.
Oh and to address the person who started the thread, I voted circumcised because that's what my husband chose for our son. He's circumcised also, and I felt he could make the right decision for our son.
No, circumcision is not right for everyone - that's why polls like this get in to heated discussions - but I'm just telling you what worked for us. :-)
No, circumcision is not right for everyone - that's why polls like this get in to heated discussions - but I'm just telling you what worked for us. :-)
Rhi315 - I am glad you're not circumcising because that's what you're comfortable with based on all the information that you have gathered. And, you have done quite a lot - I know you asked about circumcision in the June babies club, too.
Ashelen - I did not think that Rhi315 was trying to discount anything you said, though from your responses, it seemed that way. To me you came off a bit harsh - I think y'all both have valid points - hence the purpose of the thread - to get information from both sides - not to keep arguing with the other side as you seemed to be with Rhi315. But, that's just how I read it. Sorry if I am the one who came off harsh. I enjoyed the thread and discussion up until the banter back and forth, which I found unnecessary.
Ashelen - I did not think that Rhi315 was trying to discount anything you said, though from your responses, it seemed that way. To me you came off a bit harsh - I think y'all both have valid points - hence the purpose of the thread - to get information from both sides - not to keep arguing with the other side as you seemed to be with Rhi315. But, that's just how I read it. Sorry if I am the one who came off harsh. I enjoyed the thread and discussion up until the banter back and forth, which I found unnecessary.
Alright that's good I'm glad you have confidence in them...as I've said before, we all do the very best we can and have to trust our decisions are the right ones. And in this case, there IS no right or wrong answer...that's what my point was earlier, I just wanted information for both arguments listed.
Well, females do not have the option to alter their bodies to reduce their risk of contracting STD's. If my son chooses not to wear condoms then that's his decision, just as it would be my daughter's if I were having one. We can agree to disagree that's fine. I put my full confidence in my health care providers, that's why I chose them, and if that's who they trust, then so do I.
Alright, if you think you did, that's fine. I disagree, but that's OK. We can agree to disagree. I think that assuming your son will always use condoms is wishful thinking and that minimizing the risk in any way you can is what made our mind up for us...but once again, I don't mind that you don't plan to circumcise, but I want to make sure that there is balanced information on both sides. And I personally have my problems with the AAP...after 2 kids I've decided that for the most part they give good information and guidelines, but some of it's bogus. I trust the CDC and the WHO when it comes to this; they're more specialized.
But again, agree to disagree.
But again, agree to disagree.
I would also like to add, that the only thing I read in either of those articles that had to do with medical reasoning was about the risk of contracting/spreading STD's ..which I stated above, wearing a condom is just as, if not more, effective. I gave fair information.
No, not trying to argue or anything, but I have read random brochures, hospital print outs, etc. It's not just my doctors opinion, her sons are circumcised. The newer studies are saying that it was once believed that there was a medical reason for it, but now they're saying that there is not one. She did not give me HER medical opinion, she gave me whatever the american association is saying.
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