Will you circumcise?

[CelticMom81204]

Why or why not?

[tonysmommy]

My baby boy is due in july, we will not be circumsizing him. Its only done for looks  in my opinion, if u keep it clean wich u should b doing anyway, no issues. And as far as guys without it being done growing up insecure? Lol my hubby is uncircumsized and he has no shame! If my boy is anything like daddy i kno confidence wnt be an issue :)

[Heatherm4]

It probably is hurting them to pull it back because it isn't meant to be pulled all the way back until a little boy is much older. Don't quote me because I read it before my son was born but I believe not until they are almost school age.
My son is fully intact and I do clean it for sure, I only pull it back a wee bit in order to clean the tip.
I think for sake of cleanliness, it's a responsibility of us as parents to teach them how to clean themselves. Just like a girl is taught to wipe front to back, a boy should be taught to pull back his foreskin and clean himself. It's not that difficult to do.

[Carly1306]

I live in the UK and circumcision is just something that is not done here, unless for religious reasons. Any cases of infection I've ever known is because of STD's. For myself, I believe that men are born with a foreskin for a reason so why remove it? There is just no need, medically.

I do believe that each to their own. But reading some of your comments a lot of you are very misinformed on why you chose to do it in the first place. I'm not bashing anyone for doing because it is a personal choice but seems like many just do it because their husbands have done it or people they know without actually doing the research into it.

I agree with Ashelen - we as women don't really have much of a right to decide whether to do it to our sons or not because we don't have a penis and we don't know what it is. A husband/partner can and by letting them do a lot of research they can then come to an informed decision about whether to do it or not.

[2_little_angels]

Both my boys are circumsised one cryed when he had it done and one was smiling and didn't feel a thing! My first boyfriend wasn't circumsised (b4 I knew what circumsision was) and he desperately wanted to have it done!! It's a lot cleaned and all that extra skin hanging down just looks discusting. Your son will Thankyou when he's older..

[codibear]

Im a cna, iv seen infected ones. Its the scareist thing in the world.  I think u have a choice, but ppl that dont. Make sure youll know how to clean them. The stuff from the dipers get in them. And it hurts bad to pull them back and wipe them clean. And put cream on them. U can also get alot of uti.s with it.
Basically as women do. My son is. And im so thankful he is. I watchd as the doc did it. And he gave me the cutting device they used. I kept them. Anyways, ask ur doc. How to keep them clean. If u dont know how.

[firsttimemummy94]

Im 17 and 25 weeks pregnant and every at my schook teases guys who are circumsized more then the ones that arent actually. i have been with guys who are both and i would rather they werent im having a boy and i wont be its not my body to choose what to do with it and im aure when he is older and asks me why some boys are different ill tell him the truth about what doctors do to babies