Will you circumcise?

[CelticMom81204]

Why or why not?

[Rachel_croft]

At present, around 80 per cent of US males have been circumcised, mostly for non-religious reasons. The frequency of newborn circumcision has fallen in the USA from 90 per cent in the 1950s to around 60 per cent today.
    This is a fact that I pulled off one of the medical websites that informs about circumcision. So if you do live in the US I would not out rule circumcision because it is the norm. In the UK it said only 20% of the population was circumcised so I can see why nobody would want too.

[smjmekg]

To pierce your baby girl's/boy's ears or not, different part of the body but same general idea. To each their own. A pregnant woman with a breech baby, to opt for a c-section or try to flip him/her. Whether or not to turn your child forward facing in a car seat before their second birthday. There are SO many choices about our children that we make on a daily basis. For personal, circumstantial, whatever reason. If you choose or don't choose to circumcise your son, IMO, it is up to the parents, period. There is no right or wrong, just like it has been said many times already. As parents we have the authority to make choices involving our children's lives, bad, good, right, wrong, they're always going to be looked at different by another person, because there are no two people exactly the same. What's best for one, may not be best for another. Circumcision is a personal choice, no matter the reason. The end result of said decision is right in every way for everyone, because you are doing what you think best.

[sorenr]

mommyssbby815 you're absolutely right...british doctors surgeries are just full of infected penises!! I have NEVER had a bf with an infection caused by foreskin nor have I ever had to take my nearly 8 yr old son to the docs for an infection in his dinkle
It is NOT a medically proven fact...and is done for very different reasons NOT hygene ones...it is clearly a personal choice and I would hate to offend anyone...I'm not trying to say I am against it, just pointing out that there are clearly misconceptions about the necessity of it...

[Ashelen]

with all due respect to both sides of this lively debate, please state your personal choice and your reason for or against. no need to attack or even refer to any other responders. rudeness will not be tolerated and the moderators will be forced to close this thread. we are all adults and can debate respectfully, or not at all. there is no right or wrong answer because we all love our babies and do what we feel us best by trusting our hearts... there are reasons both for and against that are compelling.

thanks ladies!

hope everyone has a great weekend ahead :-)
-Co-CL Ashelen

[Lesley27]

mommyssbby815-I think your clearly uneducated, misinformed about the subject and very rude and direspectful to those who do not believe in it... your research is very much one sided, in canada the CPS does not recommend routine circumcision for newborn boys as it is not medically necessary(so the "so it for their health" is not supported BY THE EXPERTS?!)... some parents still often do so for religious, social, or cultural reasons, and it is allowed... but its not supported based on a specific health reason... please try to have some respect for the topic at hand, it is a very touchy one and like i said before there are ways of posting what you prefer in a nicer way that isnt insulting any others choices


Jwilliams229 my one friend had to take her son back to get it redone as it wasnt dont correctly and wasnt detaching and she had to hold her baby and help the Dr... i think i would have BARFED!! and im a nurse! lol ive watch surgeries in the OR and helped with nasty proceedures, ive looked after gangreen for f sakes but the thought of having to watch that happen to my baby... i would have refused to be in the room if it was me!! on a side note... if they are not done perfectly its easy to have scar tissue build up that can cause sex to be painful later in life.... i didnt tell my friend this as she is for circumcision and i respect that, and obviously if by chance there was damage, its already done... so could you imagine watching that up close!!! ahhh!

[Jwilliams229]

After watching a YouTube video if I was going to before def not now. Everyone should watch it. I could never do that to my child.