Re: Circumcision - give me pros and cons

Re: Circumcision - give me pros and cons

We are from England, my DH isn't circumcised and we are not circumcising our son, there is no need to unless it is for religious belief or medical reasons, that is just our opinion, but I suppose it is what you are accustomed to, in England very few men are circumcised. I personally don't agree with the argument that it is cleaner, I think that depends on the man and the way we look at it is the foreskin is there for a reason!

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I am Jewish and so is my DH. Should we ever have a son someday, he would be circumcised. DH never complained of loss of sensation (frankly, he really doesn't know any better does he?) and he surely isnt full of resentment. He's a pretty happy guy.

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We are going to circumcise for religious reasons if the baby is a boy. However, in our childcare class we saw pictures of healing baby penises and it looked so painful that I really wanted to reconsider.

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If we have a boy we are definitely doing it. We don't have any religious reason to do so, but we rather do so.

BTW I know a kid who is a friend of my brother's who had it done at 12 years old....can you imagine? I think it was for religious reasons..I can't remember.

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My son is cicumsized - and in terms of the procedure - it took less then 20 mins - my dr. said he didn't even cry bc she puts a numbing agent on it.

There wasn't even a discussion for us about this - we just knew it would be done.

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For us, there wasn't debate, we both knew if we had a boy, we were going to do it. I am very happy with our decision.

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We are doing it, but at the hospital, no religious ceremony or anything. My family is Jewish so it goes without saying that it should be done, my DH is Italian, but he too feels it is necessary. I don't personally think there is much for the baby to "endure", I think being born in and of itself is a trauma that no one remembers. I've personally also never seen one with the hood , I'm just overall more comfortable should I have a son, with him being circumsized and so does DH.

Message edited 2/5/2008 7:02:27 PM.

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I understand your dilemma and I ultimately left the decision up to my DH, and we decided against it. As far as your pros go....you don't pull back the skin until the child is 8 or so and by then are capable of doing it themselves after instruction. As far as infection....less than 1% of all males, circumcised or not, get urinary track infections (but of that 1% most of them are not circumsized).
This link is what made me think it could be cruel.......and what I left up to my
DH.

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Posted by racheeeee

[ I personally don't think that your pros list are relevant. I don't think an uncut penis is not nice to look at and I find it kind of offensive that soooo many people say that!! and again, my husbands is pretty damn clean. I wouldn't do some of the things I do to it if it wasn't. The stigma thing really isn't relevant, I mean how many kids REALLY see each other naked in the locker room???? I never once in my days of school saw a girl naked in the locker room...maybe thats just me. Its a personal choice, I just hate all this Uncut Penis Bashing!!!

My FIL is cicumsized, my husband is not, and my son is...my husband says never once does he remember wondering about his fathers willy!

Its a really personal choice, its up to you!

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My DH is italian and NOT cut and if we are blessed w/ a little boy we will not be doing it b/c I want him to look the same as my dh and my dh agreed he does not want it done

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Re: Circumcision - give me pros and cons

I can tell you first hand from my son (15 years old) NOT circumcised and many of his friends that the Cons listed are so not a problem at all. None of those things are a real issue if an issue at all. If I have a son again I will DEFINITELY not circumcise him. I think the Pros are way stronger. And since he does not know the difference (even daddy being different) He says he cant imagine being circumcised. You need to feel comfortable with your decision. Good Luck.

Truthfully I think it looks better uncircumcised. If that is a concern

P.S. My son has never had a reason to be completely naked in a locker room so that has not come up.

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Crashing.

Whatever your choice, I would advise that you keep it private once you have committed to it. I can't tell you how many people were EXTREMELY VOCAL and borderline abusive when they heard about our decision with regard to the lifespan of our child's foreskin. It was insane.

I don't mean keep it private HERE (most of the ladies and gents here are wonderful and understanding to the idea that each person makes their own choices about what is best for their kid) - but my DH's family was OUTRAGED that we decided to leave the boys 'in tact'. It caused a lot of angst until my husband had to tell them that they were never again permitted to present me with articles or lectures about why I should take my kid back to the hospital and circumcize him. Of course they were also very upset that I chose to breast feed..

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not an issue for us since we are originally from Europe... honestly, I have never heard of circumcision until I came to the US...

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I had DS circumcized. My DH said that it's easier for him as a father to be able to show him potty training, cleaning and there's nothing for him to explain (why is daddy's different). It's what we are used to and it makes my DH more comfortable to have his son's circumcized - which I understand.

We are having another boy and I know that we will have him circumcized as well. I'm nervous because I have a new OB and our old doctor did the procedure (which turned out wonderful). I felt bad when they tok him away but I'm glad that it was done for the reasons that DH gave.

It's really such a personal choice.