Boy moms and circumcision

My mom said my brother isn’t circumcised and he’s fine! I’m thinking of not circumcising my boy but also still considering it

My boys are circumcised. After working in pediatrics and seeing the pain that a little one can go through if the penis is not properly taken care of and cleaned when not circumcised, it really made the decision for me.

I have a hard time with this too. I understand the mutilation part of it but boys in school were made fun of growing up for being uncircumcised and some eventually even went on to be circumcised as teenagers/adults. So would I rather do it at birth or subject them to bullying the rest of their lives/surgery later on? Rhetorical question of course, but I just can’t decide.

I was also indecisive. I actually dint want to but then a mutual friend of mines baby boy got an infection weeks after and it was such a hassle for them to rush him to hosp and everything

My mom had two boys and they’re both circumcised. Her take on it was that if they decide to do it in adulthood it can be extremely dangerous. Recovery wise, so she decided to circumcise my brothers.

We circumcised our first and will be doing so with our second! My husband is and we came to the decision that we wanted our boys to look the same as their dad. It’s also so much harder to take care of. I’m sure if my husband wasn’t we would have opted out.

Opted out and my son is fine.We obviously will teach him to properly clean and up keep as he grows older.My take on it is that god makes no mistakes and there is a reason it is there.

We're doing it for religious reasons. My 2 year old was also circumcised when he was a day old and we never had any issues.

I’m definitely not getting it done, my husband isn’t circumcised, nor my brother. I literally see 0 purpose to it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

We decided to do it but had to wait a year after my son was born for size reasons! He just wasn’t ready for his circumcision at such a small size, so we had to have surgery when he was 11 months and that was just as scary plus the recovery was a little harder since he was older! So that’s the decision we made for our son but I totally get someone’s decision to not do it! It’s totally a choice!

@Raven All of this! All the un-circ’d guys I’ve talked to, including my husband, report 0 issues. And I can personally vouch that it’s not “unclean” if they just wash it properly, which all men should be doing. Also, if my kid ever gets bullied for how his genitals look you better believe I’m going to raise hell. That being said, I don’t think it’s something that comes up very often, at least from the men I’ve talked to.

Yes also your son wont be bullied coz firstly other kids shouldnt be knowing his private part anyway. Teach your son to keep his personal stuff to himself 🌸

@Fatima yes exactly we teach. Lots of research out there I go by research and I also didn’t and will not for my second :) to each is own.

My husband isn't circumcised and while it's never bothered me. He said he was bullied a lot when in school/locker room.

@Chanel most def that’s an odd statement about being made fun of! I agree !

My husband claims as italians they get their sons circumsized.

My fiancé & I came to an agreement to circumcise our lo

@Danielle same.

My OB’s stance is that they will do it for religious purposes but that there is no medical reason to have it done.

@Nav is there a specific reason?

If I were to ever have a boy I would opt out of a circumcision . So much can go wrong and it hurts babies. They say they don’t remember but that’s not excuse to hurt them. They can feel pain even if they don’t remember. No one punches a baby and says “well they won’t remember”. It’s mostly for cultural reasons now because it seems more normal to get it done but we live in a very sanitized world with access to clean water and soap unlike the older days. We can keep it clean down there much better now so there’s no need to cut it off. I feel like it’s an excuse to make parenting easier to just cut it off, but it’s his body. It’s genital mutilation when you think of it. And I’ve read than when they get older they can have better “O’s” if they are still fully intact. You can also let them decide when they’re around 10-12 and it can be a full surgery where they numb it and the child won’t feel the pain versus doing it as a newborn without any pain meds to help the healing process.

Getting one! Even if it wasn’t for religious reasons, it’s cleaner and more healthy.

My ex wasn’t circumcised and he had a lot of self-shame about it. And there was some kind of issue with it when he was in middle school and had to have (a very painful) surgery on it. He always hated that his parents didn’t opt for it This isn’t everyone of course, just my only experience 🤷‍♀️

We're not having it done, i see very little benefit. i don't judge other parents if they have it done at all so i don't want it to come across that way but i see it as genital mutilation w/o any solid reasoning behind it, as long as you teach them to clean themselves properly they won't have any issues

I’m still undecided and it’s such a hard choice. Like it seems like such a brutal thing to do to my newborn son- definitely could fairly be called genital mutilation. But then I’ve seen a few stories of people who’s child has gotten an infection and had to be circumcised later on in life, and that seems even more brutal.

I’m sorry I almost threw up looking at an un circumcised penis it’s really unattractive an super meaty both mines got it done look way better I’m my opinion

@tashianna I have had some really incredible and sexy uncircumcised 🍆 - but yeah, some are ugly too… some circumcised are really ugly too though! Some dicks are just gross 😅 either way.

My husband is Catholic and he isn't circumsized...I'm Muslim and we circumsize...i honestly had no problem with not circumsizing our boy, but i prefered that we did. He absolutely didn't approve of it and i didn't push for it. But then after baby was born, when they asked us if we wanted to circumsize, he could see it on my face that i was a bit uncomfortable with declining it (even though i didn't say anything). So he was lik babe YOU just went through hell, the decision is yours. So we did it. I suppose there's no right or wrong answer. Go with your gut.

We’re not doing it. My husband and I look at it as genital mutilation. The whole world has taken a stand against cutting the labia and clitoris and sees that as wrong, so it’s time to start seeing circumcision as the same.