Circumcision?

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Everything I read online gets personal and hateful from both sides so I just decided to wait until I hear all the medical facts from my doctor and make my own choices. And trust me I’m a big anxiety researcher but I can’t take on the pre- decision guilt lol

We were going to, but missed the newborn window as our son was in the NICU for a week and drs said we should wait until after his surgery. We asked if drs could do it during his OHS and they said they wouldn't so here we are with a 12 month old and just not wanting to put him through another surgery. We did have an appointment with a urologist first to make sure everything is developing the way it's supposed to. Since it is, we chose not to do it

Nope. Mom of 3 intact boys, age 3m, 9y and 12y. 💖

My husband is not circumcised. We did not circumcise our son who is 2.5 now.

I'll post here one of the best and informative videos i have ever seen on whether or not circumcisions should be done or are necessary. It's a must watch if you are contemplating or just want to learn more on the subject.
https://youtu.be/7ud-cTDfKd8?si=ZhMqJLAn6eC9XA5D

There’s not a point to do it. Clean it properly and teach your child to clean it properly and there won’t be a problem

Because times seem to be changing on this topic, for those of you with cis male circumcised partners, how did you find discussing it with them? Did you find they were more resistant to the idea of not circumcising your son?

Circumcising for sure!! 100%

We decided not to circumcise. I work in medicine so I know that rates of STDs and infections are no higher than a circumcised person (with proper hygiene). I also know that they don’t use pain medicine (aside from slight numbing). I find the procedure to be largely for cosmetic/aesthetic purposes and I couldn’t justify doing a cosmetic procedure on my newborn. And while it’s harder to circumcise later in life, it is possible. Obviously it’s impossible to reverse it. No judgement to anyone who chooses to, it was just not for us.

Also, my partner is circumcised but was absolutely for leaving our son intact. He did the same research I did and we discussed it. I don’t think circumcised men are always against not circumcising. After all, they did not make that decisions themselves.

I encourage you to join this group if interested in learning more:

https://www.peanut-app.io/groups/17xj9-czs/foreskin-care-and-circumcision

I’ve been learning more and more how uncircumcised males end up having more risk for infections and other issues no matter how clean they are. The extra skin seems to require a lot of upkeep. No judgement to anyone who is for no circumcision.

I have two that are and two that aren't. They have different fathers- two sons each. I'm now having a daughter so no need to discuss. I left it up to their fathers to make that decision.

We chose to circumcise our son because my husband is. The more we talked about it more males or circumcised than not. I also did not want him, if he played sports or had to be in the locker room one day, with a bunch of other boys to be made fun of because he was not, and would be different. Life is hard enough as it is. My OB did it on my son’s second day on this earth and she did a great job and he didn’t even act like it bothered him.

My husband is circumcised and my baby isn’t. I find it a horrible procedure that is medically unnecessary and purely cosmetic. I’m from Europe and there it’s only done for religion.

I have two boys and neither are circumcised. It’s not something I’d ever consider and actually in the UK it wasn’t even mentioned during baby checks after birth. I see it as mutilation. With proper hygiene theres no problem being uncircumcised

We did with both boys as a newborn
Reasoning: we wanted to

My husband immediately wanted to. My son got his in the hospital at 3 days and was totally healed by day 10. He didn’t even cry til they took him out of the swaddle. So he didn’t even care about the lidocaine prick.

While it’s not as “popular” right now, there are plenty of reasons to do it. Someone else posted the Foreskin care and Circumcision group which is a great resource and non judgmental place to ask questions and get links to research vs opinions.

I think it's uncommon in the uk more common in the us. But my husband chose to do it. So we did.

We chose to circumcise based on the risk of infection in those who remain uncircumcised. It’s a very quick process that heals very quickly when done soon after birth. Regardless of how well you think you can teach your son to keep himself clean, it’s hard to guarantee that he will. At what point would we stop helping/cleaning it for him out of respect for his bodily autonomy? We decided we would rather have him circumcised as an infant when he won’t remember and likely won’t be bothered by it than to help him heal from an infection due to being intact later. Definitely no judgement to those who choose not to circumcise! I totally see that perspective as well! This was just our thought process on the matter.