Experience with not circumcising

We didn’t. And less than 50% of new baby boys in the U.S. are now! To me, it’s perfectly healthy tissue and there was no medical reason for it. Also, my friend who is pretty hardened had to perform them in her nursing rotations and that experience traumatized her to the point of not circumcising her son. People in the US will cite sanitation. Ok do men in the rest of the world just walk around with constant UTIs? No. They are taught to properly wash themselves. What about when they’re elderly? Ok do European men not reach elderly age? At the end of the day, it is your baby, but it is also his body and his consent over permanent modifications matter. For ones that aren’t medically necessary, we chose to let our son make the decision for himself when he is older.

My baby boy is 9 months old. He is uncircumcised and there has literally been nothing that we’ve had to do for his penis. We were explicitly told not to do anything outside of washing it like you would any other body part. The only thing that has “happened” is some family members wondering what would happen to his feelings or self image if he was picked on because “everyone else does it”. Well, we are proof that not everyone does it, and if that’s a problem in the future we will cross the bridge as it arrives.

We didnt either. We have a 9 week old son and everyone in our families have done circumcision and advocated for it. We didn’t feel strongly FOR it which seemed like enough reason to not do it.

It’s literally so easy to clean my son been cleaning his own since 1 years old. Just normal soap and water but since he’s still a baby you don’t need to pull it fully back because you don’t want to cause any damage. Just a little bit to be able to get soap and water inside you can also ask the doctor to show you how to properly clean him as a new born. I’m due with my second boy in July and also won’t cut him either

PERSONALLY I believe infant circumcision is absolutely ridiculous and there's no real need for them other than "cleanliness" which wouldn't be a problem if they teach their sons to clean their penis properly

Honestly, Americans make such a big deal out of this that I’m not surprised you’re worried. I’m in the UK and It’s not even a discussion point. If I asked my husband about this then he would think I was mad for being concerned. You just make sure to clean it properly when you usually wash and it’s fine. I’ve never known of anyone getting an infection and pretty much everyone in the UK is uncircumcised. You don’t even have to wash it until they’re a few years old.

We chose not to do it with my son. I felt the exact same way while I was pregnant with him. Even now I have momments where I panick and wonder if he will hate me for not having it done to him and think I made him 'different' or something but I pray that he wont and hope he can understand that I just cant put him through that simply because everyone else did it..unless you are Jewish I do not understand the reasoning for it and couldnt reason it in my head. I couldnt get my daughter's ears pierced because I felt like I need her consent let alone put my baby boy through an unnecessary surgery a few hours after birth...

I have two intact boys, never had to do anything special to clean them. Clean as you would a finger if using a wipe.
You do not need to pull the foreskin back AT ALL, not even just a little bit, not at all!

We also didn’t circumcise our son. We’re both from Europe where it is not done unless medically necessary. It’s so weird to me that people would circumcise for no reason. My husband, brother, dad, uncles, friends, nobody is circumcised and nobody has issues with cleanliness.

Clean it like a finger and just leave it alone.

We didn't circumcize. The only thing I'll say is to let anyone who will be tending him know not to pull the foreskin back because it's still attached for several years. Otherwise nbd.

Just want to add, I'm so happy to see no one in the comments has done this

I’m in the uk and it’s very uncommon to get your child circumcised. I think it’s straight up cruel too unless it has to be done for medical reasons. A foreskin is there for protection so keep it! You just teach your child to clean themselves as they get older x

PLEASE circumcise your son please don’t make him go through that as an adult

We didn’t circumcise, his dad is not circumcised either. I didn’t feel comfortable with it. I feel like right now as a baby there’s really no difference!