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did you circumcise your son?
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Anonymous
| Christian, dad is circumcised, and no, we did not do it. |
Anonymous
| DS is not circumcised. Never even considered it (DH isn't either, but he also was not born in the US). |
Anonymous
Yes, the majority still are circ'ed. But it's decreasing. http://www.cirp.org/library/statistics/USA/ |
Anonymous
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Yes, we did. I was on the fence, but my husband was firm so it made the decision easier.
Rates are decreasing, but some of it is because it isn't always covered by insurance. Less people will get it done if they have to pay out of pocket. |
Anonymous
| Son due any day now, won't be circumcised. Easy decision here - I'm from a country where it's unheard of, husband is part of the minority of midwestern WASPs born in the 70s who *weren't* cut, and both of us are repelled by the idea. |
Anonymous
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I read an article the other day that states that 60% of American men today are.
Both my boys are (not Jewish). I'd be happy to post the article where I read this, but it's very Pro circumcision article from Scientific America, so I won't unless someone asks. |
Anonymous
| Yes my four year old is and Christian. Left the decision to my husband and he is circumcised as well. |
Anonymous
| I'm a previous poster who son's is and DH is....I just wanted to add for the OP who sounds like she'd like all the data to help make her decision that for us, I felt 100% comfortable in the dr performing the circ before we left the hospital. We were with my DS within 20 min of the procedure which used a local and a "soothie" and he was fine. In addition to the argument that my DH was and wanted DS to be, I know of several adult men who had not been and had infections in adulthood that required circumcision as adults. They all insisted that they wished it had been done at birth. Took that all into account when we made our decision. I think you'll be fine with whatever decision you and your DH make. |
Anonymous
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Yes - not jewish and both our boys are circumcised. For those who missed it, the Washington Post had an article today about circumcision. The short of it is that there are quite a few health benefits to circumcision based on some large studies recently completed. "In addition to reducing the risk for urinary tract infections among infants, studies indicate that circumcision cuts the chances of adult men's getting penile cancer and becoming infected with a variety of sexually transmitted diseases, including syphilis, AIDS, herpes and the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes genital warts in men and women and cervical cancer in women."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/15/AR2010011503106.html Obviously a personal decision to be made by mom and dad, but those who think it is done for purely cosmetic reasons are just wrong. |
Anonymous
| Yes, two boys, both circumcised. I don't think it's barbaric, and I do think it's the appropriate thing to do for health reasons. |
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| Nope, didn't do it. I have to say, when I brought him home and saw his cute little penis, it looked so small and so defenseless (silly, I know), I'm glad we didn't do it! |
Anonymous
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DH and I have considered this a lot. Before DS was born, we'd decided to do it, in part b/c DH is, in part b/c there seemed to be a bit of evidence that there were some health benefits, and in part because the majority of men are, and we didn't want DS to ever feel self conscious. Then, DS was born, and DH was all "NO WAY." So we researched it a bit more and talked to a few doctors. Our pediatrician, who we like and respect very much, surprised us by being pro-circ, basically for the reason that she did see some health benefits, and said that where there were issues, it seemed like circumcising as a baby was probably about as painful as some of the procedures or treatments for the problems that could develop later on. She also noted (although I have no statistics to back this up) that while pediatric urologists were generally against circumcision, because they feel it's largely medically unneccessary, adult urologists are often pro-circ, b/c they see the issues that can develop later on.
There are a couple of good articles published in the New York Times and Time magazine about it recently. Don't have the links, but they come up easily on google. Also, while I do think it's about 50/50 currently in the US, you might want to try and find stats on region or ethnicity or other factors that influence, if the make-up of your son's peer group is an issue for you. |
Anonymous
| No, AA Mom. I strongly feel that the practice is barbaric and unnecessary. Didn't have my daughter circumcised either. |
Anonymous
| We didn't, but not so he'd "match daddy" -- I asked my husband how often he saw his dad's penis and he said "never" and he's so modest about that I doubt our son will see his. I also asked my husband if anyone ever made a comment growing up and he said "no, everyone would've just thought it was crazy that the guy was checking out my junk" and I laughed but could see that sometimes, we just overthink things. |
Anonymous
| No, couldn't stomach the thought of it. Not Jewish, but believe things should be left as nature intended to the extent possible. |