Is your son uncircumcised?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s a white people thing to not circumcise. It’s the new in thing, like Keto

My son is not. Neither is my brother or my dad or his dad. They're all white.

Next troll please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not circumcised. DH is European and considers it mutilation.

Gosh, my sons aren't circumcised, but the idea that it is "mutilation" strikes me as uneducated at best (we're not talking about FGM here people) and anti-Semitic at worst. Europeans are known for that too.

Male circumcision is not very different than certain forms of FGM. Educate yourself before you spout off. If you consider all FGM mutilation, then you need to consider male circumcision mutilation as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So my 2 sons (5year old twins) are not. We have a third son on the way and we are unsure if we should circumcise him or not. DH (34) is circumcised. We chose not to circumcise our twins when they were born. We figured it would be best to let them decide for themselves later on if they want to be circumcised. We are now up in arm as if we should chose to circumcise our third son. DH wants to but i just don't feel right about it. We know a few friends that didnt circumcise their sons and some that did.
In the end it really come down to our decision but im curious to who chose to circumcise their son(s)?

My son is circumcised but for siblings, I'd do the same for all of them unless there is some reason not to. Like if you ran into trouble not circumcising (or circumcising) for the first, it would be reasonable to make the opposite choice next time. But if that isn't the case, why not just do the same for the new baby as you did for the twins? Has something happened to change your mind?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whatever side you are on, I think you need to have all male siblings one way or the other.

On another note, all the people saying that you want your sons to decide when they are older you have no idea what you are talking about. You are talking about orders of magnitude more pain and healing time and psychological trauma for an adult male vs something newborn will not remember and recover in a few days.

x 1,000,000

[Anonymous]

4 sons

First is circumcised. Dh wanted it, I didn't have much opinion either way. It was fine, it wasn't botched or anything, but it REALLY upset me to see it over the next couple days, bloody. I told Dh that if we had more sons we would NOT be circumcising them.

We ended up having 3 more sons and they are not circumcised. All 4 are now teenagers and the difference is no big deal. None of them have mentioned to me that they have been made fun of or that they are upset we made the choice we did.

[Anonymous]

You should do what you want but I would not base it on what you did for your older sons. It's fine to change how you think about something as you grow older, so don't feel bound by you thought about it 5 years ago. If they end up comparing and asking (not sure since there is a 5 year difference) just explain the difference in thought process. No big deal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Whatever side you are on, I think you need to have all male siblings one way or the other.

On another note, all the people saying that you want your sons to decide when they are older you have no idea what you are talking about. You are talking about orders of magnitude more pain and healing time and psychological trauma for an adult male vs something newborn will not remember and recover in a few days.

x 1,000,000

Actually infants feel pain and it is painful- they are almost 4x as sensitive to pain as adults. http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2015-04-21-babies-feel-pain-adults

The risk vs benefits are not there- not to mention potential for botch jobs. Ask a pediatric urologist how many circumcisions he has had to repair. Also, before someone questions, yes, I vaccinate because the benefit is there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever side you are on, I think you need to have all male siblings one way or the other.

On another note, all the people saying that you want your sons to decide when they are older you have no idea what you are talking about. You are talking about orders of magnitude more pain and healing time and psychological trauma for an adult male vs something newborn will not remember and recover in a few days.

x 1,000,000

I disagree. Well, I'm sure it's a lot harder for the person going through it if he is already an adult, but it is a choice that he makes. He'll decide if it's worth it. On the other end, the procedure is easier for an infant, but if its something he didn't want there's no changing it, so it wont matter that it didn't hurt as badly or for as long.

[Anonymous]

We circumcised. We read the AAP’s statement and it seems like the benefits outweighed the risks. We didn’t feel strongly about it either way and I still believe it’s fine not to. But after reading the statement we decided to do it

[Anonymous]

Husband had to be circumcised at 18 due to a a forkskin issue and he said it was horrible, and he insisted we circumcise our son. He said the penis is definitely less sensitive but sex was very painful for him before his procedure so definitely worth it to him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:3 boys, all circumcised. I wouldnt bang an uncircumcised penis, so we circumcised.

Lol, spoken like a true idiot!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 boys, all circumcised. I wouldnt bang an uncircumcised penis, so we circumcised.

Lol, spoken like a true idiot!

+2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not circumcised. DH is European and considers it mutilation.

Gosh, my sons aren't circumcised, but the idea that it is "mutilation" strikes me as uneducated at best (we're not talking about FGM here people) and anti-Semitic at worst. Europeans are known for that too.

Male circumcision is not very different than certain forms of FGM. Educate yourself before you spout off. If you consider all FGM mutilation, then you need to consider male circumcision mutilation as well.

I am educated on the matter. Spoken with medical doctors (not just weird websites written By anti-religious bigots or wellness gurus) for clarification when researching the subject. The point of most forms of FGM is to deny a woman sexual pleasure. It can cause lifetime pain, urinary problems, labor and delivery problems. Male circumcision is a totally different ball game.

[Anonymous]

My son isn't, and he's 10. Never been an issue.

[Anonymous]

My son is circumcised.

Curious why you are second guessing it now—what made you not circumcise your older boys and now you’re changing your thoughts?