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Did you get your son circumcised?
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Anonymous
| DS (now 2.5yo) is not circumcised. For me, the very small potential medical benefit was heavily outweighed by a belief that we shouldn't be cutting him. We're not religious, and had no cultural reason to do it. DH is circumcised, but didn't feel strongly either way. I've heard the 50% circumcision rate quoted for this area, but really have no idea how many in his immediate peer group are or aren't - just hasn't really come up in discussion among parents. |
Anonymous
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OP, we did not circ our DS either. He is now 7.
He knows that he has a foreskin and seems to love to tug on it to such an extent that it makes me cringe, e.g., his stretched foreskin almost doubles the length of his penis. I have heard that tugging on the foreskin is how uncirc'ed boys detach it from the glans by puberty, so I have not discouraged this behavior. However, I don't think he has ever noticed that some boys do not have a foreskin. He has certainly never mentioned it. He has, however, asked many questions about his penis, foreskin, testicles, etc. I am not circ'ed either, by the way. It is possible that had I been circ'ed, he and I would have had a conversation about circ'ed vs. uncirc'ed by now, but who knows. |
Anonymous
Well, he didn't tell us that until AFTER we'd made our own decision. I'm in the military and had never even met our current ped until the 6 month appt. He was just supporting the decision we'd made. |
Anonymous
| Our Ped also congratulated us only after the decision to not circ. Before we decided he just said it was our choice. |
Anonymous
| 3 sons, ages 4, 2 and newborn. All 3 are intact. |
Anonymous
| Another one whose ped. gave us the "good for you speech" for not circing. |
Anonymous
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Yes, all four of our boys. A mohel came to our house on the 8th day. The boys did not cry, and they healed quickly and beautifully. We are Catholic.
My mother's best friend is a nurse in a urology practice. It was her strenuous recommendation that we do it that tipped the scales, because I was open to either way. My MIL is a pediatrician who goes by the book, and she trends towards circumcising. I can see each side. My suggestion if you do it? Have a mohel, and do it when your baby is a week old. I can recommend ours if you like. |
Anonymous
Oh, and fwiw, my OB told me that fully half of his patients elect not to circ these days. |
Anonymous
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I have 4 boys, currently ages 11, 9, 7, and 5.
The oldest, my husband said he wanted circumcized...I wasn't too happy, but figured since Dh was a man with a penis, he knew more about it than I did... Afterwards, I really regretted it. There was just no need for the circumcision, plus I started hearing stories from other moms of boys about botched circs, etc. So, with my younger 3 boys, I stood firm that they would not be circumcized. It has not been a big deal at all--I mean, when they were younger they would often shower together, get dressed together, etc. and they didn't seem to particularly notice/care that my oldest looked different than the younger ones. |
Anonymous
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No, we didn't for DS, 18 months old. Our ped. said she sees about 50% circed so it's unlikely your son will feel out of place.
FYI, DH isn't circed either, and grew up in GA 30 yrs ago, and never felt out of place then, either. |
Anonymous
| I come from a culture where men are not but DH is Jewish - convert (only father is Jewish) but non-practicing so we couldn't decide. My cousin who is a urologist and he told us to get it done so we did. Got it done by a pediatric urologist at Children's where the child has to be a month old or younger. |
Anonymous
| Urologists see those few patients who have penile problems that are improved by circumscion. It's not an unbiased perspective. |
Anonymous
| We're raising him Jewish (will be sent to Hebrew school, etc.) so it's better than having it done as an adult. |
Anonymous
I'm anti-circ for my sons and I totally respect this position. |
Anonymous
Thank you. |