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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We did not circumcise our son and the change in the AAP advice will not affect our decision to circumcise our next child if he's a boy. Our pediatrician told us he's seen many problems with circumcisions. Also, I don't follow all AAP guidelines. I take them into account but do my own research and make my own decisions. [/quote]

But what are your sources?  I bet you're one of those parents who refuses to vaccinate your child b/c some lame study that has been proven to be utterly bogus from a scientific standpoint suggested that vaccines cause autism, and then bitches ti get an exemption from the health authorities to let your child attend daycare/school.[/quote]

Well, we did a lot of internet research, including the then-current AAP recommendation that circumcision wasn't necessary, and looked at the rates in the rest of the world which are incredibly lower than here. There isn't a higher incident of AIDS in Europe despite circumcision rates being below 20% in many of the countries. I don't have the specific studies anymore since this was 4 years ago, but I will go through the process again if we have another boy, and also talk to our pediatrician about his view on the AAP stance. The only benefit we found was the AIDS research done in Africa and we felt that there were other possible factors that contributed to the rates besides just circumcision. Also a minute increase in penile cancer risk. In the end we felt that over his lifetime, not circumcising was the safer course for our son. It took a lot of soul-searching, but even my husband, who is circumcised and was very pro-circumcision when we started the discussion, was convinced by the research. To add to all of that, after we decided not to circumcise and made our decision clear in the hospital, every single nurse we worked with congratulated us on our decision. As well, our pediatrician was also happy with our decision and told us that the main problems he fixes on newborn boys have to do with complications from circumcisions. I'm sure that none of these people would have openly criticized us if we had circumcised our son, but we were happy to have the confirmation after the fact and it has strengthened our decision to not circumcise any subsequent boys unless new research is presented that makes us change our mind.

Also, please don't assume my other parenting choices. I did extended breastfeeding but only til 19 months, we vaccinated on the CDC schedule, my son is in a traditional military daycare, I let me kid watch tv before he was two, I use disposable diapers, and my son was in his crib at 8 weeks - no cosleeping for us! [/quote]

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