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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I read these posts, sometimes I wonder if I am in a small minority of people who don't actually have strong feelings on this. I just don't. Maybe I don't YET, because I don't have a son. But I wonder if I would develop these really strong feelings if I did. Are any mother's of sons indifferent to the practice? I guess I don't think its necessary at all as a practice (so I don't understand being vehemently pro-circ), but also do not have feelings that its morally reprehensible because its mostly cosmetic in nature for many and I don't put it on par with FGM.

So I just don't have these strong feelings and wonder if there is a lot (silent ?) like me, or if its really that divisive for most people.[/quote]

I don't either. I have two sons and with both I thought a lot about the decision. For my first son we had him circumcised and for my second we decided not to. In terms of why I didn't circumcise my second son was really because I just didn't see an overwhelming need to have it done. So we didn't. The first time around I was swayed by the health reasons. I get that other people see them as minimal but at the time I was making the decision, that was a reason for me to have it done. Only time will tell if either or both of my sons hate me for it.

I think that all we can do as parents is make the best decision that we can with all the available information. Undoubtedly people are going to see the same information and come to different conclusions. It's why you have some people going for home births and birthing centers with no drugs and others in hospitals with or without pain medication and vbac's and repeat c-sections. All of those are things I used to have stronger feelings on but now that I've been there twice, I really don't. [/quote]

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