Anonymous wrote:Who cares. Just make the choice to do it or not...and please stop with the baby's feelings argument. A baby that young doesn't remember anything and it's not the most traumatic thing they will go through.

Do it if you want or don't do it. It doesn't matter either way. This is generally an argument that women have...just another way to judge each other.

Amen! DH is and our DS is as well. I favored it for cosmetic reasons. DH has no trauma or even memory (of course) of being circumcised and also prefered it. So we did it. End of story. If it cuts down on STDs, awesome. I'm not ashamed of my reasons. And I won't be shamed by the drama mama intactivists. I've luckily never had to waste my time debating it IRL.

Anonymous wrote:If you're afraid of STDs, you can go with one of two options for risk reduction:

1 Genital mutilation
2 Condoms

I know which one I pick.

If you're afraid of STDs, you can go with one of two options for risk reduction:

1 Genital mutilation
2 Condoms

I know which one I pick.

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Anonymous wrote:The idea that it's medically beneficial is totally outdated.

Really? It's the opposite. Please provide an aap and cdc updated since 2012. Don't believe Europe we are in USA . Europe has socialized medicine and will cheap out at risk of your health.

I could just as easily say don't believe Africa we are USA. You must realize that the STD studies most pro-circ people cling to are from Africa, which has a very different attitude towards condoms than we do.

Have you read the latest statistics about HPV in this country?

We did not circumcise our son. His birth was traumatic enough as it was.

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Anonymous wrote:The idea that it's medically beneficial is totally outdated.

Really? It's the opposite. Please provide an aap and cdc updated since 2012. Don't believe Europe we are in USA . Europe has socialized medicine and will cheap out at risk of your health.

I could just as easily say don't believe Africa we are USA. You must realize that the STD studies most pro-circ people cling to are from Africa, which has a very different attitude towards condoms than we do.

It's true the smell is horrific.

Anonymous wrote:Most intelligent people who read reasearch studies do it. The benefits outweigh the risks. There was a period of time around 2007-2012 during the "crunchy" parenting trend when many parents did not (same ones who were into cosleeping, babywearing, not vaccinating etc.).

All 3 of your sentences are problematic generalizations.

Anonymous wrote:Despite medical the smell is bad

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=uncircumcised+smell

Not true if a man knows how to wash.

Most intelligent people who read reasearch studies do it. The benefits outweigh the risks. There was a period of time around 2007-2012 during the "crunchy" parenting trend when many parents did not (same ones who were into cosleeping, babywearing, not vaccinating etc.).

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Anonymous wrote:Not automatically, but we did as did most of our friends who have boys (I asked around when trying to decide). I believe the AAP has found that the benefits outweigh the risks.

Once again, the AAP does not say this.

That's exactly what they said: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/3/585

The benefits outweigh the risks to such a minor degree (according to some MDs, not all by any means) that the AAP cannot recommend it to be routine.


Although health benefits are not great enough to recommend routine circumcision for all male newborns, the benefits of circumcision are sufficient to justify access to this procedure for families choosing it and to warrant third-party payment for circumcision of male newborns. It is important that clinicians routinely inform parents of the health benefits and risks of male newborn circumcision in an unbiased and accurate manner.

Parents ultimately should decide whether circumcision is in the best interests of their male child. They will need to weigh medical information in the context of their own religious, ethical, and cultural beliefs and practices. The medical benefits alone may not outweigh these other considerations for individual families.

Anonymous wrote:Upper middle class white people do per my OB.

This was true but isn't anymore. I know a lot of upper middle class white people who now are NOT doing it (unless for religious reasons). I think it's still fairly common for middle and working class.

The benefits of male circumcision outweigh the risks, according a long awaited draft of federal guidelines from U.S. health officials released on Tuesday, which indicate that scientific evidence supports recommending the procedure.

Despite medical the smell is bad

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=uncircumcised+smell

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Anonymous wrote:Not automatically, but we did as did most of our friends who have boys (I asked around when trying to decide). I believe the AAP has found that the benefits outweigh the risks.

Once again, the AAP does not say this.

That's exactly what they said: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/3/585