Can you tell me your reasons why you chose not to??
I told DF it was his decision and all along, he had said he wanted to. Then after DS was born, DF did some investigating on the internet and decided against having it done. Now I fear my little man will be made fun of when hes older So, can you tell me why you opted out of it with your son so maybe I can feel a little better about it..
Re: If you DID NOT circumcise your ds..
More and more people are choosing not to circumcise so your LO isn't going to be the odd one out. We chose not to for several reasons:
1. The AAP and other medical organizations say the benefits are not strong enough to recommend routine circumcision and there can be many complications from the procedure.
2. People will argue that it may reduce the risk of STDs but that hasn't been proven and I think people should be using condoms anyway. Who would actually rely on being circumcised to prevent them from getting an STD?
3. There is also an argument that it will prevent UTI and penile cancer. The greatest risk of a boy getting a UTI is in the first year and the chance of an uncircumcised boy getting one is only 1%. Penile cancer is extremely rare, only 9-10 cases per year per 1 million men in the US.
The health benefits are so minor that I feel the only reason it's really done are for cosmetic or religious reasons. If someone wants to do it to their child that's their decision but I don't buy the argument that it's for health reasons. Many insurance companies don't even cover the cost because they recognize it as a cosmetic procedure.
In my opinion the potential benefits are slim and they don't outweigh the possible complications of circumcision. That being said, there's no right or wrong decision. You just have to do the research and decide what you think is best for your baby. If it helps, talk to your pedi about it.
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I don't think your son will be made fun of in the locker room since not circumcising is pretty common and almost 50% in some areas. And really, if someone does pick on him, his response could be why they are so interested in his penis anyway.
Dh is adn we decided not to do it. Other than cosmetics (which I don't believe in for babies), there wasn't a reason for us to do it. And it's kind of awful to see - I definitely did not want to do that to my son. Shots are hard enough to watch.
Yeah, my family thinks its very odd and they keep asking me about it and I just want to say, "its his penis! If he decides to cut it one day, he can."
Our families are both Portuguese and it's not common in our culture so my DH , brother, father, his brother, his father, etc are not circumcised. We also did our own reseach and there is no medical benefit now that hygiene practices have changed/evolved.
For all of the reasons stated above. DH is not circumcised, so we wanted O to look the same as his dad. And, most importantly, we felt if it was not medically necessary, we were so not going to cut our little baby up! That said, we know it's an individual choice and don't critique others for their decisions. It just wasn't the right choice for us.
*also* the doctors in the hospital told us that more than 50% of boys are not circumcised now.
DH and first DS are not circumcised.
It's for cosmetic purposes only. Why remove something for no reason?
Why are the boys in the locker room looking at your son's penis anyway (something he can say later!)
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Just wanted to say holy moly, your LO is so stinkin cute!!!
This. We don't go around circumcising women, do we?
And I agree with all the reasons above that all the other ladies posted... it's just not necessary. Seriously, for aesthetics? Please, nothing down there is aesthetic if you ask me! I think that's a poor argument that many people make to have it done.
Mature men shouldn't be analyzing your son's penis in a locker room... and chances are, 1/2 the other guys in the locker room will look just like him.
Did not circ....the reasons were numerous.
1. not medically necessary
2. its more common not to circ anymore than it was when we were babies so there was no fear that LO would be teased by peers for being different.
3. My cousin and 3 other people I know had a son whose LO had a BOTCHED circ and had to be redone a year later
4. I knew a nurse who used to work with the circ doctor and she saw him cut WAY too much off one baby and he looked at her and said "does that look right to you?" She said that was a LOT more common than any of us would like to believe. She saw botched ones ALL the time.
5. I didnt want to deal with the healing pee pee. Poor thing...that is his little unit!
6. I am very happy with my decision and would definitely recommend making it....but I do believe it is the right of everyone to choose what is best for them.
This, exactly.
Over half of the US does not circ anymore, so being made fun of isn't a good reason.
Personally, I don't see why you need a reason to not do a cosmetic procedure on your child. IMO you need a very good MEDICAL reason to cut a part of your child off. JMO.
I particularly do not understand the argument of having them look like dad. Dh is circ'ed. His dad is not. Dh said it honestly never even came up as an issue. They really didn't spend much time comparaing penises.
I mean think about it: would we use this logic with anything else? DH only has one leg.....should we have cut LO's left leg off to avoid confusion of not looking like dad?