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2nd Trimester
Circumcision
If you're having a boy, do you plan on circumcising?
(I tried to make a clicky poll, but couldn't get it to work)
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Re: Circumcision
Yay I am in before this post is 100 pages long!
No, we will not. DS is not, if this one is a boy, he won't be either. DH is.
We'll miss you sweet Debbie Girl (4.21.12) and sweet Cindy Girl (8.9.12)
If we have a boy - yes.
DS Born 4/13/11
If this is a boy we will not be- there's no good reason to.
Edit: Religious reasoning exempted, though my religion asks me to do all sorts of things that I opt out of.
::holds breath for post explosion::
If we have a boy, we are planning on having a bris, so, yes.
Edited for clarity
Nope. DH is circ'd but did extensive research on the topic and came to the conclusion that there is no medical reason to do it.
^Idiotic. Really, really, idiotic.
That's all I'm going to say this time around.
i agree with katie - we won't be cir'c. why bother with an unnecesary medical procedure? you wouldn't give your baby a nose job would you?
feel free to expand on why this reasoning is idiotic?
you know what i think is idiotic? when people choose to circ b/c 'it looks the same' or 'it's cleaner'. or other stupid reasoning.
I think the part that she meant was idiotic was the need for putting that it's an "unnecessary medical procedure" The OP asked if people are getting their son circumcised not the reasoning behind it.
I don't think it's idiotic for people to do it or not, it's their own personal preference and to put people down because they choose a certain way is idiotic.
She didn't put her down- she said that it was an unnecessary procedure. She didn't personally attack anyone, simple stated a fact that circumcision isn't needed (which regardless of your stance on it is a point that can't be argued).
What an odd thing to say...nothing I wrote rings "idiotic" to me. If you'd like to elaborate then go right ahead.
I would never go off on someone for doing it. But, it is an unnecessary procedure. The American Academy of Pediatrics agrees.
We'll miss you sweet Debbie Girl (4.21.12) and sweet Cindy Girl (8.9.12)
No, she did not put anyone down, babubhatt did with her comment of "you know what i think is idiotic? when people choose to circ b/c 'it looks the same' or 'it's cleaner'. or other stupid reasoning."
She is a nurse has mentioned in the past that she believes it to be medically necessary because she has seen penile amputations due to people not taking care of them in the elderly. Obviously her opinion. My mother has been a nurse since God was a boy and has seen several butchered infant penises and is way anti circ.
My question has always been what is the rate of this vs. the rate of botched infant circumcision, which would interest me greatly. And what about the rates in countries where almost nobody is circumcised? I have yet to see any news stories about this happening regularly and in large numbers in those countries.
well, it *is* stupid reasoning. i will accept medical reasons and even religious reasons....but superficial ones don't float my boat.
sowwy!