My husband will not be around for the majority of the baby's first year because of the Navy. I am very sad about this and wish it was not the case but we knew what we were doing. Anyways, after a brief interaction with his family I snickered to myself because that meant for however many months I get to avoid them
@whaat - My H is uncircumcised, and would prefer to have a boy also not be circumcised. I am fine with going with his preference, but if he didn't have one, I would choose uncircumcised. I haven't found any compelling reasons to change my baby's penis, so I'd leave it alone. I feel like that used to be uncommon, but nowadays it's much more standard. Again, if H was strongly in favor of doing it, I'd be okay with that.
I'm with the majority here and will leave circumcision up to DH. I assume he would be pro-circumcision because he is circumcised. I guess I should probably ask him!
On a side note I dated a guy for 6 years who was not cut. In his early 20's after we had broken up he got circumcised. He said it was such a hard recovery and wished he had been circumcised when he was an infant. I know he told me why he wanted the surgery, but for the life of me can't remember what he said! For some reason I think he said it was related to sensitivity. But if that's the case isn't the penis more sensitive with the foreskin intact?
This isn't really a confession but I need to vent. Having large breasts sucks! Mine are 38H pre-pregnancy and I swear I can feel them growing. I broke the underwire on my bra before work this morning and had to wear a bra a size too small. My boobs hurt so much from being squeezed all day. And I can't just go buy a new one at the store since I have to order mine online.
My view is that circumcision, health wise, has minimal benefits particularly in high resource countries, nothing that can't be better replicated with education, condoms, and hygiene, and it is not without risk (including pretty catastrophic risks) that I don't feel outweigh the potential benefits. If my son wants to be when he's older, it's up to him, but I'm not going to make a permanent choice about his body. I'm not the one who has to live with it.
K.
Son, K, 9 | Daughter, C, 5 | Daughter, M, expected November 7, 2016
I used to like the idea of not circumcising. I got all fired up about it not being necessary. Plus my oldest nephew's was a little botched. But now I'm a nursing student and see a lot of elderly men with dementia and see how much care they actually get, either from family or in long term care... yeah now I'm thinking that anything that can cut down on infection is probably a good thing. I don't think it's a big deal when they're little but it certainly can be when they're unable to care for themselves. Ultimately I'm leaving it up to MH but since he's cut he'll probably be all for it.
LFAF/Nov 16 challenge: Bad TV moms that shouldn't be celebrated
BFP #1 10/30/15 MMC found 11/30/15 D&C 12/11/15 EDD 7/9/16
healing comes in waves, and maybe today the wave hits the rocks and that’s ok, that’s ok, darling. you are still healing, you are still healing- Ijeoma Umebinyuo, be gentle with yourself BFP #2 3/21 EDD 11/28/16
My doctor told me at my last appointment that I wouldn't be able to go to my brother's wedding. I'll be 33 weeks and it's a plane ride or a 23 hour car trip (not counting rest stops).
My confession: I'm relieved... I only have 4 weeks vacation/sick time, and that's all going to my mat leave, so on top of being expensive, it would use up some very limited paid time off. I'm glad the doc made the decision easy for me, do I can officially say that I can't go without going into selfish reasons. We'll send a nice gift and plan a visit as soon as possible, but RSVP no with minimal guilt
Re: FFFC | 4.22
My first 2 boys are circumcised.
BFP 3.8.16 EDD 11.20.16
On a side note I dated a guy for 6 years who was not cut. In his early 20's after we had broken up he got circumcised. He said it was such a hard recovery and wished he had been circumcised when he was an infant. I know he told me why he wanted the surgery, but for the life of me can't remember what he said! For some reason I think he said it was related to sensitivity. But if that's the case isn't the penis more sensitive with the foreskin intact?
Son, K, 9 | Daughter, C, 5 | Daughter, M, expected November 7, 2016
BFP #2 3/21 EDD 11/28/16
My confession: I'm relieved... I only have 4 weeks vacation/sick time, and that's all going to my mat leave, so on top of being expensive, it would use up some very limited paid time off. I'm glad the doc made the decision easy for me, do I can officially say that I can't go without going into selfish reasons. We'll send a nice gift and plan a visit as soon as possible, but RSVP no with minimal guilt
Me: 26 DH:27
Due: 11/6/2016