Circumcision?

Re: Circumcision?

• knottiea0bf803838bd60cd member

  March 24

  My husband is circumcised and some father want their sons to look like them. However we are choosing to not circumcise due to not wanting to put our baby through the pain of it during the first few days of life. I think that this is a personal choice of course but really we can see no positive impact of doing that. I work as a medical assistant and we see and treat a lot of people with UTIs which is one of the leading reasons that they say circumcision is used to prevent. UTIs in males is pretty uncommon- and we live in area with a large population of males from all over the world - like India and Asia where this is less common practice. I see no evidence that this is a big game changer in that. The penis is actually able to clean itself better with the foreskin still attached as well. 

  
  

  But like I said, personal preference. 

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• knottie2057371385e3de65 member

  March 31

  I’m from Europe and over there it is only done if medically necessary (such as when the skin isn’t growing correctly … it’s very rare). I personally feel strongly against it (being done for cosmetic reasons or “prevention”) and so does everyone I know on that side of the Atlantic. My husband is American and he and his brothers and all our nephews are circumcised, however he’s been against it ever since I’ve known him (would have been a deal breaker for me). He was left with scar tissue that gives him troubles every now and then. Knowing this was completely preventable and only done so  that he would look a certain way makes him quite unhappy. Our boy will be the only uncircumcised kid in the family, but the “kids will make fun of him” argument doesn’t really justify the procedure to me at all. When/if the time comes, my husband or I will explain things to him.

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• knottiec9bbbc937bb3c2e6 member

  April 1

  We read the article on circumcision from Evidence Based Birth (highly recommend to any who wants information about circumcision) and when we realized there isn’t overwhelming evidence showing that surgery is medically necessary or beneficial, we decided to pass on it. There is already so much to think about in those first few weeks of baby’s life, we didn’t want a surgery recovery to deal with as well. 

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• knottie85a65a25dcfdcd66 member

  May 1

  As a nurse who has seen circumcision in person and caring for many people who were not circumcised, I have chosen not to unless it were medically necessary. The solution to any “unclean” concerns is to clean your baby well and teach them to clean themselves when they can do it independently.

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• yanidp13 member

  May 6

  Thanks, ladies - these are really helpful comments, and definitely making me lean more towards skipping the circumcision  

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• dawnhemingway member

  May 8

  My first son (13 now) was circumcised at birth but not surgically. More so like how you castrate a goat. There was no pain associated with it and within a couple days the foreskin fell off. This was ultimately his father’s decision. 

  
  

  I am now married to someone else and expecting our first boy together (we have 2 girls together already) and my husband does not want him circumcised which I respect. Ultimately I can’t speak on the pros or cons either way because I don’t have the parts to do so. Sure it’ll require a lot more cleaning at diaper changes but that’s a small price to pay to give my son the opportunity to make those decisions for himself when he’s old enough. 

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