a little survey - circumcision?

[Sadie]

Without being biased or judgmental or anything else one reading this might assume... I was hoping to get an informal survey of people to post whether or not they circumcised their sons (without giving reasons for or against doing so). I am just curious! And, to be the first, I did not.

UPDATE - I was hoping for just some yes or no answers... I just checked this discussion after not reading it for a while. Seems to have gotten a little heated and/or weird. So, I am closing it. Thanks for the responses!

[Laurie]

I feel very blessed, as during my first pregnancy 17 yrs ago, my OB/Gyn told me that RIC was not medically necessary. I didn't see any reason to inflict such pain, especially seeing as how I wanted as much of a natural birth and attachment parenting as possible immediately following delivery. He's NEVER had any issues related to having his foreskin, (and neither has his brother). They have grown up in the NOCIRC movement, and understand why I've been so passionate about protecting babies, they have even started their own conversations with their peers and have thanked me. So, obviously, I feel I made the right choice for them and they are comfortable with it too.

[Pilar Ash]

Yes we did.

[Kathleen]

Didn't x2 :)

[Glenda Cates]

I have just had my boy done on Monday. I wish I had followeed my own feelings and not done it. He is in so much pain it is unreal. I did it because my MIL insisted and my husband did not want to upset her. He was done on Monday and he is still crying in pain. He could not take a bath until today and he loves baths so that was hard for us to keep him away from water. Here ar a couplet hings I can suggest if you do do it. Get a couple cloth diapers to place inside the Pampers if you use plastic diapers as it makes it more comfortable. They gave me Tynol with Codene only use it at night. During the day if your son is old enough switch off between Tynol and Motrin. If your son eats regular food mine did not eat much the first two days. He also slept a lot. I hope this helped and I do not mean to scare you but I have never seen a child in so much pain. Glenda

[Kim]

Shame sorry to hear this how old is your son? Must say my son cried while it was being done but after that he was fine. Hope everything gets better!

[Jim]

no we did not circumcise our son

[Zicea Becks]

Wow...I didn't know people were so sensitive to the idea until this forum...I mean it's not like I ever asked another mom about her son's penis (I never cared what other people did with their kids) and how it made her feel.

When Denim was born, he was circumcised. Why? Because all the male children I knew of had been circumcised. Every man I slept with was circumcised. So, it was just something that I thought you do...

I know that some people don't do it....and that's their business.

[Hugh7]

The question is not how another mom's son's penis makes her feel. The question is how it makes a man feel to learn that his mother had the most sensitive part of his penis cut off because all the male children she knew of had been circumcised, every man she slept with was circumcised, so, it was just something that she thought you do...

Most people in the world don't do it. It's his business.

[Reed's Mama]

Didn't do it, wouldn't do it.

[Kristin]

Hmm.. Cutting my son's genitalia for no medical reason.. No thanks!

[momolly]

I did not- and neither my husband nor my husband's father were circumcised.
My mother in law is a L&D nurse, and over her 30 year career she has seen a handful of botched circumcisions- at least one instance where the baby's penis was actually severed. Though it doesn't happen a lot, to me that's enough of a reason to leave the baby's body as nature made it.

[lucy's mom rocks.]

we did not circumcise our son...i am jewish though....my husband isn't..we didn't want to expose our newborn to more infections (than we actually had to) like MRSA that are abundant in hospitals these days...any type of incision or cut freaks me out in a place where antibiotics have become pretty much worthless against some of these strains......I am very glad our second child was a boy because I would have felt more pressured too with the first one because I had no idea what I was doing when I had my daughter the year before.