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I had girls but we would not have done it. Husband is uncircumcised and we both feel foreskin has a purpose! Never any issues cleaning or with infection; he maintains it’s not rocket science.
His cousin was also uncircumcised but felt self conscious and had it done as adult. It wasn’t fun but always an option to do it later.
We chose not to do it, but maintain that it’s something my son feels strongly about when he gets older he can make the decision to have it done and we will financially support him. At the end of the day, it’s not medically necessary and it’s not my body. So I didn’t feel comfortable making that decision.
Wow, this is fascinating to me to see so many no votes. I have 2 girls so can’t speak to what I’d do, but everyone I know with boys has done it. Religious or not. My social circle is across Texas, Colorado and California, so doesn’t feel like a regional thing but maybe? Hmmm 🤔
Houston here - Yes for both our boys. We are both 37 white/Hispanic family. Boys are 1 and 3 with no issues at all.
My husband is circumcised but we elected not to circumcise. As far as I’m concerned, it’s cosmetic surgery and therefore my son’s choice to make when he’s an adult
But how is it different
We did not circumcise. Like your doctor said, it’s not medically necessary.
I’m in Europe and my husband was initially keen (he is circumcised). I insisted on a doctor doing it as have heard horror stories of babies losing their penises etc. But when I explored it, our system will only do it from 3 years old, and looking at my toddler now, he would be so sore and confused it I did it to him, so we’ve abandoned the idea.
I think culturally it is much less common and accepted here. Really only Jewish populations would have it done - it’s very unusual for non Jewish people to be circumcised. As a result it’s much harder to access, though if course if there are clinical reasons (like an infection) they will do it.
We did not, (nor was my husband), and our son is now a teenager and perfectly healthy. There has never been any issue. It also felt barbaric to do such a thing to our newborn, to be honest.
Another vote in the no camp. There have been a few posts in the past on this, both in this bowl and the general consulting one. The trend in the US is going down; not that you should always follow trends but interesting to note. Agree with the other moms who thought it was a barbaric and disturbing procedure, even if the baby doesn’t remember. Read about how they do it and ask yourself if you would be comfortable with it.
Haha this topic came up a few weeks ago on general bowl and it was a hot mess!
We chose not to. Looked very briefly at potential benefits and they didn’t seem compelling enough to outweigh risks of what is still a (minor) surgery. UTI incidence in males is already much lower than in females, and the moderate reduction in STD transmission would never be a reason in my mind to sway any decisions you make about using protection. Someone mentioned penile cancer rates as well but that is a very very rare form of cancer even without circumcision.
I meant general “Consulting” bowl. It seems like the thread has been removed because I get an error if I try to load any of my notifications relating to that thread, but it was 200+ comments in a single day.
Don’t worry, you are not missing much content, just a lot of name calling.
We also chose not to. The (very small) benefits did not outweigh the (also small, but present) risks in our opinion. And we didn’t feel comfortable doing it for cosmetic reasons on a baby unable to make his own decision.
We chose not to for either of our sons. It is not medically necessary and is a violation of his bodily integrity.
My husband is circumcised and we did not do it. He was born in Europe and his parents wanted it done but hospital wouldn't with no need. His foreskin didn't retract and later had to have a circumcision so his is the "worst case scenario" for it and he was still in favor of not doing it. It is not necessary (at least not yet) and did not feel comfortable amputating a part of my son without a clear need for it.
I’m pregnant and single and struggling with this decision! My plan was always to not circumcise, but now my baby has a condition that will make him at high risk of frequent UTIs. The pediatric urologist said it was up to me, but that doing it would reduce the risk of UTIs by 90%. I can’t decide if it’s more barbaric for me to have it done (potentially unnecessarily) or to not have something done that could help him medically
Frequent UTIs can also create long term health problems. my sister in law suffers from them and has had to have very invasive treatment as a result.
In this case, I would circumcise as it will probably help him have better health in the long term.
Sorry for you and your baby facing this tough choice.
My son barely made it through birth and the least thing I wanted was to inflict even more pain on him. Like D1 I think it is cruel/outdated thing to do to infants. My husband is not circumcised and we never planned to do it to our son as there are no medical reasons for it.
Did not. Husband is and said that he didn’t think we should make the decision for our son. since it’s not medically necessary.
We did and it’s all been good! I left it up to my husband and he choose to circumcise. Our nurse mentioned she worked with geriatric men who had serious problems keeping it clean so we figured it was the right approach. But do whats right for you and your family!
We did it for our son. Hygiene was a big concern, and we were told it’s more painful when they’re older. I asked my husband, from a man’s perspective, what should we do... His reason was compelling enough to go forward. For me, if I had extra skin around my boobs, I would’ve been grateful my mom did something when I was a baby. Just my position and don’t expect anyone else to agree.
I have 2yrs and 7months old. Also asked the doctor but said that there was no need for it. My husband said that there was no need. I hear that you should at least pull the skin when you change diapers or take a bath. I used to do this a little but now my oder one doesn’t let me and wriggles away when I try.
We did it! My husband is, so like “father like son”. Also wanted to reduce change of infections / ease of cleaning
We did it because I am Jewish, but would have done it anyway. Husband is not circumcised and he felt it was better to do it
I will say that we did it at the hospital by a doctor trained in it, rather than using a moile
For those of you who didn’t select to do it, did you do anything to help release the foreskin? (I.e. pull it back?)
Wait no pulling back? And what if they are circumsized? Do you pull back to clean then? Cause when we dont, the white film takes over and tries to ‘seal him’