Circumcision

I have 2 boys. Gave birth about 2 weeks ago with my second boy (I was due December 15th, born December 6th). I didn’t get both of my boys circumcised . My husband and I had a mutual feeling/agreement that we wouldn’t do it as my husband didn’t get one. I didn’t want it done because of the pain they’ll have to go through with their little body makes me sad 🥹

Bday twins! Our baby is getting his at his 2-wk appointment as it felt right for our family. It’s definitely a personal preference, so do what’s best for you/your family!🫶

I was torn on whether to do it or not but my partner wanted him to have it done as he knows someone who was not circumcised at birth and had a terrible experience getting it done when he was older. My son was born 12/16 as well and we had it done before we were discharged from the hospital. He surprisingly didn’t cry during the procedure and has not seemed to be affected by it since. Either way I think it’s really up to you and your personal preference.

Let your husband decide! We are opting against. The right female meant for him won’t judge his private parts. It’s unnecessary and I feel like it’s sexualizing an infant. Most cultures don’t circumcise. It’s not hard to pull back foreskin to clean him up. God or Mother Nature made him that way!

my son was also born December 16th! and I did decide to get him circumcised, but it's completely up to u what u wanna do for ur son, there's no right or wrong answer, it's ur decision

We decided to because we think it’s safer. But it is up to each family what they prefer to do.

We’re opting not to circumcise but we are from Scotland (moved to the US 6 years ago) and it wasn’t something we’d ever really known about until moving here. It does mean my husband is well placed to help our little guy on the hygiene front!

I feel the same as you that boys are born correct and perfect as they are so why permanently maim them…

I think usually the dad has a preference on this or they do what they have. For me it was my husband’s decision, I trust the he knew best. It was tough when we got it done you feel so bad for the bub but they heal quickly

I’m getting induced Saturday. My husband wants it done. So I’m going to defer to him as a man on this one.

Yeah. Don't do it. It makes them lose sensation during sex. It makes lube a necessity in scenarios where it otherwise wouldnt be. Uncircumcised men don't have to try for erection. It comes easily. There are many other ways to treat an infection besides mutilating someone's genitals. I never circumcised my son. My dad is also uncircumcised. Neither has ever had an infection. Your son should be allowed to make his own decisions when it comes to his own body. Female circumcision is illegal. Male circumcision should be as well. I knew a guy who had a shallow girlfriend who didn't like how his uncircumcised penis looked. He had the procedure done as an adult and now he takes viagra to get hard. Its unnecessary and there's many circumcised men who wish the choice would have been there's and not their parents'.

@Nadine I like most of your comment. But do know that the foreskin doesn't retract for boys until they reach a certain and no one should be pulling it back and cleaning until it naturally retracts. When they are little it stays in place and protects the penis. I just posted a link with more info that says sometimes they do retract at birth, so sometimes that might be necessary, but often times they don't. Just wanted to point that out. https://www.chop.edu/conditions-diseases/care-uncircumcised-penis#:~:text=Some%20boys%20can%20retract%20their,skin%20is%20stuck%20to%20skin).

I let my husband decide. He was against it so I respected his decision.

I have 2 boys and neither of them are

Both of my boys have it done as I never knew the difference. I never remember to look at the research on it until right before my second got his done. I was hesitant on it after seeing what my first went through with his but it was 100 times better. They numbed the area and everything unlike with my first.

Don't do it. As a female I enjoyed the ducks with fore skin. The ones without were ok too but those guys seemed like they were uncontrollably sexual. I have a baby boy and we won't circumcise.

@Jessica yes! Agree completely. I would never!! I took human sexuality at university and learned how much it takes away from their sexual experiences! I also was w a guy who had his cut too much and would feel pain when he'd get an erection... so awful!!

@Jessica I agree. I had some partners with circumcised dicks and they always were hard right away and were mentally very crazy sexual. But they preferred blow jobs not vaginal sex. They avoided vaginal sex whenever possible and just did it sometimes because I really wanted it and they wanted to see me happy but it was not for their own satisfaction. Like you said they lose the sensation in their penises. Because of the lack of vaginal sex the relationships didn't work out for us... I honestly felt like it was sort of gay sex at times because they were more into anal and blow jobs. Sorry for all the details but this was my sexual experience as an adult female in the U.S.

@Jennifer wow pain with an erection, that is not fun 😔 my partners who were circumcized preferred bjs and not vaginal because they lost the sensation. And they liked anal bc it's tighter .but I had no problems with my current partner bc he is not circumcised and our relationship lasted for many years bc of the satisfying vaginal sex. I think it's important in straight relationships.

I have my husband final say but we were pretty much on the same page and choose not too

@Jessica thank you! I’m not entirely sure on cleaning. I haven’t had my baby yet, so thank you for this helpful info!

My husband chose to get a circumcision when he was 20. So technically you could always leave the choice up to him 🤷🏻‍♀️ As long as you clean his penis well the chances of an infection is low.

I told my husband it was up to him we decided not to do it. We are Hispanic and most Hispanics don’t get it done so the decision was simple for us.

Neither of my two boys are circumcised (21 months and 4 days old) their dad and I decided that if they wanted it done when they are older that’s their choice to make

And if you don’t circumcise please look into how to properly care for it. Foreskin does not retract until they are older, around 3-5 years is when most boys can retract it. If you force it that will cause an infection. Until it can retract, warm water is all the penis needs. Once he’s older and can retract it only then should it be cleaned under the foreskin. There’s lots of misinformation on how to care for it and it leads to infection and then people thinking circumcising is the only route to go

My husband is circumcised so I deferred to him on the choice. My husband never had trouble with it. Neither did my father or my other family members who had it done. But given the choice we both chose for our son to be uncircumcised. He is perfect and has never had an infection as of so far and he is now three years old and thriving.