Your decision. Period!
Keep it clean. Don’t do it…
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Do what YOU think is best. It’s your child.
Never had 1 of my boys done. Hasn’t effected them
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I have three boys my two older are from a previous relationship and I had them circumcised before knowing what actually happens when they do it. With my third boy isn’t cut and I dont plan to have him cut. Its 100% your decision. I regret having my older two cut.
My son is 28 & non circumcised & made the decision to not have either one of his sons circumcised either but I did struggle with the decision but it worked out fine, never one issue!!
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I work at a hospital as an operating room medical biller and you’d be surprised by the number of adult male circumcision cases I have billed. If they end up needing the surgery later in life it’s painful and expensive. Just something to keep in mind.
Depends on why you want it done. Sex, hygiene, etc will be cleaner, but biblical reasons are on the fence. Judaism and Islam support this while many Christians believe in it however, I decided to circumcise my son bgg ut when he grew up and studied about things he said he would never do that to his son. I would study about why it would be important to you.
I didn’t get my son done
After reading all these comment fights, I’m glad I have all girls.
Don’t do it, he’ll be fine !
Its not their concern.
All my boys are circumcised. But if you don’t want to circumcise your baby that’s your choice. It’s your baby, not theirs, and while it’s nice of them to offer advice, you can always choose not to take it!
There are studies that show circumcision is better for their health when they get older; but there are other studies that show that it makes no difference or even could cause more harm. My boys are all healthy and happy and had no issues being circumcised 
Not a mistake. Research.
Your son’s private parts are nobody else’s business. Point blank period.
Your baby your choice!!
My son is 11… I did not have him circumcised… would you circumcise your daughter? There’s absolutely no medical reason to circumcise babies. It’s genital mutilation… if he wants to be circumcised let him choose when he is older . … otherwise… Let it be… Keep it washed and clean… Teach him to clean it etc … and keep him whole.
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Its ur choice ur son not thiers
I dont have any boys and if I did I’m not sure what I’d do, but think of it like this… the areas of our world that use genital mutilation on girls are looked down upon and it’s seen as evil and supressing by 1st world countries… soooo what makes it any different for baby boys? It’s still mutilation
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It gives their girlfriends a place to put their chewing gum…
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Make Sure You teach the kid to Clean It Properly… if Not, Cut it.
My husband is european and they don’t mutilate their children. We did not even tnink twice about this for our son and when our doctor knew our stance she said “good I was ready to fight you if you wanted it done”.
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I had my first son circumcised, and the doctor messed it up, she said she started cutting to far up and had to come back down… my youngest son I didn’t have circumcised before of this, e ended up staying a week in the hospital when he was 4 weeks old because he got a uti and e.coli in his bloodstream. Neither way was easy for me. But I wish I would’ve has my youngest circumcised too.
Just make sure you know how to pull back the foreskin to keep them clean and teach them to do that also. Remember if for any reason they need it later it will be very painful. If you choose to circumcise there is less pain and bleeding if you wait until the 8th day as it states in the Bible.
I had 3 boys and they are uncircumcised. Men and women both can get infections, regardless. Just teach them to keep it clean.
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I have 2 boys none of them are circumcised
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Don’t listen to them.
Listen to your own advice- That you’re asking tells me you know what’s right. Now do it. He will thank you later.
Boys and girls deserve equal protection against these genital cutting practices.
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I have 2 sons and they are circumcised that is before I became a nurse after witnessing this procedure it is the most barbaric thing I have witnessed all parents need to watch a video before agreeing to it
As an anthropologist, I recommend NOT circumcising him. I know this sounds funny, especially from someone who is single and has never really been in a long-term relationship and had children, but – I heard on an NPR radio show a long time back that sex is better if you are not circumcised. Also, for example, Hindus do not circumcise their sons. Fathers teach their sons how to clean themselves. The major concern you allude to is that circumcision helps boys stay clean and not get infections, something like that but, the truth, the real truth is that boys can learn how to clean un the flap [I have no clue but suspect there is a little fold and one can easily clean underneath it if taught…and on can learn how online and I am sure there are classes or a literature on this. Even allowing them to make their own decision when a teenager, if they are not completely informed, they might make a decicsion based on their male peers…they want to be like everyone else but not know or have the knowledge base to know that sex is better if they are not circumcised and there must be other advantages…one can teach one’s son how to clean themselves…I know this is Cultural [even religion is a kind of culture isn’t it?] …but we have science now and the science I suspect says, no! do not circumcise your son…just my two cents. If I were male, I’d opt for better sex as an adult.
My advice: he’s YOUR kid, do what you want.
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Most men all over the world are not circumcised. it is an American preference. My father and grandfather were not circumcised and never had problems. My grandad died at 82 and did not have any infections ever, according to my grandmother.
It has nothing to do with hygiene. It a stupid Jewish ritual that made no since 2000 years ago. Stop the sadistic mutilation of natural DICKS, coming from one. Peace out
Infant male circumcision is just a fancy name for genital mutilation.
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I have 2 boys now 32 & 29 neither one is circumcised and never had a problem.
Keep him intact, you’re doing the right thing!
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220 kids die a year just in America from circumcision so… worth the risk??? Don’t think so.
My boys are circumcised. In my personal experience … it looks nicer and also stays cleaner…nothing accumulates around the head. My cousin had to get circumcised in his 20s… he was pissed his mom didn’t do it as a baby. It was extremely painful and harder to heal. Ultimately, the decision is up to you.
Do it for your son for hygiene
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Can we get an admin on here??? Some people are being straight ridiculous and attacking others
There are many medical reasons to circumcise if boys aren’t it can lead to many UTI’S. My father at 80 had to be circumcised because of all the UTI’S and it is not as simple surgery as if it was a baby.
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Yessssssss its cleaner. Scientifically proven.
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I have 2 boys. My first is circumcised. I never wanted to have it done but my husband did and I felt like he knew more. It was awful! And I regret letting it happen every single day! When they brought him back to me, I immediately started sobbing. They don’t warn you about how gruesome it looks. It didn’t heal properly. He has complete adhesion which will take years to heal and he will likely need a revision as a teenager if not sooner. That is a very common complication that I wasn’t aware of. My second boy, I did a ton more research and put my foot down (and cried) when they asked about circumcision. We agreed not to have it done. My doctor sat down and talked with my husband and I and told us some of her personal experiences and let us know that she kept her two boys whole.
All I can say is do you research and stand your ground. You will never regret NOT doing it. But you will regret doing and taking away a part of your child’s body 
If you are Jewish fine however most men have survived without it.
I circumcised both my boys. I know it’s trendy not to these days but I don’t understand why?
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It is ultimately you and your partners choice I have four boys and I did not circumcise mine they ar 24,20,17,&15 yrs old and I still have not regretted it so honestly 100% it is your choice.
As a woman…I prefer circumcised 
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Do what you want. If I could go back 16 years, I would not circumcise my son, I was not fully informed about circumcision and no one let me know i had a choice.
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Circumcision isn’t about a parent’s choice. It’s about taking away the child’s choice and disrespecting the man he will become.
“If you ask your son if he wants to be circumcised and he cannot say ‘yes’ then without medical need the answer is always ‘no’. Consent begins at birth.” Saving Our Sons
Born perfect. No surgical modification needed.
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Healthy babies aren’t born needing their genitals surgically fixed.
I did not ask to be circumcised.
I did not want to be circumcised.
Circumcision harms babies!
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I’m amazed at how many women want to mutilate their baby boys…you disgust me.
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I had my son circumcised while we were in the hospital too. My stepson who is 16 now was never circumcised and he wants to be and the doctors are telling him it’s very risky but hes going to get it done over the summer. He doesn’t like the way it looks and thinks it looks gross. I cant disagree
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When my son was born we chose not to circumcise. Then when he was 24 hours old we found out he was born with multiple heart deformities and spent his whole life fighting against them. He passed away at six months old. Every time this subject comes up, I am thankful we did not choose to circumcise. He did not deserve any extra pain or suffering, and now I can look back and not feel guilty for having it done. Who cares what everyone else thinks. You are the one who has to deal with the consequences. You can always remove skin later, but it doesn’t grow back.
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We circumcised all 3 of our boys because my husband is and we didn’t want them to be made fun of in the locker room since in our part of the NJ most boys are. That being said- he’s your baby and you do what you want. The best advice I can give as a mom is to do what YOU want. Every decision you make has the best interest of your family in mind, and you should never let anyone make you second guess yourself. And you do not need to explain yourself to anyone.
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I’ve heard that it’s just cleaner. 
didn’t get our boy circumcised. We had an appt to do it & I chickened out because I couldn’t stand the thought of my baby needing to deal with the agonizing pain of peeing for two weeks 
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Uncircumcised men get more infections. Women who have sex with uncircumcised men tend to have more infections as well
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Not judging anyone it’s your own choice I just want to share MY experience. One out of my three boys are circumcised. And when I said the experience was so traumatic I will never do it. I was a young mom 17 and after having my son it didn’t cross my mind to cut the extra off. Well going to his first appointment when he was a week old his doctor like forced it on me and his dad agreed saying it’s more appealing . BIG MISTAKE I felt so pressured well to HEAR my child screaming from another room and me not being able to do anything then taking him home with a blood filled diaper ! Never again . I never felts so horrible . My two other boys didn’t get it done and now my partner doesn’t have it done and their is no problem at all no smell or anything and I taught my other two how to clean their “toolies”. But you should always trust mom instincts and stick to what you think is best for YOUR baby.
When my sons got an infection in it (he was prone to mrsa) it was scary and horrifying and at 3 he got it done. Wouldn’t touch himself for a year he was terrified of it.
We did not hesitate with our second and got it done asap cause it is better than dealing with the extra steps and that way he looks like the other men in the house.
There is absolutely no medical need for a circumcision. I have given birth to 8 boys (twins/twins/quads) and I never circumcised any of them.
My view on circumcision is that it is just as violent and barbaric as the circumcision of girls. Our children came with their for-skin and who are we to immediately remove a part of their body?
The biggest argument people have is that of cleanliness, but if you learn how to clean your son properly and teach him how to clean under his foreskin properly, there is no issue.
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Our son is not circumcised. He’s 6 and no issues. My husband wanted him to be circumcised, but after ready all of the research and talking to several health professionals, he realized his reasons were more about wanting his son to look like him. The science supports not circumcising. Any stories you hear are probably true, but anecdotal. Many of my boy mom friends have not circumcised. It is becoming more common in the US. Most of the rest of the world boys are not cut.
My brother was not circumcised and had no issues. My husband is circumcised so we circumcised our son.
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Its your baby. Your decision. As long as you clean it very well and teach him to clean it properly there shouldnt be any issues. Personally I had my 3 boy circumcised. But that was my choice. Nobody has the rite to tell you how to be a parent or what to do with your own kid. Good luck hun!
Circumcise. 
For Christ sake… your choice not theirs anyways. I have had three boys here I’d rather them not have to deal with that later in life… circumcision is fine!!! Your boy Will thank you later in life I’m sure of it
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Well I’ll put it out there. When my first son was born we didn’t circumcise him, cuz my in-laws said not to. I was young and just went with it, no big deal right? Well, 3 years later my son had to be circumcised at 3 1/2 years old due to problems. Nothing I did wrong, it just happened. However, you’re the parent, do what you want, but if I had to do it over again, my son would have had it done at birth. My 2 others sons are adopted, so I didn’t have any say with them.
What do you and your husband want first of all!! I know you need to get his advice as well as Dr.
All sorts of things can go wrong with both choices. My cousins mom was very unclean and he didn’t learn proper Hygiene needed to be circumcised at 13. My fiance was circumcised at birth but whatever happened at the procedure caused what was left to start growing back around the head. This caused infection and a bunch of other issues. Luckily his mom was a nurse so no Permanent damage aside from what looks like a piercing. Either way anything can happen. So what’s best for your child
It’s a personal choice that nobody but mom and dad have a say in. I circumcised my first. I was a young mom and thought it was the norm. It wasn’t until me second that I did the research and decided it wasn’t a necessity. We have to do what’s right for our boys, no one else has a say.
1,000s of babies have not survived that assault. There’s actually no good benefit for it. “Cleaner” is a lazy parent excuse. “Looks” as an excuse is sickening because your child’s genitals shouldn’t please you. Keep him whole❤️ and do not ever pull the foreskin back. Doctors will tell you to but that rips it and messes it up then they get to circ him anyway and they get money. Foreskin separates itself at about 5-7 years old. I have two brothers. Ones cut and one is whole. Wanna guess who has the issues down there now?
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My son is 5 months old and I circumcised him. I think I did the right thing for him. My sister did the same thing for my nephew who just turned 16 and no complaints from him!
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There is absolutely NO medical reason to do it and nobody’s business on what you decide.
You would need to make sure you pull back skin and clean daily. Then you would need to teach him how when older. Circumcise is better hygiene and less risk of cancer later
I have 3 boys oldest uncut middle is circumcised and the youngest is not. The two uncut I always had to check that they cleaned properly because of infection. It’s more sanitary imho but it’s a preference and don’t let anyone pressure you. Do what you want and think is best for your baby.
I’ve been with 2 uncircumcised men in my life and the sex was awful, painful AND I got a uti.
Uncircumcised men can shower and wash but they can miss some of the smegma under the foreskin. In my opinion, circumcision is the best way to go but I personally don’t care what someone else chooses for their kid. Not my kid, not my choice or business.
I did less infectious cases for my son
No. The data on penile cancer is confounded by uncleanliness as a variable (comparing bedouins to jews for instance). So with adequate hygiene ,no chronic phymosis or other structural issues ,should not significantly increase the risk of cancer . Why do genital mutilation ?
20,000 nerve endings are removed when you’re circumcised.
& for a comparison, the female clitoris has 8,000 nerve endings.
Just like the palm of your hand is more sensitive than the back of your hand because of specialized nerve endings (Meissner’s corpuscles) which is also found in the foreskin.
My oldest two(16 and 10) are circumcised and my youngest(4) isn’t. I wish I wouldn’t have circumcised my eldest
Ones. From a health perspective, doing so removes loads of nerves. From a woman perspective, I have been with men that are and that are not circumcised, no difference in ability.
Mutilating your child’s genitals is not okay!
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I am mom of 2 intact boys. They could wash themselves since the age of 4 or so, and have never had any dirt related foreskin issues… imho RIC = torture for no valid reason.
Research more on yourwholebaby.org
You are doing great protecting your boy!
Awesome Mamma 
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I didnt get my children circumcised.
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Do what u feel is right. Ur his parent not everyone else.
There is no need to do it but I learned from experience that my son didn’t want to be different from the rest of the boys he went to school with and at 5 years old he asked me to get him circumcised… and I did… it’s up to you really.
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Circumcision is sexual assault.
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If you wait, the chances of complications go up due to the need for anesthesia as well as the time for recovery increasing significantly. The AAP says that the benefits outweigh the risks for numerous reasons and I suggest doing research through NCBI to discover the extent of these reasons. I’ve known multiple people who have needed adult circumcision: the wait list is long (even if they’re experiencing pain from urinating or tearing), it’s $500 that your doctor has to be willing to go to bat for you against the insurance companies for, time off work for recovery, pain during erections during recovery (most infants don’t experience erections to face this complication), and anesthesia risks along with others. That’s just a little bit of what a parent is signing their child up for when they reach adulthood if a medically necessary circumcision is required and, since type 2 diabetes is still in the state of being an increasing worldwide pandemic which can cause complications for the uncircumcised no matter how well they manage perineal care, they might not be able to effectively recover from an emergency circumcision by the time they’d need it in order to prevent infections and those same resulting infections could mean being pushed further down a surgical wait list which can extend to initially being around two years. This is really just the tip of the iceberg and I could go on for several pages after doing research on the pros and cons of circumcision after acting as support for people who had to get them as an adult for five years and there was a lot of resentment from uncircumcised people towards their parents for neglecting their health and ultimately handicapping them for a majority of their lives until after they were able to take responsibility for themselves and recover.
I’m from the UK, where it is almost unheard of for boys to be circumcised, except for (out dated, ill informed) religious reasons.
I am 34 years old and have only ever seen 2 circumcised ones IRL in my life.
I think it’s wrong to perform unnecessary cosmetic surgery on infants
I’m also a mum of 2 boys, neither of which have ever had a problem with smell, hygiene or infections. Neither has my husband.
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I do it because he is my son and I’m his mother. Fxck them
Poor Baby…please don’t.
If you’ve ever had sex with a man with a whole penis… you’d understand that foreskin is good 
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Ask them why they’re so worried about someone else’s baby’s penis. Like what the fuck?
My son is not circumcised, and neither will any boys I have in the future, it’s going to be hard to watch, but show them a video of an actual circumcision, I bet they’ll change their mind after seeing a baby’s arms and legs strapped to a table screaming bloody murder while they cut his penis, you know, since they can’t give babies anesthesia so they will be able feel everything.
12/13/2020, my first born son turned 21.
I have reflected back on a decision as a mother that was not mine to make many times over the course of the last 9 1/2 years since I learned what “Circumcision” really is.
I write this through tears of sadness in hopes that it will reach just one new mother before she makes a decision that she will regret for the rest of her life.
Almost 21 years ago I gave birth to a perfect baby boy. I never saw his perfectly whole body in it’s entirety. I have no idea when they took him. I believe I was sleeping. Sleeping while they sliced away at my babies penis. Sleeping while he was being tortured and sexually mutilated. Sleeping while he screamed in gut wrenching agony. Sleeping while I should have been protecting him.
The first of his diapers I changed was after the mutilation. His screams brought me to tears and I had no idea what they had done to him. I didn’t even know why there was a wound on his penis. The nurse on duty came in to “help”. She said “don’t you know what you’re doing? I have 7 boys and this has to be done!” (Changing the gauze with petroleum jelly) The tears were flooding my face and falling on my new baby while he screamed.
This is something that no baby or mother should experience.
Never was I told what circumcision was before I agreed to it. Never did a doctor or nurse go over with me what needed to be done post mutilation. Never would I have agreed had I been fully informed.
When I learned the truth about circumcision I was floored. Like I was stuck in heart, but my pain of regret was nothing compared to what my baby had gone through. I deserved this pain, a pain that I will forever carry for my baby. Sadly he will have my ignorance forever carved into him.
When his first brother was born I had to explain to him what circumcision is and how sorry I was for being an ignorant young mother when he was born. He was 14 at the time, we watched Elephant in the Hospital ( https://youtu.be/Ceht-3xu84I )together and he understood why I left his brother intact.
He has gone on to protest along side me with the Bloodstained Men on multiple occasions.
When he was interviewed by James Loewen he said “it’s definitely not something I would want to happen to me, especially with no choice in the matter” Knowing full well what I had donr to him. This was in response to his recollection of watching the video of a circumcision. ( https://youtu.be/6KZVCvAYz-8 )
He is thankful I left his brothers whole and is 1000% against genital cutting.
I’m thankful he does not hold what I had done to him against me, but I will always hold this deep regret.
So, I am pleading with all parents to please spare your child the knife.
Being born a boy does not mean they require alterations to their most private parts.
Please, there is no regret when leaving your son whole.
Laura L.
#ifIhadknownthen #Iamnotthankful
#circumcisionregret
Lipo or a tummy tuck isn’t necessary but shit, I want that. Boob lift as well after my kids deflated them lol. A circumcised penis (as an adult) is just nicer to look at. No weird shaped head bc of it…it’s always clean. You may teach your boy/s to clean it but lets be honest they’re boys, not gunna do it every time! And as an adult its gross!
I don’t have a boy but I’m not sure what I would do if I did. I live in New York City and almost all males around here are circumcised. I might be afraid my son would get made fun of if he wasn’t. However, that would be the only reason I’d be in favor of it.
It has no real health benefits, not like they used to claim it did. If you keep it clean, you won’t have any problems.
I didn’t get my daughter’s ears pierced as an infant even though I knew she wouldn’t remember it because I didn’t want to unnecessarily cause my child pain. I think I would have the same attitude towards circumcision although I do understand it’s different.
Listen to your Doctor!
No momma! Listen to your gut!
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A babies penis should no be altered for no reason what so ever. PERIOD
I’m in the U.K. I’m a boy mum and expecting my 2nd one. RIC is still absolutely baffling to me. It’s not done in the U.K. (and many many many other countries) unless for genuine medical reasons (super rare) or religious reasons (becoming so much less common as the years go by).
I always remember in school when we learnt about circumcisions in religious studies, and the boys all being absolutely horrified that such a thing exist.
It’s purely cosmetic at a newborn age. And intact penis is so easy to clean. (Wipe down like a finger and NEVER retract. Foreskin is attached to the penis like a finger nail to your finger). As they get older it will naturally start to retract and then just explain to them how to clean it. As you would with a girl and female hygiene . That’s not even mentioning all the nerve endings that are in the foreskin.
Definitely research it. There are still so so sooo many myths surrounding RIC and why it is beneficial. If that was the case, why to so many countries ban it / not practice it?
Also consider the risk. Death, although rare is a very real possibility. I mean if I handed you a pack of sweets and told you that it contained two in there that would kill you, but didn’t know what ones. Would you really, honestly take the chance?