Would you prefer your son circumcised or uncurcimcised?

Question

If you have a son, are you planning on having him circumcised? Why, or why not? If you have had your son circimcised, why did you do it? If you didn't have your son circumcised, why didn't you?

Answer 1

CIRCUMCISED definetely

CIRCUMCISION IS VERY BENEFICIAL, its cleaner and several research bodies have concluded that circumcised men have less risk of contracting STD's such as AIDS-HIV or herpes.

Uncircumcised penises are difficult to keep clean, and more prone to infections and penile cancer, studies have shown.
A circumcised penis is naturally clean and virtually free from urinary infection. You will not have to worry again with careful washing of your penis.

Is it NOT true that the AAP (American Academy of Paediatrics) does not recommend circumcision. They simply say they leave the decision to parents. But recently, and specially after the New Zealand study, the AAP has been discussing if it may be necessary to change their policy and recommend circumcision to all newborns as they used to do, so in the future we may see that the AAP advocates again circumcision.
Have a look at: http://www.baby-health.net/articles/381.html

About STD's:

As I said, several studies carried out by prestigious research bodies have concluded that uncircumcised penises are more prone to infections and contraction of STD's, including AIDS-HIV. Circumcised men have been proved to be up to seven times less likely to be infected than those who are uncircumcised. Have a look at this site: http://icuxbridge.icnetwork.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=14095142&method=full&siteid=53340&headline=-circumcision-protects-against-aids--name_page.html

As for women, studies also show that circumcision also protects female partners from AIDS-HIV and other STD's. Browse this article: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2006/02_08_06.html

About sensitivity of a circumcised penis:

No medical or physiological study has proved that circumcision reduces sensitivity, opposed to common belief. It is completely FALSE that circumcision reduces penis sensitivity. The American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) confirms this on their web site; have a look at: http://www.aap.org/pubed/zzzjzmemh4c.htm

Circumcision is an easy and nowadays *painless* procedure, which has many benefits, and virtually no risks.
Circumcision is NOT an amputation. Circumcision is NOT comparable at all to female circumcision, which is something completely different.

Circumcision rates are INCREASING nowadays, both in the United States and overseas. Many African and South American countries with little circumcision tradition are starting to promote the procedure to help to reduce the AIDS-HIV infection rates.

Finally, this site has a lot of useful and *unbiased* information. Make sure you have a good look: http://www.circlist.com

Answer 2

If I have a son, I will have him circumcised. It is easier to care for that way; it helps prevent various infections and problems and it is a part of our culture.

Some would argue that up to 75% of males in the world are not circumcised (eg. China, India, South American countries) but the majority of males are done in the U.S., Canada, Australia, the Philippines, South Korea and even more extensively in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Malaysia, Morocco, Egypt, etc But that is statistics - this is a very personal choice with no real right or wrong - each of us needs to decide for ourselves.

If you do decide to circumcise, do it early I have a brother who got circumcised when he was 4 - at that stage it was very hard on him. He was upset and sore for a week. My Mom had my youngest brother circumcised right after birth. He handled it just fine - didn't cry and sucked contentedly on a binkie dipped in a sugar solution. He healed up within five days.

So, there is my personal experience. I just hope it helps. Best wishes in deciding your own preference.

Answer 3

We have a 2 year old son and we got him circumcised. I have heard too many stories of boys and men having to get a circumcision for medical reasons and the recovery of it is pretty horrible. It was pretty hard to hand your 3 day old baby off to get that done but he was fine and hopefully will never have any problems with it.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

We are having a son in March. We are not going to have him circumcised. We are against performing surgery on a newborn unless it is medically necessary, and circumcision is not medically necessary. Here are the reasons we are choosing not to circumcise:

-Surgery always carries risks.
-The so-called benefits of circumcision can also be attained by proper hygiene and responsible sexual practices
-The foreskin has nerve endings that make sex more pleasurable
-I can't believe every boy is born with a defect that needs to be "corrected" by surgery when he's only 2 days old.
-Circumcision is painful, and it's not just being strapped down the kids don't like. I've seen videos. The kid is usually perfectly quiet until the doctor starts going at his penis with sharp metal instruments.

To me male circumcision makes about as much sense as female circumcision. Sure it's harder to keep clean once the foreskin retracts. But my daughter takes some effort to keep clean, too. We're her parents and we love her so we keep her clean. We don't just remove body parts that might be hard to keep clean. As far as preventing penile cancer, an uncircumcised man is more likely to get breast cancer than penile cancer. So why not get his breast tissue (yes boys have it too) removed? Why not take out his appendix and tonsils at birth just in case he ever needs to have that done? Why not surgically remove his fingernails so we don't have the trouble of cleaning under them? It just doesn't make any sense to me to subject an infant to surgery when there's nothing wrong with him.

Answer 6

Circumcised:
1. There is a lower chance of cancer for the male, and also for his future wife (women who are married to circumcised men have a lower rate of cervical cancer)
2. It's cleaner (try and get your 8 year old son to clean everything thoroughly)
3. it's the standard here in the states. you don't want your kid to be the "weird" one in the locker room when he's 14.
4. If you're Jewish, it's the standard.

Good luck with your decision!

Answer 7

We're having a son in Jan. He will be circumsized.

There are many reasons why we chose this.

First off, natural penises are worse than the folds of the vagina, and harbor many bacteria and viruses, which can lead to all sorts of repeated infections. Some times doctors suggest that boys or men with infection problems get circumsized. Its no where as easy or painfree, or as quick a recovery once you're older as it is when you're 24 hours old.

For new borns, the procedure is painless (brain wave studies have not found a connection between the brains activities during circumcision and the responce to pain), the entire penis is numbed by an injection at its base. Followed by topical anethetics before and after the procedure. The hospital uses a special 'ring' to hold the foreskin, and a special knife to cut it off completely in one motion. This is standard nationwide, unless you're having someone else perform the circumcision, ive seen video and photo stories of it being taken off in little pieces by what i assume are rabbies or other people who are not doctors trained for this procedure.

because babies heal so rapidly the rawness is gone in a few days, and in a couple weeks things are completely back to normal. You're sent home with an antibiotic numbing ointment to use every diaper change.

I'd rather my little guy have it done and over with when its the simplest and least emotionally scarring, than risk needing it done later in life.

My smallest reason for having it done, is life with peers when he's not circumcised.

In our area of the states its still more common than not to be circumsized, I dont want my little mans first locker room, or sexual experience to include "DEAR GOD WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR WANG?!"

Either way, the choice is up to the parents, there is no medical evidence that souly points to one or the other as the better course of action. snipped or not snipped provides all sorts of possible problems and benefits.

So no parent should judge the other parent, only themselves.

Answer 8

If you are considering circumcision try watching the UN aids study:

http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast...

This is also a great link that shows Std transmission is cut in half by circumicion:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15593753/...

new medical news about circumcision.

Circumcision is definately an earlier the better sort of thing! I would ask around, but I would expect it won't be hard to find a doctor to do the circumcison; and the longer you leave him uncircumcised the more likey he is to get a foreskin problem, and the more difficult a circumcision may become.

I had my sons circumcised after my youngest brother had tons of problems with his foreskin and needed to be circumcised!

It is much easier on a baby and its a good preventative step to future problems!

Lots of love,

Sara
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P.S. I've heard about the risk of lost sensitivity, but the studies point to less sexual dysfunction in circumcised men.

I've done a lot of research so feel free to email me if you need anyone needs some advice.

Answer 9

My 3 year old son is not circumcised. All my reasoning for this is so aptly put in AerynneCs' reply. Thumbs up to her.

Answer 10

I have a son. He is circumcised. I did my research beforehand. While boys can keep an uncircumcised penis clean it just wasn't for us. I have never heard a man say "Boy, I wish my parents wouldn't have circumcised me." I have, however, heard many men say "I wish my parents would have circumcised me." Based on that and many men I know who have gotten circumcised and been forced to circumcise (20+ years old) due to infection I decided that was the best way to go.