Not circumcised?

Question

Did anyone not circumcise their child by any chance? Why or why not? What had the most influence in your decision?

Answer 1

No that its anybody business or anything but I feel people should know this and think about my reason for not circumsizing my son. I didnt because thats the way he came in this world, why put your child through all that pain and agony when they dont even HAVE TO. I have had no problems yet with my sons *, and have never heard of any bad stories of unc. men. Women rethink your decision, do you want your little tiny baby to be sliced and diced at the age of 1 hour.

Answer 2

Hello there.
My sons are not circumcised. My oldest son is 30 years old and at that point in time it was standard procedure to circumcise all male babies. Some people even thought it was a law. I researched it when I was pregnant simply because it seemed like a horrendous thing to do to an innocent little baby. As it turned out I was right. It is totally unnecessary and unbelievably cruel. When I was in the hospital having my son I happened to watch a little baby being circumcised. That sight will haunt me for the rest of my life....it was ten x's worse than even I had imagined. Since that time I have seen many circumcisions and I have never seen one that was not awful. I have heard mothers tell stories about how their baby "only cried for a few minutes" but I have never seen that.
At that time roughly 90% of all baby boys in this country were circumcised. Luckily insurance companies quit paying for it when it became clear that there was no medical reason to require it. Not one national or international medical association in the world—including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association, advocates circumcision! Not one! Think about that.
Today only about 50% of male babies are circumcised and those numbers are dropping every day.
Yes it is mutilation, how could it not be? When it is done to a little girl we are all horrified and yet we let them do it to our baby boys with hardly a thought. Our male babies need us to stand up for them. There is no one to stop this if we as their mothers do not stand up and say "no". Some men will insist that their baby boys be circumcised because they were, that is a selfish and cruel reason. Just because it was done to them is no reason to perpetuate the ignorance. Their mothers did not know any better, we do!
Circumcision became popular at one time because it was believed that it would stop young boys from masturbating, which they believed led to various diseases, we now know that is not true.
In some parts of the world where there was little access to soap and water boys were circumcised for hygienic reasons. With the easy access to cleanliness that exists in this country that seems like a pretty silly reason.
Circumcision is a barbaric procedure. It is impossible to explain with words the pain that it causes the baby. Unless you have seen a baby being circumcised you are not really qualified to have an opinion on the subject. Many babies lose control of their bowels, a reaction to extreme pain.
However, as more pediatricians have realized that parents object to the pain aspect of the procedure they have started anesthetizing their tiny patients.
Baby boys are NOT born flawed. They do not come into this world in need of minor surgery. They are born with all their parts intact and just the way they are meant to be. Stand up for your baby's rights and protect his entire body, not just parts of it. If he wants to be circumsised when he is an adult and can make that decision he can then do so with full consent and understanding. Of my three sons all of them are grateful to me for saying "no" to circumcision. I have two grandchildren and neither one of them have been "cut" either.
Please take a look at www.NoCirc.org and do some research on the net. It will help you make up your mind I am sure.
Blessings,
Lady Trinity~

Answer 3

I did not have my son circumcised. I consider it gential mutilation. The health risks are not notably greater, only greater because there happens to be more flesh there that can have problems. If it was important, the doctors would have recommended it.

Besides, my son showed it so proudly in the ultrasounds, I couldn't bear to snip it! What kind of message would that send him?

I was of this opinion and then, one of my husband's friends had his son circumsized and something went wrong and the poor baby had to have 3 corrective surgeries. At that point my husband freaked and absolutely forbade such a thing. I was glad.

My lil boy is perfect the way he is. We're just teaching him to wipe the end as part of his potty training.

Answer 4

We didn't circumcise our boys. We felt it was an unnecessary medical procedure. Our Doctor actually advised us with one of our boys that she would not refer us to a doc to get him done (he had a traumatic birth). Also, where I live (Alberta, Canada) it isn't covered by any health care or insurance, and 8 years ago it cost over $150 just for the procedure.
I personally like the look of natural willies the best. It's easy to take care of, and you don't worry about the foreskin at all until your boy is 4-ish, then he can retract it all and do it himself.
So, obviously having our Doctor be against it, and the added cost - that was a big part in our decision.
BTW - my hubby is circ'ed, and my boys aren't, and my boys have never noticed that Daddy is different (and my oldest is almost 8);
Good luck with your decision!

Answer 5

My son was not circumcised at birth because he had some other issues and they didn't want to do it until we were getting ready to leave. I am kinda on the fence with this one. In one hand I have seen a documentery about it with Penn and Teller of all people and litterally balled my eyes out. In the other, my son's for skin ist too tight and he will probably have to have it done anyway. My husband had his done at 5 because of infection and he still remembers it and the pain. So if you want it done for your son have it done right at birth and insist that it gets done. If you don't keep a watchful eye on it... you don't want them to remember thier cirucmcision... unless it's for religious reasons... that's different.

Answer 6

Neither of my boys are circumcise, nor is my husband. I heard about female circumcision and thought it was barbaric, then I thought what is the difference between female or male circumcision. My husband is very glad he wasn't, and now that I know the in's and out's, I am glad he's not either, it makes a huge difference as far as sexual relations goes, both for him and for me. Ask yourself this, why is the only creature on the face of this earth that requires surgical correction at birth the human male?
As far as hygiene is concerned, men figured out how to keep their teeth clean, are they incapable of keeping a penis clean?

Answer 7

It is better that one does not circumcise their child..
It is a horrible and barbaric practice and one has no right to cut off part of their childs body without his consent. It is an irreversible process.


It's perpetuated by culture, just as FGM in other areas and the majority of people who force it on their children do not know the true facts.


Parents should not have the right to force it on to their children. Should they have the right to circumcise girls? It is comparable to type 2 female circumcision (see below).
No medical institution in the developed world actually reccommends the practice.


Here is a video of the operation. Watch it if you want to learn more. Please do watch it.
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=352478&fr=ybr_sbc
It is not just a little snip here and there. Watch the above video of a circumcision in progress.

The foreskin is the most sensitive part of the penis and therefore very significant during sexual intercourse. Circumcision removes as much as 75% of sensation [ http://www.nocirc.org/touch-test/bju_6685.pdf ].
The foreskin reduces the force required by the penis to enter the vagina. It also increases the sexual enjoyment of the female partner. Here is a study to back this up: http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/ohara/
The foreskin keeps the glans soft and moist and protects it from trauma and injury. Without this protection, the glans becomes dry, calloused, and desensitized from exposure and chafing.
Specialized nerve endings in the foreskin enhance sexual pleasure.
The foreskin may have functions not yet recognized or understood.

Performing circumcision on a child can and does result in the deaths of children due to blood loss and/or failure of the immune system.
It can and does result in very significant scaring.
It can and does result in sexual problems later in life.

Circumcised males have a much higher rate of sexual dysfunction.




A lot of the information perpetuated about it preventing diseases is false.
The study that you are less succeptible to aids if you are circumcised is flawed. Here is a discussion of the report and its methodology by "Doctors Opposing Circumcision": http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/info/HIVStatement.html . A condom is still required to prevent transmission of STI's.

Men may often feel a need to justify their own circumcision by the generation of claims of health benefits.[ http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/goldman1/ ]
"The medical literature is full of protective claims for various diseases, such as sexually transmitted disease , male and female cancers, and urinary tract infection. All such claims have been disproved."[ http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/info/HIVStatement.html ]



"The United States has one of the highest rates of male circumcision and also one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the developed world, suggesting that circumcision is having exactly the opposite effect. Conversely, Finland and Japan have some of the lowest rates of circumcision and also some of the lowest rates of HIV/AIDS."
Condoms have been proven to be an effective means of combatting AIDS.
Are you aware that Stallings study also shows that female circumcision also reduces HIV transmission? [ http://www.ias-2005.org/planner/Abstracts.aspx?AID=3138 ]
Female circumcision type II is the removal of the prepuce, part of the clitoris and the labia. Because of the function of the male foreskin, male circumcision is comparable to type II female circumcision. [ http://www.mgmbill.org/mgm101.pps ]
Should we circumcise girls or is this practice different or is it that pne is "culturally" acceptable and one is not.
We do not nor should we circumcise girls.
They are both mutilations of the genitals. A parent does not have a right to mutilate their childs genitals by the following UN conventions: the U.N. Universal Declaration on Human Rights, the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the U.N. International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights. These violations were brought to the attention of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in 2001 both orally and in writing by NOCIRC. However, the U.N. has yet to take action. [ http://www.mgmbill.org/un.htm ]

The vast majority of the world(83%) is not circumcised.
There is no good reason to perform male genital mutilation.


See these sites specifically:
http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/
http://www.mgmbill.org/
http://www.nocirc.org/
http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/
http://www.noharmm.org/

Here is a tracking of circumcision news articles which is kept very up to date:
http://www.cirp.org/news/

Have a look at this website:
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9712/23/circumcision.anesthetic/

Have a look at these videos:
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=137650&fr=ybr_sbc
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1736954830543671382&sourceid=searchfeed

Answer 8

We chose not to circumcise our son because my husband is Swiss and it's their belief not to. We also believe that it is completely unnecessary. My husband has never had any infections or problems due to not being circumcised.

Answer 9

I left my son intact because I think that circumcision is genital mutilation. Have you seen a video of this procedure? Just listen to the baby cry and you will see that it is a barbaric, unnecessary procecure.

I also think that God made us the way we should be, foreskin and all!

Answer 10

My sons are both Circ-ed. But my Nephews are not, thier father is asian and I guess it is part of thier culture not to be. But my step son IS and he is also part Thai, so I guess it isn't for everyone. My other nephew isn't but only because his father hasn't been able to hold a job for the last 4 years and could never afford to pay for it to be done.

I had my boys done, because I just believe it is more sanitary. But I have nothing against parents who chose not to as long as they are willing to give 100% when teaching thier boys proper hygiene!!