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yes it is called being clean. if u are worried ur son wont clean himself, then u have bigger problems then to cut or not to cut.

My son is circumcised just like his daddy and we are happy with our decision i know it sounds scary but it really is not that bad if we are having another boy this time we will also be doing it to him as well.

I agree with barbie, hehe! While aesthetics is not the reason we had our son circumcised it was definitely a plus. I like knowing that my son will never be turned down or made fun of for something as silly as extra skin. And as much as I hate to admit this, I was one of those silly girls who turned down a guy for not being circumcised:( I was young and thought they were dirty and that monsters and goblins hid beneath the foreskin lol. It's a personal decision either way you go and nobody should make you feel bad about it whatsoever! If you are one of those people who thinks it's cruel to inflict pain on your newborn then don't ever pierce your babies ears and by God you better hang your head in shame should your baby ever get a bad diaper rash because I assure you, a bad rash will cause more tears!

I had my son circumcised when he was a few days old because of the fact that we didn't want him to feel different. And in my opinion it IS slightly more hygienic. I also personally did not feel comfortable with the idea of pulling his foreskin back to clean it. My doctor did it in the office and I got to be in the room the whole time. They strapped him to a table (I think that that was the scariest part) and gave him four shots of numbing stuff. While this was being done, they had a nurse dipping his binky in sugar water to distract him. After the first shot, he didn't cry and actually fell asleep. I cried more than he did. And they gave us some Vaseline gauze to keep it covered with for two weeks. He's not 4 years old and has no memory of it. I do know a guy who had it done as an adult and he said it was horrible. It was an actual surgery and his girlfriend showed me pics of when it was done and it was swollen and bruised. He hurt for weeks.

god put it there, its best to leave it. go with your instinct. dont let any doctor cut your baby for the sake of him looking better.

lets remove your clitoral hood and see how u feel. just so u are clean. same thing.

I had my son circumcised at birth. My husband believes in it and with me not having a penis I trust him. With an uncircumcised penis you have a risk of infection underneath the foreskin and when he is grown he will want his man parts to be "normal" like everyone else. My son had his done with the plastibell and we never had an issue at all with it. It fell off within a week and he never once was in pain from it. The inject a local around his man parts and slip the bell on. Very noninvasive. He was gone from my room an hour at most. They send you home with an ointment and you just put the ointment on his little parts for a few weeks. I will do it again with this baby if we are blessed with another boy :)

I'm 35 weeks and plan on having my son circumcised as soon as possible. For two main reasons, for one- it is a little more hygienic. And for two- at least where I'm from circumcision is considered "normal" and a penis that is uncircumcised is considered "abnormal".
I live in America and I remember being in high school and boys would make fun of other boys for having a weird penis (uncircumcised). I also remember some of my girlfriends made fun of guys who still had their foreskin. I know that is wrong but that is how the world works in some places.
Personally and from conversations with my girlfriends, a LOT of girls find uncircumcised penises unattractive and funny looking. I don't go around asking men what kind of penis they have so I only know one person who isn't circumcised and I only know that because he dated my friend and he told her he felt like less of a man because he still had his "baby penis". It is your choice but where I'm from circumcisio

thank u for the response. im sure its not as scary as it seems right now.. i think we will have to have a few more conversations about this to figure it out. hubby just wants our son to look like him, it means less confusion during potty training, etc. but im still on the other side... what if something happened? went wrong with the surgrey? i would never forgive myself.

thanks so much ladies! i do feel a little better, i didnt know it was done right in the nursery. i picture them stealing my baby away to a big scary operating room, and not seeing him for what seems like hours, and hearing tiny screams... i guess it was like a nightmare in my head. thanks so much for helping me realize its not so bad