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My thinking was, if you want to be circumcised... you can always do it yourself later. But as far as I know, it's not so easy to reverse a circumcision.

DS is circumcised.

If we have any other boys we'll have them circumcised as well... but not in the hospital like DS was circumcised...

We'll look into getting a Mohel to do it. We want to continue in following the Biblical tradition (even though we are not Jewish) and I've read that because of the way the procedure is done and the Mohel's having so much more "practice", some babies don't even wake up.

We're team green so we won't know till lo is here, but we'll definitely be going this route of lo is a boy =)

We didn't, it was very important to DH that we didn't. Like Mr. Bee he said if our son wanted to he could always make that decision for himself later in life.

Boy parts are hubby's territory, and he says yes (if we are having a boy). Although I would want it done anyways because one of my closest friends in high school had to be circumcised when he was 16 for medical reasons (something to do with his diabetes, actually) and it was traumatic to say the least. Now his penis has a huge scar on it and his guy friends love teasing him (still) and calling him "Franken-cock."

I know this is a rare scenario, but seeing someone experience it first hand has kinda scared me away from the whole "he can do it later in life if he wants" thinking.

i'm leaning towards yes for my son. but i guess we'll see what hubby wants. i do know people who did it later on and it was so painful they still remember the pain.

I left it up to my husband and he chose to have our son circumcised.

We haven't come to a decision on this yet. As Ree723 said, it isn't the norm in the UK, BUT my husband is Jewish so he is circumcised. We won't be raising our son Jewish, so there is no religious reason to do it. BUT part of me feels like our son and his dad should "match". Is that silly?

We didn't because the hubs isn't and well it would avoid confusion why son isnt like father.

It's not recommended where my son was born, it's major surgery with anesthesia, so unless there is a medical reason, the hospital will not do it.

My husband is circ'd, not sure if it was done when he was born or not. I have to ask him.

I really don't want to, but my husband does - and husband has more of a say over our son(s) boy parts. Since diabetes runs rampant on my side of the family, Navy_Mommy's story was helpful.

I told DH it was his decision and he voted yes. He knows more about his junk than I do and he told me that he would want our son to "look like him".

I'm indifferent towards it (I haven't done much research for/against it, but it is very much the "norm" where we're from). I think hubs wants to, because he is and considers it to be the thing everyone does. Two of his friends weren't as children; one still isn't, and one got himself circumcised about 2 years ago (he was in his mid-20s!). I don't think it was a medical issue; maybe just more of a vanity/self-conscious thing.

Although these are two VERY different events, circumcision as a newborn boy is similar to ear piercing in infant girls; something you do as a parent to make things "easier" for your children down the road? But that's another topic

Hubby finally seems to be coming around to the idea of NOT circumcising. I've had strong feelings about leaving our son's intact for some time, but DH wasn't so sure. He was worried about our boy's being made fun of by other boys as children and in relationships as adults, but I think he is coming around to the understanding that unnecessary pain and risk of complications is of higher importance than the possible teasing of other little boys.

We have a girl, so we didn't have to. But if we ever do have a boy he will be circumcised for religious reasons. We're Jewish, so it's not really a question for us, it's a given.

We will circumcise. Hubs is and we both think everyone will feel more comfortable is father and son "match". Also it would fall to hubs to teach the proper care and it's not something he has experience with.

We don't have a son but if any of our future kids are boys we won't circumcise. Hubby's European and I don't see any reason to do it so he'll be intact.

Japanese men typically aren't circumcised so we didn't. We wanted Liam to feel like he physically looked like Daddy in that respect. I also dislike unnecessary medical procedures on children.

I was leaning toward circumcision because husband is circumcised, and it is very painful to do the procedure later on if there were any medical needs. Then, some pediatricians say uncircumcised boys *may be* more prone to urinary tract infections.... kinda like the ratio of girls having UTIs.

However, my husband is leaning toward no. He said, why take something away that is originally there for no reason? And why do you have the right to take away something on someone else's body.... permanently before he was able to have a say on it? He has a point.... sigh.

He also brought up a good point. I know everyone says "father and son should match". But do they really take off their pants and look at their wee-wee together all the time? This is our first child so we have no idea, but my guess is no. Please let me know if I am wrong :). My husband said that's definitely not something that him and his dad did. haha.

So we still haven't decided although I did check yes on my birth plan (which was a form that I filled in during an OB appointment that my husband didn't go to). I said OK let's change it on the birth plan because I want him to decide as I don't have that part on me. But he said no don't bother. So I don't know.

If we have a boy in the future, I will probably leave the final decision on this up to my husband. Luckily we had a girl, so it's not something we've had to think about. If my husband does decide to circ, he will accompany the baby to the procedure. I know that's something I just wouldn't be able to watch.