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Nope. DH initially wanted him circumcised but he had no sound reasoning behind WHY and I told him we should make a well-researched decision.

We found no medical or other reasons that we felt necessitated it.

It was so cute because when DS had to have his blood drawn 24 hours after he was born, DH was crying and so distraught just listening to him and said, "now I know for sure I could never circumcise him!" it was so sweet, he cannot stand the sight of him in pain.

We will NOT circumcise if we have any sons. DH is British and finds the process barbaric...and I tend to agree. I haven't seen any arguments that convince me it's a worthwhile procedure and I agree with the PP who said that this conversation would never happen if we were discussing a girl, so why is it even an issue with a boy?

Absolutely not. I believe in bodily integrity, and would never consider circumcision for a baby boy OR girl. It is their body, and it should be their decision. I have no problem at all with a consenting adult (male or female) making the choice to have themselves circumcised.

Definition of "Bodily Integrity": Bodily integrity is the inviolability of the physical body and emphasizes the importance of personal autonomy and the self-determination of human beings over their own bodies.

I did. DS never even cried or made a noise and it healed quickly. I don't regret it at all.

If we ever have to make this decision, we will not. There are many reasons why. I started to type them all out, but deleted--don't want to sound preachy or like I look down on others for doing so. I do think it's a big decision to make, and encourage people to do their research.

I used to say I would leave it up to my husband and do whatever he wanted since he has the penis. But then I realized 1) it's not his penis, it's the baby's and 2) that's really not how I want to start our parenting together--I hope to make big decisions as a team. When I told my husband how a circumcision is done, he shouted out "Nope! We're not doing that!" He is circumcised himself.

And on a final note, I want to say how nice it is to read the respectful comments here. When reading on the topic, it grew tiresome to read the hateful and disrespectful comments from others on both sides. I'm all for passion, but love how Hellobee members can have that and be polite at the same time.

We won't be. DH is European and it's really rare there, so that was pretty convincing to me that there weren't massive penis problems when foreskin is left alone. There's lots of innervation in the foreskin, seems wrong to make a future mans penis less sensitive. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17378847

Yes. DH is not, and he wishes he was, but religion is our primary reason for wanting to have it done.

Yes we will if LO is a boy, mainly for the health benefits, particularly stds.