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No LO yet, but if we have a son he will be. We're Jewish and its very important to DH.

Yes, LO is. DH is as well, and neither of us even thought not to do it.

I let DH make this decision and we got him circumcised.

@looch: they use general anesthesia for circumcision at your hospital?

E is circumcised, it was DHs preference. They used a topical anesthetic and it never seemed to bother him.

I didn't want to, but I let DH decide. We are going to have him circumcised. I'm kinda sad about it.

We have a girl but we will not be circumcising any future children. We believe in bodily integrity and we will not make any permanent body modification decisions for our children - those choices are theirs to make.
I also don't believe there is any reason (medical or otherwise) to do it, and it can never be undone. I would never consider it.

If our child chose to be circumcised when they were old enough to make the decision for themselves, we would support them in making their own choices.

We saw zero reason to circumcise our son. To me it is an unnecessary procedure to cut off a fully functioning part of his body.

ETA: my husband is circumcised and it has absolutely compromised his sensitivity and, for lack of a better word, sexual responsiveness

If I have a son he will be circumcised without a doubt. I'm not religious and just recently learned that this is a religious thing! It's a very, very common thing in the south.

We have a daughter but if we have a son someday, we absolutely will not circumcise. I have seen the arguments in favour of it and they are not compelling enough for DH and I to change our stance on the matter. We think it's an unnecessary medical procedure that has no benefit and cannot be undone, therefore, we will not circumcise.

We felt very strongly against circumcising our son. When our son is older he can do whatever he wants with his penis but in the meantime, we won't be making that choice for him.

@littlebittyhouse: My dr told me she hates doing them too, which makes me feel worse! Arghh.

@MrsTiz: DH is circumcised, DS is not.

@MrsTiz: We did the opposite. DH Is UNcircumsised and he wanted LO to be circumsised, as did I.

DS is circumcised. I didn't really care either way, DH felt he should be circumcised, so that's what we went with.

We plan to circumcise any future sons.

No...I probably would have, given normal circumstances, but after 15 days of NICU, being pricked and prodded, I opted for one less thing he'd have to go through.

If we have another boy, DH really wants him cut, so since he's the guy, I'll let him have take the lead. I don't have strong feelings either way about it, really.

We're having a girl! But if we were having a boy, we'd already decided not to circ. It's not done at all in DH's country (well, one religion does it, the other two don't...so maybe.....3% of the country does it).

@katiew92081: Seems like it would be a little weird to have one son circumcised and one not. Do you plan to have your first son circ'ed eventually? If not, how would you explain that to them?

edit: Maybe "weird" is the wrong word. I'm not trying to call you weird, I promise! Just curious how you would handle the situation.

We opted not to circ because we feel like it's purely cultural and for us that was not a good reason to put our son through a painful procedure (& there is NO WAY that's not painful), especially right after being born.

@katiew92081: I would probably do the same thing-- if LO had to be in the NICU for a while or had some issues going on, I'd feel worse about putting him through another procedure. The hospital I'm delivering at will do it before you leave the hospital unless there are other issues to take care of.