<blockquote><b>Quoting jessicamarie_92:</b>" as i quoted above so i have decided not too. One of the biggest reasons is i started to watch a video ... [snip!] ... decided to offer to pay for it in the future when he is older if he decides to but until then hes keeping every part of him."</blockquote>




Sorry... U just got the the post that I quoted at stopped reading.

Nope - my son's intact, but not really due to any stroke of genius on my part. I'm in New Zealand and it's not been a 'thing' here for decades. My brother, husband and son are all intact. I have however had circumcised partners and it's alarming how much damage is out there - once you know what you're looking at. There's a bit about that here. Doctors here just started refusing to do them, in the end public hospitals banned them, and now you'll find when you look at the recommendations of medical organisations around the world, they're pretty strongly against it. Personally, I'm not a fan as it nearly killed my dad, and would have if disposable diapers had been around then.

The saddest thing is the friends I have in the USA who are great moms and did it and now deeply regret it. It's not something you can undo. But when you know better, you do better, and I know when it comes time to explain to their boys that they made a mistake that it'll all be done with compassion and hopefully forgiveness (and really, you can't be blamed if people you trusted fed you crappy information).

The penis problems I hear about in the USA horrify me - they really, really aren't an issue with intact boys and you're just going to have to trust me on that - or ask anyone else parenting overseas. Just make sure no one retracts him!

I'm pretty late into this topic, I used to be an incredibly close-minded so-and-so when before I met my fiancé and I used to be like "un-circ guy? ew." pretty immature I know.

All those whom are for circ, would you pierce or tattoo your children? It's a permanant change they didn't choose! The feeling does get dulled with the cut, men will all have a say about it.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Shelby Fox:</b>" I'm pretty late into this topic, I used to be an incredibly close-minded so-and-so when before I met ... [snip!] ... It's a permanant change they didn't choose! The feeling does get dulled with the cut, men will all have a say about it."</blockquote>




Would you remove one of their toes? That's what I say.
I don't even know why people consider this

This thread is helping to restore my hope in humanity. I'm so happy to see so many moms who are standing up for their babies.

I went to a birth conference tonight and we watched a circumcision video. I think all of us were in tears watching and hearing the procedure. :-(

<blockquote><b>Quoting ♥ darah ♥:</b>" This thread is helping to restore my hope in humanity. I'm so happy to see so many moms who are standing ... [snip!] ... conference tonight and we watched a circumcision video. I think all of us were in tears watching and hearing the procedure. :-("</blockquote>




I wish I could do more, I don't even know where to start. This is something very very important to me.
I hope to see this get banned in my lifetime

Quoting Lara +2:" <blockquote><b>Quoting ♥ darah ♥:</b>" This thread is helping to restore ... [snip!] ... I don't even know where to start. This is something very very important to me. I hope to see this get banned in my lifetime"

Me too. It nearly killed my father and made my ex a bit of a head case (or at least contributed to it; he had some weird problems around sex) so it's something I feel strongly about. My dad said he can't imagine himself any other way and doesn't resent his parents for circumcising him, but he and my mother still chose not to cut my brother.

Well, it makes me mad, even if dad's okay with it - my dad was one of home birthed twins, and they say home birth is dangerous - it's the circ that damn near killed him! One foolish decision and there was nearly no me, nor my two siblings, nor my two children and one on the way. All so that it was 'easier to clean' or 'looked nice'. And baby boys still die from this today, in the best hospitals with the 'best' doctors.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Achelois:</b>" Me too. It nearly killed my father and made my ex a bit of a head case (or at least contributed to it; ... [snip!] ... was 'easier to clean' or 'looked nice'. And baby boys still die from this today, in the best hospitals with the 'best' doctors."</blockquote>




How scary!

Every time I look at my son I can't imagine doing that too him. I am soo thankful my doctor told me my choices because before that I thought it was normal.

Braden is absolutely perfect in every way and I am greatful my husband trusted me enough with this desicsion.

My best friend had a baby boy 5 months ago and I have her sooo many websites to try and educate her on it and she still had it done. I hate changing his diaper because it looks so painful and uck.
I would love to see something done about this, it's amazing that it wasn't that long ago that they banned female circumcision