re: SO and I disagreeing on circumcision

Quoting Koltons*Momma:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Kimber-lily:</b>" Do you not think it's very painful as an ... [snip!] ... and not an infant that doesn't kno.whats going on. I would never leave that extra skin on and pose infection on my child."

That skin is not 'extra', it's the skin all boys are born with. It is there for a reason, it's not a birth defect.

http://circumcisionharm.org
http://www.drmomma.org
http://www.circumstitions.com/
http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/
Educate yourself and fight for your son's right to his whole penis.
America is the only country in the developed world that routinely cuts its baby boys for no medical or religious reason. No major medical organization in the world recommends routine infant circumcision. Other countries are baffled by Americans' obsession with amputating healthy skin from infants. As for it being cleaner, reducing infections, etc, America has some of the highest STD and UTI rates in the developed world while also having the highest circumcision rate. The argument of he'll have to have it done later is invalidated by European data, where less than 1% of intact men later need to be circumcised.
Complication rates are high, ranging from adhesions, phimosis, infections to hemorrhage and death. It is horribly painful, even when performed with anesthetic, and studies have shown that circumcised infants develop neurologically differently than their intact peers, with higher cortisol levels and lower pain tolerance to other painful stimuli. Circumcision can also cause breastfeeding problems.
As has been mentioned, once you cut him, he cannot be uncut.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Nathaniel'sMom:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Koltons*Momma:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Kimber-lily:</b>" ... [snip!] ... on and pose infection on my child."</blockquote> Pose infection? Obviously you aren't very educated on the subject."</blockquote>



Yes I am. I have read up plenty on the subject and that's why my son was done.

Quoting Clarissa Larson:" do you know how its done? they strap them down and snip, while a nurse sticks her fingers down their mouth so they dont scream   "

Yeah... I know... Like I said, I've done a bit of research on it, and it just seems horrible...

My mom even told me that if she had my brother all over again, she would have pushed harder for him to not be circumcised.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Koltons*Momma:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Nathaniel'sMom:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Koltons*Momma:</b>" ... [snip!] ... educated on the subject."</blockquote> Yes I am. I have read up plenty on the subject and that's why my son was done."</blockquote>




More babies die from circs than SIDS.

http://iinformedparenting.blogspot.ca/2010/09/more-baby-boys-die-in-us-from.html?m=1

You obviously have selective reading as there are new studies that state that uncirced babies are not more inclined to infections etc.

Quoting A❤T=P+[It's a Girl:" That's something the two of you need to figure out."

I was just looking for different opinions on the subject. Of course, we'll decide what to do sooner or later. =/

IMO, I would never circumsice my son. If I had a boy, I feel that nature intended for penis' to look the way they look, & I see no good reason in doing so. Im glad DH is not circumsice!!

Quoting Koltons*Momma:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Clarissa Larson:</b>" do you know how its done? they strap them ... [snip!] ... nurse sticks her fingers down their mouth so they dont scream   "</blockquote> My son slept thru it and did.not cry"

Were you in the room with him, or is that what the nurse told you?
Some babies slip into a semi-coma state of shock and withdrawal instead of crying. Nurses are trained to call it sleep. Also many hospitals that circumcise have a policy of not bringing baby back until they've calmed him down, and the nurses are forced to lie and say oh he was fine.
Also your earlier assertion that it doesn't traumatize the infant is patently false.

Its pointless to argue. You have you're opinions and I have mine

<blockquote><b>Quoting Koltons*Momma:</b>" Its pointless to argue. You have you're opinions and I have mine"</blockquote>

Yes you have your opinions and I have backed up legitimate facts.

Quoting Koltons*Momma:" Its pointless to argue. You have you're opinions and I have mine"

Not trying to argue.
Nothing I have said was opinion, but fact backed by evidence. I assumed you've been misinformed and might be interested in what the facts say.
But what's done is done and trying to make you feel guilty or whatever isn't helpful. I apologize.
It's just always my hope that someone who has had a child circumcised in the past will learn something new and choose differently in the future.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Nathaniel'sMom:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Koltons*Momma:</b>" Its pointless to argue. You have you're ... [snip!] ... You have you're opinions and I have mine"</blockquote> Yes you have your opinions and I have backed up legitimate facts."</blockquote>



And I could just as easily pull up legitimate facts on pro circumcision but I'm not wasting my time for someone like you.
You are not the one that asked.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Koltons*Momma:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Nathaniel'sMom:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Koltons*Momma:</b>" ... [snip!] ... pull up legitimate facts on pro circumcision but I'm not wasting my time for someone like you. You are not the one that asked."</blockquote>



Well than how about you enlighten me? By posting the links she will also get some more info.

Quoting Clarissa Larson:" do you know how its done? they strap them down and snip, while a nurse sticks her fingers down their mouth so they dont scream   "

When my son was circumcised, a nurse did NOT stick her fingers in his mouth so he wouldn't scream. I have heard many things, but never that one.

Quoting Clarissa Larson:" do you know how its done? they strap them down and snip, while a nurse sticks her fingers down their mouth so they dont scream   "

Oh, whatever... That's ridiculous! MOST babies don't even respond to getting circ'd, they sleep right through it.. My son did.