Unoffical Polling of the Livejournal Parenting Populace

[equuschick]

If you have a son/s,  did you circumcise?

Why or why not? Please leave a comment with your choice and why you made it.

On a final obligatory note, I'm asking for my own curious reasons and I have no desire to spark controversy, so if someone leaves a comment that you disagree with or think is inaccurate, be nice.  If two parties agree to a healthy

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Circumcision

[anonymous]

We circumcised our three sons. Our reason is simply because that's what we do. Blackstones were circumcised for the past few generations. We see no strong reason to change.

It's emphatically not a religious decision. Nor do we see strong evidence of any significant medical benefit. On the other hand, we see no strong evidence of significant medical (or sexual) drawback.

Our last baby boy (turns 2 next month) was circumcised by a mohel and I got to witness it personally. We liked that better overall, but it was costly. It sure beat taking a homebirthed baby boy to the hospital!!!!!!!! Hospitals are NOT equipped, paperwork-wise, to deal with boys whose first visit to the hospital is for circumcision and who were born in a home. It wasn't catastrophic, but add in a jerky nurse and some other issues, and Sarah swore we'd never do it again.

I'd be pleased as punch if one day one of my sons tells me "Dad, I keep reading in the New Testament and getting the impression that God wanted circumcision to stop, for Gentile and Jewish Christians." They can go with their own family traditions and convictions, if they choose. I wonder about that sometimes myself, and that would be the one thing that might sway me the other way.

-- jdavidb

Re: Circumcision

[equuschick]

Hey, how'd you find me on Livejournal? I know you! ;-)

Jeremy and I have personally decided against, but I think if we were to do it we'd go the mohel route as well. Much less hassle as you say, and less intimidating than the closed-doors aspect of surgery. I would feel alot more confident that way.

Re: Circumcision

[anonymous]

I have been subscribed to your journal in Google Reader for 2 or 3 years. I cannot remember how I first came across it. I confess I don't read it regularly; it just happened to pop up on my main page.

It's surprising and scary how much I can follow and figure out on the Internet!

-- jdavidb