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[sneaky_rutter]

This blog's getting to be like a number 10 bus - nothing new here for a long time, then loads of posts all coming along together. Not like my regular blog, where the crap just sort of dribbles out constantly - what a savoury metaphor.

We're pregnant - no, let me rephrase that. Kerry is pregnant. We are having a baby but Kerry is having the baby.

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[mwalton]

Unfortunately in many parts of the US circumcision still is the norm. So much so that if it hadn't been brought to my attention that it was even a choice to NOT circumcise, Connor probably would have been. Luckily that wasn't the case, I got educated etc. So, in order to raise public awareness it actually HAS to be made an issue until we can get the pendulum swung back the other way to where the norm is to leave the boy intact. Headway is being made, many state funded insurance (called Medicaid) are refusing to pay for the procedure and several private insurances are as well. Finally listing it as "elective" which should get some people's attention, as obviously no one pays attention to the AAP.

[sneaky_rutter]

I agree firmly with your stance on Connor - it's the response of the "pros" which gets me. They don't seem to have any real reason for wanting circumcision - not one that stands up to any scrutiny, anyway - it's just, "I want it". Very odd. Esp when you consider that it's done without anaesthetic... ouch.
Anyone who thinks that babies have no sense of pain is an arse and an idiot.