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My little sister just annouced she is pregnant:. Is it selfish for me to pray that she has a girl. She and her husband are extremely pro-circ. Which is strange because his father is Irish (not circ'd) his Bil is Canadian not circ'd,their son (his sisters) is intact. My ds is intact etc. The only reason her dh is circ'd is because he was adopted at 10 months. What can I do or say. Last year when I mentioned it she screamed at me and hung up the phone saying it was up to her husband and I was making a mountain out of a mole hill!! "It's a quick snip" "you non circ people are loony". Please give her only girls......
post #2 of 9
It's always so strange to me how adamant fathers are to circumcise their sons. The "up to the husband" thing seems like a cop-out to me. Like if anyone disagrees with their decision, the mother has removed all responsibility.

Fathers seem to think about how happy they are with their status and assume their sons will be happy as well. I've heard circumcised guys say that if they weren't circumcised at birth, they would do it later...although the statistics for that are really really low.

Ah, I wanted girls...but I got two boys.
post #3 of 9
That's what I always hope for any time someone I know is having a baby & I'm not sure what they'll do or how they'll handle the info.

Just found out a woman dh is friends w/ is pregnant w/ her 2nd. I don't know if she knows what she's having, but I'm hopeful it's a girl b/c when I mentioned something about it after her dd was born she said "oh, I don't care about that." :

Sus
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Ok So it is not just me...phew...A former friend is having a boy and I know she will circ and it makes me so sad...although we are no longer friends I won't have to see or hear about it..It just makes me so sad . I am still going to give my sister all of my anti circ lit. Please offer suggestions all I have is bsicinfo nothing real persuasive. Although my mother (who did circ my brothers) is now a huge intactavist, has shared with her many stories of babies in her own hospitals requiring multiple transfusions,lossof a penis, permanent damage and massive scarring. My sister does not "hear" it because se is young and nothing will happen to her baby : And oh yeah she by the way "Only wants boys as does her dh" how about A healthy baby....girl????
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Only boys? What will they think if they have a girl?
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Only boys? What will they think if they have a girl?
That's what I said...:Her husband is very immature. She always will say to him I promised him when we got married that we will only have boys. He never wants a girl. I admit this time around I prayed for a boy...healthy first....So there would be another intact male in this world and we would not have to move or buy anything. But I still would love to have had a daughter and maybe someday I will. But to say "we are only having boys" (and can't wait to cut themI don't get it.
post #7 of 9
Is your little sister totaly pro-circ in her own mind, or is she just echoing her DH's sentiments? It is fortunate that you have an ally in your Mom. What about the rest of the family? Can anyone else be counted on to help? It is obvious that her DH knows nothing about the form or function of a foreskin, and just because he is happy with his circumcised status, he has no clue that life could have been better.

I have never , actualy understood men who feel that way because once you know a few facts, it is glaringly obvious that loosing your foreskin was not an enhancement to your sex life, but a huge detriment. Then there is the whole aspect of human rights. Does the baby not deserve to keep his foreskin, and decide about cosmetic surgery when he is an adult?
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That's what I said...:Her husband is very immature. She always will say to him I promised him when we got married that we will only have boys. He never wants a girl. I admit this time around I prayed for a boy...healthy first....So there would be another intact male in this world and we would not have to move or buy anything. But I still would love to have had a daughter and maybe someday I will. But to say "we are only having boys" (and can't wait to cut themI don't get it.

You know King Henry made the same mistake demanding boys, not knowing that the sex of the child is technically his contribution.
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You know King Henry made the same mistake demanding boys, not knowing that the sex of the child is technically his contribution.
That is exactly what I said to my BIL. HA Yes, I love how men always bleme the woman when gentically the male is dealing all the cards. Hence the 7 males (3 girls ) on dh's side and of their offspring 11 boys and six girls. We have no idea what Bil's family had because he is adopted. Hey it's 50/50??
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