So, I'm finally getting back into working as a home health aide, and I've got this new patient who is an elderly lady, and her daughter and 12 year old grandaughter live in the house with her. The daughter is staying home with her for the week, as she's recently back from the hospital.
So, at the end of my shift, after I had had the mom back in bed resting, I asked if they wanted to see pictures of my babies, which they very much did. So we got into talking about baby stuff, and I talked a little bit about their having been in NICU, and something about pain in infants came up.
At that point she suddenly brought up how when she was pregnant she had been hoping she would have a boy, so I kind of knew something about circ was probably coming up, and I was expecting to hear something very conventional. She talked quite a bit about having wanted the baby to be a boy, and then she got into the circ talk, and said "and if it had been a boy, there was absolutely no WAY that I was getting him circumcised."
Then she went into a bunch of reasons, including "and there's protection of his partner, I mean, if I can't teach him to clean himself there..."
Of course, I quickly let her know that I hadn't circed my little guys, and I felt really strongly about it too. I was also able to educate her on the non-retractability of babies, and the fact that many medical people are ignorant about that. She said that she and her husband actually do want to have another child, though I don't know if it will happen or not, as she's in her late 30's. After this talk though, I really hope that they do, and that it turns out to be a boy.
She also said that everybody else in her family had been really forceful in telling her that it HAD to be done.
So after we exchanged all this I told her that it was really nice to meet someone who felt the same way I did, and then she turned towards her mother and said "There, see Mom?!", like she had finally trumped her mom in an argument from 13 years in the past.
Anyway, it's kind of nice to be reminded that there really are other people around who feel the same way we do.
So, at the end of my shift, after I had had the mom back in bed resting, I asked if they wanted to see pictures of my babies, which they very much did. So we got into talking about baby stuff, and I talked a little bit about their having been in NICU, and something about pain in infants came up.
At that point she suddenly brought up how when she was pregnant she had been hoping she would have a boy, so I kind of knew something about circ was probably coming up, and I was expecting to hear something very conventional. She talked quite a bit about having wanted the baby to be a boy, and then she got into the circ talk, and said "and if it had been a boy, there was absolutely no WAY that I was getting him circumcised."
Then she went into a bunch of reasons, including "and there's protection of his partner, I mean, if I can't teach him to clean himself there..."
Of course, I quickly let her know that I hadn't circed my little guys, and I felt really strongly about it too. I was also able to educate her on the non-retractability of babies, and the fact that many medical people are ignorant about that. She said that she and her husband actually do want to have another child, though I don't know if it will happen or not, as she's in her late 30's. After this talk though, I really hope that they do, and that it turns out to be a boy.
She also said that everybody else in her family had been really forceful in telling her that it HAD to be done.
So after we exchanged all this I told her that it was really nice to meet someone who felt the same way I did, and then she turned towards her mother and said "There, see Mom?!", like she had finally trumped her mom in an argument from 13 years in the past.
Anyway, it's kind of nice to be reminded that there really are other people around who feel the same way we do.
I hope that lady has a boy in the future. 
I just sort of smiled and nodded and went on with my ticket purchase.
