My oldest two sons are circumcised. I was young, had no idea what was better, had no brothers to talk to about it, only knew of circumcised boys from babysitting, and DH was my high school sweetheart and was circed. I left the decision to him since I knew nothing about it.
I've regretted it ever since I became more informed.
Last month, I had my last baby, a boy, and he is intact.
I had to stand up to the nurses, the OB, my in-laws, some of my husband's siblings, and one friend. I had to argue passionately to my husband that it was okay that new baby boy would be different from his siblings. I stood up to most of them before going into labor and while still heavily drugged up from my surprise c-section.
It is over a month later and I am still dancing inside over my decision. I didn't know how much it had bothered me before. And my two older boys asked a few questions when they saw the first few diaper changes, were a bit mad that they'd had it done, and then forgot all about it. I do wonder if it'll come up again when they're teenagers.
But for now, my sweet little boy is intact.
I've regretted it ever since I became more informed.
Last month, I had my last baby, a boy, and he is intact.
I had to stand up to the nurses, the OB, my in-laws, some of my husband's siblings, and one friend. I had to argue passionately to my husband that it was okay that new baby boy would be different from his siblings. I stood up to most of them before going into labor and while still heavily drugged up from my surprise c-section.It is over a month later and I am still dancing inside over my decision. I didn't know how much it had bothered me before. And my two older boys asked a few questions when they saw the first few diaper changes, were a bit mad that they'd had it done, and then forgot all about it. I do wonder if it'll come up again when they're teenagers.
But for now, my sweet little boy is intact.
