
My SIL had told me she didn't really want to circ my nephew when he was born but that she was going to leave it up to my brother who did want to circ.
I was trying not to be pushy but I did talk to her and give her some ideas as to what she could say that might help him think about the matter more thoroughly as his main reason was that he wanted his son to look like him.
Right before the birth I sent my brother an article (from Mothering!
) on circumcision and just left it at that, praying he would at least read it but I never heard anything from him about it.At the hospital when we checked in (I was her doula) they asked if she'd be circing and she said yes.

But then my mom called me the day they went home from the hospital and told me that they decided not to after he read the article!



I can't say how happy I am! I feel over the moon!
Thank you Mothering! One more intact little boy!














We did talk about not retracting and SIL said her ped is actually very supportive of intact boys and was actually excited to see she'd decided not to circ. She discussed not needing to touch his penis at all and he was cool with that. So great not to have to educate your own doctor about that! 