Out of boredom, I was lurking around a pregnancy board I go to. I see so many signatures with ultrasound pictures of sweet little ones, with "It's a boy!" Some are already named... I imagine how excited the mothers are, and how much they already love their baby boys. Then I remember what those poor newborns are going to have to suffer through and it just breaks my heart! (Some I know are going to be circumcised by the mothers' posts, some I just assume). Right now they are snuggled deeply in their mother's wombs, warm and innocent, their bodies perfectly designed. They have no idea what they will be put through after they make their entrance.
I don't understand how you can carry a child for nine months, and then let someone circumcise him! I just don't understand it at all! After my ultrasound when we found out Matthew was a boy - I was 19 weeks pregnant - I sobbed on the way home thinking of someone circumcising him. I could not bear the thought. How does this happen? I know all - well, most - mothers are just as protective as I am. Do they think that circumcision is not painful (as I used to?)
I am just feeling sort of depressed tonight. I don't know why I feel so protective over children that aren't mine. I just wish I could single-handedly stop circumcision forever.
I don't understand how you can carry a child for nine months, and then let someone circumcise him! I just don't understand it at all! After my ultrasound when we found out Matthew was a boy - I was 19 weeks pregnant - I sobbed on the way home thinking of someone circumcising him. I could not bear the thought. How does this happen? I know all - well, most - mothers are just as protective as I am. Do they think that circumcision is not painful (as I used to?)
I am just feeling sort of depressed tonight. I don't know why I feel so protective over children that aren't mine. I just wish I could single-handedly stop circumcision forever.
