It's funny how quickly your mindset changes once you start educating yourself. I recently went from being ambivalent about circumcision to feeling very, very strongly against it. One of my posts in my quest for information involved my DH's concern that his grandfather had infections and problems while in the nursing home and "had to" be circumcised as an old man. Since then (not that long ago!) I've seen a few more posts with that very same question.
I just got off the phone with my older sister, who has three kids. I like her a lot and we have a lot in common, but she is VERY mainstream. Her first two were adopted and when she was pregnant with her last she said she really disliked being pregnant and was so happy when the baby turned at the last minute and she "had to" have a c-section. Needless to say, she is not into AP or NFL at all.
I told her that DH and I had decided not to circumcise the baby we're expecting next month, and she immediately blurted out, "Oh, no! I know someone who worked in a nursing home and she said..." I'm sure you can imagine the rest.
When I told her that most of the world's men aren't circ'ed she said, "Some people don't shave under their arms -- I mean there's no reason for cutting our hair or nails except to make things easier to deal with."
I pretty much just told her I'd done a lot of research and this was our decision, and she backed off. In fact she admitted that when her son was circ'ed she could hear him screaming down the hall. (But then she said in a light tone, "But he healed right up just fine!")
Just thought you all would appreciate this.
P.S. When I get a chance I do intend to state our reasons for not circ'ing on my blog, which she reads, so hopefully she'll understand our position at least a little. I just didn't feel like getting into it right then.
I just got off the phone with my older sister, who has three kids. I like her a lot and we have a lot in common, but she is VERY mainstream. Her first two were adopted and when she was pregnant with her last she said she really disliked being pregnant and was so happy when the baby turned at the last minute and she "had to" have a c-section. Needless to say, she is not into AP or NFL at all.
I told her that DH and I had decided not to circumcise the baby we're expecting next month, and she immediately blurted out, "Oh, no! I know someone who worked in a nursing home and she said..." I'm sure you can imagine the rest.
When I told her that most of the world's men aren't circ'ed she said, "Some people don't shave under their arms -- I mean there's no reason for cutting our hair or nails except to make things easier to deal with."
I pretty much just told her I'd done a lot of research and this was our decision, and she backed off. In fact she admitted that when her son was circ'ed she could hear him screaming down the hall. (But then she said in a light tone, "But he healed right up just fine!")
Just thought you all would appreciate this.
P.S. When I get a chance I do intend to state our reasons for not circ'ing on my blog, which she reads, so hopefully she'll understand our position at least a little. I just didn't feel like getting into it right then.
That has got to change!
Then when we found out this baby IS a boy it was time to really make a decision! Once I really got reading and researching...I'm TOTALLY against it now!!
