i know there are lots of threads like this, but i just need to get this out and knew this would be a safe place to do it....
my friend had her baby boy a few days ago and i found out today that they circed him, and although i'm not surprised, i'm still sad and sick over it. last i had heard, she was leaving decision up to DH
:....and i know that the mama "researched" the issue and even watched circ videos with her DH and they *still* decided to do it. She knows my thoughts on it, too. it just makes me so sad. i'm trying to be a good friend to her and support her post partpum, especially in breastfeeding her son (which she is ambivelent about at best), but it's really, really hard. Part of me feels like i should have done more to convince her and her DH, but i wonder if anything more i said could have made a difference. now i'm just trying to do what i can to help her keep breastfeeding, but i'm not even optimistic about that. 
: i have a feeling this is the beginning of the end of our friendship; not about the circ issue alone, but our diverging viewpoints are becoming more and more glaring as time goes on.
that's all...just thought it might be cathartic to write this down...sending it out into the (cyber) universe in hopes of letting some of the sadness and guilt go...
my friend had her baby boy a few days ago and i found out today that they circed him, and although i'm not surprised, i'm still sad and sick over it. last i had heard, she was leaving decision up to DH
:....and i know that the mama "researched" the issue and even watched circ videos with her DH and they *still* decided to do it. She knows my thoughts on it, too. it just makes me so sad. i'm trying to be a good friend to her and support her post partpum, especially in breastfeeding her son (which she is ambivelent about at best), but it's really, really hard. Part of me feels like i should have done more to convince her and her DH, but i wonder if anything more i said could have made a difference. now i'm just trying to do what i can to help her keep breastfeeding, but i'm not even optimistic about that. : i have a feeling this is the beginning of the end of our friendship; not about the circ issue alone, but our diverging viewpoints are becoming more and more glaring as time goes on.that's all...just thought it might be cathartic to write this down...sending it out into the (cyber) universe in hopes of letting some of the sadness and guilt go...
