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We just found out we're having a boy, and are very excited. But, it does bring with it one huge problem. The circumcision debate. Luckily not with DH. He's intact and we both strongly agree that our son should be as well. However, I have just been told by DH's cousin ("Rachel"), who recently gave birth to a beautiful baby boy in April who is intact (double yay!), that another cousin ("Nancy") has been berating her since the sex was determined that circumcision was the only way to go. Nancy is an obstetrician in residence at a very prestigious hospital and thinks she knows what's best about everything baby related. And apparently Nancy has been calling and emailing Rachel regularly to try to convince her to circumcise her son.
I don't need that right now. Keeping the sex quiet just isn't an option in this family (they're dysfunctional in about a million ways and don't understand the concept of privacy). I'm going to be seeing her quite a bit over the summer at various family events, so I can't simply ignore her phone calls and emails. I'm obviously never going to convince her of my opinion. I mean, after all, she is a DOCTOR, with all the super-powers attendant to that profession, so I'm not even going to try going down that road. I guess I'm hoping for some advice on how to deal with her. And of course she has managed to convince large parts of her extended family that intactivism is tantamount to child abuse, so there's that to contend with.
Ugh. Why do we people have to deal with this garbage!
I don't need that right now. Keeping the sex quiet just isn't an option in this family (they're dysfunctional in about a million ways and don't understand the concept of privacy). I'm going to be seeing her quite a bit over the summer at various family events, so I can't simply ignore her phone calls and emails. I'm obviously never going to convince her of my opinion. I mean, after all, she is a DOCTOR, with all the super-powers attendant to that profession, so I'm not even going to try going down that road. I guess I'm hoping for some advice on how to deal with her. And of course she has managed to convince large parts of her extended family that intactivism is tantamount to child abuse, so there's that to contend with.
Ugh. Why do we people have to deal with this garbage!