I want to start off by saying that this post is 100% meant to be informational. Every family needs to choose what is right for them. But I think that it needs to be an educated decision. Doing it because you think it's 'normal' is not good enough. You need to do the research on it and make a decision based off that and what's right for your family either emotionally, religiously, or for other personal reasons. But do research first PLEASE!!!
1. Watch This video below (get children out of the room) and you probably won't even need to see my other reasons!
At 3:50 the dr. actually says "Oh he's got himself upset" UH No. You just cut off sensitive skin without anesthetic and you think he's UPSET? He's IN PAIN!
2. Refer to video above. Most doctors don't use ANY form of anesthetic. No local, no nothing! The baby is fully awake and aware of the entire surgery. If a nurse comes in and tells you your baby slept through the whole thing, it's because the baby was in SHOCK! A baby's reaction to severe pain is to sleep.
3. It isn't medically necessary... Enough said!
4. The foreskin has a TON of nerve endings in it. It makes sexual encounters a lot more pleasurable. Can you imagine being robbed of that? It makes it more pleasurable for women as well because of the gliding motion which helps keep the natural lubrication and prevents chafing.
5. Would you circumcise your little girl? Because that's what some cultures do. Cultures started circumcising boys because they thought it would stop masturbation... It spread like wildfire and everyone started doing it. But would you circumcise your daughter? We have a foreskin too...
6. The rate of circumcision is dramatically dropping. You think it might be normal to circumcise, but in reality it's about 70/30 (70% DON'T Circumcise, this as of 2009)... The west coast is a LOT lower. Nevada is 11% circumcise. Here in MI it is the highest at around 82%. Reason? Because MI is still Medicaid funded. In 1982 California made it so Medicaid didn't cover the procedure anymore. That's why the rate is so low.
In 2006 the rate was 56% circumcise. In 2009 it was 33% circumcise. So what is it now for 2011/2012??? Probably closer to 28% or so!!
http://mgmbill.org/statistics.htm
A boy is just as likely to get made fun of for being circumcised as he is for not.
In 2006 the rate was 56% circumcise. In 2009 it was 33% circumcise. So what is it now for 2011/2012??? Probably closer to 28% or so!!
http://mgmbill.org/statistics.htm
A boy is just as likely to get made fun of for being circumcised as he is for not.
7. It's not our choice. Just because we're the parents doesn't mean we can choose to mutilate our sons... I look at it this way... If Emerson wants to be circumcised later on, it's easy enough. If we had chosen to circumcise him and he didn't want that he can't get that undone! There are no other cosmetic surgeries that parents are permitted to perform on their children without their child's consent.
8. The Selling of Foreskins is a huge business. They are made into face creams. Is that where you want a body part of your son's to go?
8. The Selling of Foreskins is a huge business. They are made into face creams. Is that where you want a body part of your son's to go?
9. Watch the video above again!
10. Watch the video just 1 more time!
Those are our main reasons for not circumcising!
Plus it's just darn easier! No need to keep the gauze and vaseline on it for the first couple days. You also do nothing special to it. Just wipe it off like a finger. No need to EVER pull it back! It will retract on it's own when the child gets older.
They say that not circumcising can cause more UTIs and infections. Um I'm sorry, we get UTIs and we get an antibiotic. Is it really such a big deal to take an antibiotic? Come on now...
Doesn't this face look just as happy as any other baby you've seen?
There's a few more just ludicrous reasons, but I'll skip all those.
Do your research. Google around and make the decision that is right for your family!