Circumcision

This is such a weird thing for family to feel so strongly about. I left the decision up to my husband and he wanted the boys circumcised, I wouldn’t have let anyone else have an input. In college two of our roommates weren’t circumcised. One chose to do it before he graduated, and the other felt strongly about it not bothering him at all. If y’all don’t want to do it, that is no one else’s decision. Your child will have his whole life to make that decision for himself if he’d like to. The more into parenthood I get, the more I feel confident in my own decision making and so should you!🫶🏼

I appreciate this. I feel like I'd be okay with her saying "I wouldn't but it's your choice" just baffles me that she thinks it's appropriate to give the opinion she gave and how she did so now I just don't know how to go about confronting her on how uncomfortable it made me :/

You are not crazy. You have the right to make the decisions you feel best because this is YOUR baby. Everything else, just let it be noise. One thing I’ve learned with having my first is the more confident in your decision, the less other peoples opinions matter. ❤️

I've asked many midwives And OBs/pediatricians and studied/researched it in nursing school, yes it's absolutely unnecessary even from a medical standpoint to do so but even more than that it's no one's business. No one should be discussing your unborn child's privates and I don't understand why people think it's okay. Tbh I would just tell them it's none of their business and not respond or even better, "I don't feel comfortable talking about my baby's privates with you. I will not be responding to any more texts on this topic. " Will hopefully put them off. They are 100% overstepping

My husband's whole family doesn't circumcise and none of them have had any problems or even bullying instances lol. I hated when people asked what we were doing with our son because they were basically asking what my husband had, nobody needs to know. As far as bullying it's becoming increasingly more common to not do it so I feel like it won't be an issue as much for this generation. Ultimately it's up to you and what you are most comfortable with!

I felt the same way at first, I didn’t want to ruin his romantic chances later in life lol. BUT America is pretty much the only country that does common circumcisions so the rest of the world thinks we’re the weird ones. Also, only about HALF of boys in America born today are circumcised, compared to like 95% 20 years ago. So in his generation, being intact will not be weird at all anymore and the girls his age will be used to seeing both intact and circumcised

I only read the first sentence and will say the primary caretakers of that baby have to decide if the extra cleanig and teaching of how to clean is worth it. I personally along with my spouse have agreed on circumcision for health reasons for our future sons.