Circumcision for Boys: To Do or Not to Do?

My 16 month old is intact (not circ'd). Here's a quick video about why circ is even practiced (hint: it's not for "sanitary" reasons) ссылка Still have more questions? Visit the Whole Network on Facebook. If you want more info about my personal experience I'd be happy to share, please pm me.

im going to circumcise my son, only because my baby brother didnt and it ended up closing around the tip and had to get it circumsized after he was about 5. he still asks if itll grow back and how weird it looks now.

its so sad.

i am not circumcising my son. with or without foreskin they will have the same risks of infections and stds, in fact the idea that they are at higher of a risk is silly. there is hardly any difference in special care for it either, he needs to know to wash his penis either way. and if he is made fun of for it, the person who he's with is obviously shallow.

I circumcised my twins and will with this baby too! I thought it was less maintenance.. and you have less risk of infections...

get that boy circumcised. he can get infections, bacteria, and when he becomes sexually active, he can give bacteria infections to his sex partners. and you don't want the ladies calling him a turtle neck

We did. It prevents infection and lowers risk of STDs.

am having a boy but my husband dont want him the baby to get it done he says that it really works fine with out he didnt get his done sorry tmi lol.. my in laws also said her other boys didnt either n that there never got infection or anything they say it mostly a region thing and what on your belives are. but i guess am not having my baby get it done i want to support his decision and also because i saw a viedo on how they do it and i started to cry see the baby how it was... but at the end of the day it up to u hun good luck :)

I've decided to do it since my baby's father is circumcised.

My husband says yes i just wasn't sure if it was the best or worse decision, but thank you ladies I think this is going to help be more confident about the decision to have him circumcised!

i am going to have my son circumcised.

I am because circumcision does prevent sti's, STDs and HIV.plus I know its scary but the baby will not remember it at all and it's easier to clean a penis without a sleeve over it lol.

Thanks ladies. I agree I don't have a penis so I wouldn't no lol.

maybe it'll help your decisions

Although we didn't have any boys, it was basically up to my children's father. Of course I did a fair amount of research and things but ultimately it was kind of his choice since I don't have a penis, I didn't know that much about it, you're going to get a lot of mixed views on here of why or why not. At the end of the day it's 100% your choice though.

no problem. I'd say if you ladies are conflicted maybe just do some research on it

@kermi86, I did some research and I think it's good but I'm freaking out!

Thank you @shelbyruth92

I'm interested in the comments you're going to get bc I'm in the same situation and not sure what to do even after all the facts.

I decided on doing it with my boyfriend. We did some research and being uncircumcised can cause infection and problems in the future. And we wanna do it when he's born because insurance covers it and he will be so young it won't really affect him much.