@juliakoren, I am a little concerned about how others will look at him too, but if he isn't in a small % I feel like he can feel confident about himself regardless. The only issue I would have with an uncircumcised penis personally is cleanliness - but that falls to him at a certain point, and if he takes responsibility it should be fine I think. I think I will continue to try and discuss this with my husband to get him interested in my point of view even though it always causes such a fight! I don't want to give in when this is such an important topic :/

@eiliahelocin, I do think that more people are choosing not to circumcise there children due to research and trends. My husband especially feels like it's going to be more of a norm to not be circumcised when our son is older, I think it will be more 50/50. I'm not going to lie I was a little worried about how he would be treated if/when his future peers or girlfriend see that he's not circumcised, but my husband said he's never had a problem.

@juliakoren, that's really my stance too, but like you said it is very controversial. My husband is dead set to have him circumcised, but I don't see it as being necessary at all. Now that more information is available about this, would you say more people are deciding against circumcision, so it will be a more regular thing to see?

My husband isn't circumcised, so I let him make the decision and he actually decided to not get our son circumcised when he's born. It's a very controversial topic, and there are definitely pros and cons to both. I'm a nurse, i have seen a 80 year old man get circumcised due to infection, but I've also seen a baby have to be sedated for surgery due to the procedure not being done correctly the first time. I've been following the medical research that is actually proving it to be an unnecessary procedure, personally for me I'm perfectly happy with not cutting off a part of my son for aesthetic purposes.

Thank you to everyone that commented! I feel better hearing opinions from real people, not just Internet articles :)

My husband and his brother are both circumcised, and I think his brother had some issues but my husband did not. I dated a guy in my last year of highschool that was uncircumcised and it never caused problems between us and he never expressed any regret for not having a circumcision - but we also never had sex, so who knows if it would have caused problems later on.

Thanks again ladies!

There are pros and cons to both of course. Hubs and I decided to have both of ours circumcised. I've seen a lot of guys, teens and older, having to get it done as adults because of complications. Not saying it happens to every guy-that's just what I've seen as a nurse.

If your son isn't circumcised it'll make it harder for him to start a family later on

I had my son circumcised last August when he was born. he's did fine. the recovery was fine because it was done 2 days after he was born. his little thingy healed up. it's not a must have. I prefer it due to knowing some guys I grew up with who didn't have them and like the other women said uncircumcised they are harder to keep clean. it's very important to pull the excess foreskin and clean and shower daily. one boy I knew got so infected because he didn't care for it and when he went to pee nothing but puss came out and he was actually hospitalized because his dad and mom didn't check to make sure he was cleaning the excess foreskin and he wasn't.. but not all parents suck either. lol js

well that was a little too much. dont let thst comment scare you. do what you think is best. 3 of my friends bfs werent circumcised & they all wish they were. if i had a boy i was gonna get him circumcised because i hear that get lots of infections.

I don't have a son but my ex boyfriend was not circumcised and wished he was. And it's all personal choice but I guess something to think about is that you never hear a man say, "I wish I wasn't circumcised" but you hear men say that they wish they were.

Be careful and do your research, my friends son died after his circumcision due to complications.

Also I know adult males who aren't and they play a lot of sports and never had issues. It also depends how well they take personal hygiene

both my sons had it done while I'm hospital,I am jewish but. did it for sanitary reason s and health concerns in the future some men can have issues way later ,it's a very fast procedure and safe, just my opinion

I did not do it to my son. He's been fine. He's 6 now. I felt that babies come out just as God intended them to

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