Circumcision :( We had our son circumcised. We researched and ultimately chose this for him, but I have felt so much…

Aww momma don't feel guilty we all make mistakes and we will continue to make mistakes. I refused to feed my baby formula and she lost a ton of weight and my midwife told me she looked really weak. I felt sooo guilty but I forgave myself and you should too. I'm sure he will be fine

Lots of hugs your way !!

Thank you @vee I really hope I can forgive myself. I guess it's okay that we make mistakes as parents, we just gotta learn from them. I'm angry that I caused him unnecessary pain :(

Don't feel bad momma, I wouldn't even go as far and call your decision a mistake, you thought what you did was best and unfortunately things didn't go as planned-which is something we all should get used to as mommy's. My son was circumcised and although didn't have complications, I still felt bad, but it'll get better and eventually everything will be fine, just get over this hump and the rest will be history.

Awh it's okay mama!! The morning we took our son to be circumcised I cried and my gut was just telling me something was wrong so I almost didn't take him. I took him anyways and when they made the first cut his pediatrician immediately stopped and said we can't continue and took off his gloves. I was mortified! His urethra was not normal and he was sent to see a pediatric urologist a few hours away but we're told he would ultimately need corrective surgery. I blamed myself for a week while we waited for his appointment. I felt like somehow if I would have not gone to that appointment everything would be fine. The urologist we saw was great and told us that he could just go ahead and do the circumcision that his urethra is bigger and slightly lower than "normal" but nobody will ever be able to tell and that it was good we had decided to circumcise because we avoided a ton of infections. So I felt guilty for nothing. It will get better mama and you will look back and this just be a minor speed bump

Hugs sweetie. I had my first son circumcised and have regretted it ever since. It has healed funny and I am positive it will cause problems later in life :/ fast forward 2 years and we have son #2 I didn't want him to be circumcised dh really did and made some valid points on why we should. It has healed almost identical to his brothers and the Dr's are not listening to my concerns. Was referred to a pediatrician not for my concerns but for something else that I though was a secondary concern from the Dr. I left the pediatrician's office very frustrated. When we have his follow up at 2 months I will be less hormonal and will be able to be more aggressive with my concerns.

I hope your son feels better as soon as possible. Circumcision regret is common and please don't feel like you are alone. There are plenty of resources online and on Facebook for regret parents. You can find pages through The Whole Network, Intact America or Saving Our Sons on Facebook. Feel free to message me privately if you need anything else. And lots of parents have both circumcised and intact sons, after choosing to not circumcise a second child. It's common and totally nothing to worry about!

Thank you so much to all of you lovely mamas, I feel much better after reading all these comments. I think that if we have another boy one day we probably won't be doing this again. It's been such a stressful week, but I'm happy that he's getting some antibiotics to ensure the infection doesn't worsen. I definitely feel so much regret and guilt, and I'm just praying it heals properly

I was with my son during his circumcision and I felt horrible in the operating room. I probably cried more than he did. Thankfully we didn't have any issues with healing and he was healed about 4-5 days after.

Don't feel guilty, you can get a scratch and somehow it'll get infected. You tried doing what was best for him and just remember that. Also perhaps he's just susceptible to infections, which if you didn't get him circumcised he may have gotten more infections? It'll all be okay!

I am so sorry you were misinformed about circumcision. Unfortunately many parents in the US go through the same ordeal as you. I highly suggest getting in contact with a regret moms group either here or on Facebook. If you have any questions I am happy to talk to you! Hope your baby is feeling better now

I have friends that chose not to circ their first son, and he ended up getting lots of infections and had to get a circ later on anyway. Now they are pregnant with b/g twins and are for sure having their son circumcised. Things happen either way and who knows whatif. We all make the best choices we can, and that's all you can do ?

My Aunt's husband was not circumcised and because of it she deals with yeast infections all the time. Don't feel bad at all you did the right thing he will never remember this and he will be able to clean himself easier.

My son was circumcised and I am so glad I did it!!!!!! He is 7 now:):)