Sorry, this is long but it's probably my last post here.
Millions of men in the world are circumcised and seem to be happy with it. Most of them didn't have a choice and I don't hear them or their partners complaining. Because he was circumcised as a baby, my DH didn't have a choice. As a circumcised man he's happy his parents' had him 'done'. When I married him I didn't really have a choice. I mean you wouldn't reject a good man because his penis was circumcised or not, would you? He's my lover, I'm very happy with it that way. I can assure you that circumcised penises work just as well as the other sort.
As a nurse, I once had to see a nine year old through his circumcision and he was not a happy chappy. He started having bouts of foreskin infections and tightness when he was five. His situation didn't respond to treatment and so by the time he was seven they explained the options and asked him if he wanted to be circumcised. He said no, and they carried on treating him with antibiotics and ointment. Soon after, his baby brother came along and his parents, not surprisingly, circumcised him at a month old. About a year later the older boy changed his mind. This meant he was put on the waiting list and didn't get circumcised until he was nine. When I was comforting him afterwards he was quite tearful and said he wished his parents had done it when he was a baby.
I think he spoke for all boys and men who have to have it done later. It's more painful the longer you leave it, so I would encourage all mums reading this to have your son done straight away if your doctor thinks he needs it.
As mums we want to do what we think is best for our boys. Most of you haven't circumcised your boys because of what you?ve seen and heard. I made my decision to circumcise my boys on what I'd seen and heard. That doesn't make one of us wrong. I really don't have a problem with this thing about "choice". Circumcision, as I said, is best done when they are too young to be asked if they would like it. We have to decide.
Circumcision is more common than you might think. In this thread we have well over a dozen mums with circumcised sons. There must be many more reading who haven't said so in case they are criticised as I am being. Well let me say I'd rather not have to face my sons later when they might have to be or want to be circumcised, and then have them asking me why I didn't have it done when they were babies? My oldest at 7 already knows he is circumcised and I told him why and he doesn't have a problem with it. My youngest is five and hasn't asked me about it yet. When he does, I'll explain. Maybe it helps because he is like his daddy and his brother.