08-02-2004, 04:35 PM
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Mrs FussyPucker
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: England
Posts: 3,635
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Originally Posted by wyndhy
ironic that this was bumped: with a boy on the way in less than three weeks we are struggling with this issue right now. i just can't seem to justify the surgery. at first i thought...we should do it. it's cleaner and BIGbad is cut so... like father; like son. but on second thoughts...it's painful (they don't use any anestesia (sp?)) and medically unnecessary. how can we do that to our little boy? i kinda feel like if it's something he wants later, he can make that decision himself and go for it.
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If it's of any use, over here in England it's pretty much common practice not to have it done, unless for religious reasons, and I don't see a great number of men having it done in adulthood, so I really don't think it's necessary in most cases on the grounds of health. I have to say, personally I find it a little freaky that we choose to mess with nature like this. But then again I don't believe in piercing babies' ears either, so perhaps I'm a bit of a puritan about things like this.
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