There is some nominal research to show a connection with a higher STD rate among uncircumcized males but then again - exposure to STD's has a lot more to do with a person's sexual behavior than whether there is a foreskin. KWIM? Not being circumcized is related to having adhesions and infections of various sorts (rarely), being circumcized is related to another type of infection called meatitis (sp???) All the statistics are fairly lame - in each case the chances of this or that are miniscule. When DS15 got his circ they actually offered to do it with or without some type of anesthesia. I did opt for the anesthesia because of course babies feel pain - duh!
FWIW - in this baby's generation I think there will be a lot more intact young men. Many people still opt for circumcision but many do not. I am not worried about the being made fun of part. As for his future sex life - I don't really think about the impact on that - I don't think it can be predicted.
I think in the end I am bouncing this ball into the Dad court. I would be perfectly ok with him being intact. I would feel a little guilty about doing the procedure for cosmetic/social reasons but not enough to overule Dad if he wants to go that route.
I suspected ya'll would have some interesting input. Or maybe, I was just hoping to find out some personal stats on you fellas!
Karen
PS Lil - thanks for the congrats. I am getting down to the end here. Less than 11 weeks to go - give or take. I will actually be full term in a mere 8 weeks. I am starting to nest. Up until now we haven't gotten any baby stuff set up but I am ready finally and have started making lists, looking through hand me downs and such. I've also been feeling a lot of pressure to get work all tidied up.
