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I did a bit of research and I didn't conclude there was any viable upside to having the procedure done on my son. Plus, my thought also was in our North America society we leave our little girls genitals intact (and in fact view other cultures modifications as cruel and basically mutilation) so why is it ok to surgically interfere with the boys genitals in our society?

Anyways I ultimately left the decision up to my husband, since he has a penis (obviously) and I felt like he might have stronger opinions one way or the other. His perspective was basically that he didn't see the point of having the procedure done in this day and age. So we didn't.

We did do one of those birth and babies classes, and interestingly about half the baby boys in our group did end up having the procedure done. I was surprised because I had thought most baby boys weren't being circumcised anymore. Anecdotal experience i guess. Anyways, all of the parents of the boys who had it done reported that it really wasn't too big a deal. Tylenol and some special numbing cream. And the recovery was pretty quick too.