getting your boy a circumsion?yes/no?

My husband is circumcised, and we wanted to get our son(s) done as well. Unfortunately, we found out that we would have to go private, and we couldn't afford it at the time.

The optimal time for an infant circumcision is when the boy is 8 days old. For some reason, clotting factors and pain tolerance peak on that day... I've talked to an ex-pediatrician who said that he's seen 8 day olds cope with this sort of operation better and recover sooner, than those who were even only a couple of days older or younger!

Edited by becca.l

I have never thought about this before but I guess i should discuss with hubby as he is. My 13 year old Son is not and he has never had problems. When he was two I do recall going to the dr's about something down there and he told me to pull back the foreskin at bath time (I was a single mum so had noone to do it for me) I actually taught my son to do it himself. No problems since really. I don't think it was to do with cleaniness it was more to stretch the fore skin. (Gosh what a conversation huh!)

If we have a boy I wouldn't want him to be subject to that. Will discuss with Hubby tonight...