well as a midwife I talk to mums each week going through the "should I or shouldn't I?" questions......

back in Ireland we didn't do circs on babies - they were only done for medical reasons on older kids (2-5 years) & under general anaesthetic........so it was a bit of a shock when I came to Oz and found it was done regularly.... & even more when they said "its your job to hold the bub down while the baby does it" - 14 years later and I can say I still haven't had to do that!

the reason parents give for doing it which really annoys me is "I'm going to have it done so he looks like his dad" - I've got pubes & boobs..... doesn't seem to worry my daughter at all that we look different!! *grin*

as to the question of what do women prefer?........ don't care as long as he knows what to do with it!!! but I will say that circ-ed in my experience aren't so sensitive & tend to last longer........ mind you on those occasions when you just want to get to sleep......... hahaha


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alison